Program Provides Basics for Landowners With a Few Acres

By Laura Skillman
Published on May. 27, 2005

“We developed the topics to get them started, and if they want to know more about something we can offer specific classes later on those subjects. The basis topics are things they need to know to run a farm and be successful.” Joanna Coles, UK Extension Agent for ANR, Warren County

4-Hers Learn Time-Honored Skills with Modern-Day Slant

By Terri McLean
Published on May. 27, 2005

"Kids learn about a time-honored agricultural practice that is centered in Kentucky, which is still viable because it produces a value-added product, and two because they learn to communicate their knowledge gain to judges, thereby honing their speaking skills.” Benjy Mikel

Day Camp Teaches Central Kentucky Youth About Safety

By Aimee Nielson
Published on May. 27, 2005

“We try to choose topics that most affect children in our area, and the two top ways children are injured in this area are fire and ATV accidents and we wanted to focus on those during Safety Day Camp." Kelley Yates UK Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development in Fayette Co.

UK Superfund Research Team Earns Largest NIH Grant in College of Agriculture History

By Laura Skillman and
Published on May. 25, 2005

Nutrition may be the most sensible means to develop primary prevention strategies of diseases associated with many environmental toxic insults.” Bernhard Hennig, Professor of Nutrition and Toxicology in the UK College of Agriculture

College of Agriculture Equine Initiative Focuses Efforts Toward Advancing Horse Industry

Published on May. 23, 2005

“As the state's flagship land-grant research institution, we have a responsibility to do everything we can to protect this industry that is so important economically and to our Commonwealth's very identity.” Lee T. Todd Jr., UK President

Festival Celebrates Black Bear Recolonization in Kentucky

By Aimee Nielson
Published on May. 20, 2005

Kentucky Entrepreneurial Coaches Learning Skills to Help Their Tobacco-Dependent Counties

By Haven Miller
Published on May. 20, 2005

“The coaches value local knowledge and local culture, and value diversity, and so they’re building the entrepreneurial culture and strengthening it from the ground up.” Ron Hustedde UK Extension Professor and KECI Coordinator

UK College of Agriculture Research Farm Celebrates 50 Years

By Aimee Nielson
Published on May. 20, 2005

“For 50 years, Eden Shale Farm has been a place for a variety of demonstrations and tests related to the region’s unique geography." Nancy Cox UK College of Ag Associate Dean for Research

MRLS Mini-Conference Spotlights Young Problem-Solvers

By Terri McLean
Published on May. 20, 2005

“We really do consider this project to be a giant step for the way we think about teaching and learning in science class." Linda France Ky. Dept. of Education Deputy Commissioner

Kentucky's Produce Options Continue to Increase

By Laura Skillman
Published on May. 20, 2005

Income from fruits and vegetables has more than doubled since 1997, and income is expected to reach between $30 million and $36 million this year.