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Regional

  • Agriculture commissioner’s “Measure the Candidates” forum focuses on many issues

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kentucky Farm Bureau’s Board of Directors met Tuesday with agriculture commissioner candidates Ryan Quarles and Jean-Marie Lawson Spann to discuss their positions on issues affecting the state’s agriculture industry.
    In sharing their vision for the future of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and how they will operate from that office if elected, Quarles (R) and Lawson Spann (D) fielded questions from the KFB leaders and explained their positions during the two-hour meeting at the farm organization’s state office.

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  • Hosparus offers free volunteer training Oct. 16 in Louisville

    Hosparus needs patient support volunteers in Jefferson, Bullitt, Henry, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble counties and will offer a free training on Friday, Oct. 16 (lunch provided), from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at its main Louisville campus, 3532 Ephraim McDowell Drive. To pre-register, call 502-814-5436 or email HLvolunteer@hosparus.org by Monday, Oct. 12.

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  • October is Farm to School Month

    By Elisha Smith
    Center for Rural Affairs
    October is National Farm to School month. “Farm to School” refers to schools serving local, farm-fresh foods ranging from fruits and veggies to honey and meat.
    The more local foods we serve our kids, the better. One-third of U.S. children are obese or overweight, and only 2 percent of children get the recommended serving of fruits and vegetable each day. Farm to School programs increase students’ daily fruit and vegetable consumption significantly.  

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  • Comer predicts big future for industrial hemp

    LEXINGTON, Ky. – Industrial hemp will cover tens of thousands of acres and generate thousands of jobs in Kentucky in the near future, Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer told hundreds of hemp growers, processors, and enthusiasts at the Hemp Industries Association Conference today in Lexington.

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  • AT&T donates to iLEAD Academy Maker Space

    By TIM HENDRICK
    Landmark News Service
    The AT&T Foundation and the Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative are teaming up to extend the economic benefits of the Maker Movement across Kentucky’s I-71 corridor.
    The Maker Space located at the iLEAD Academy will be the hub of the effort.
    Numerous definitions can be found for the maker movement. The most generic defines it as an umbrella term for independent inventors, designers and tinkerers.

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  • USDA commits $2.5 million to expand new farmer education

    PHILADELPHIA – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today announced that $2.5 million in grants is now available for projects to educate new and underserved farmers about more than 20 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency programs that can provide financial, disaster or technical assistance to the agricultural community.

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  • Hundreds expected to attend craft festival

    BY MOLLY HAINES
    Landmark News Service
    Melvin Greene and his family have spent years building their business at craft shows across Kentucky and surrounding states. Now the family hopes to see others gain exposure through a local festival that’s expected to draw hundreds of visitors to Owen County.
    Greene’s family business, Greene’s Country Crafts, began as a small shop behind his residence about 18 years ago.

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  • Work progresses toward January bridge opening

    By Sheldon S. Shafer
    The Courier-Journal
    It won’t be long now. The opening of the new downtown Louisville bridge is only months away.
    The new downtown bridge is scheduled to open to two-way traffic by January. Crews with Walsh Construction will then turn their attention to the Kennedy Bridge.
    More than $22 million in improvements are planned. A new floor system will be built on top of the Kennedy’s existing floor beams, adding decades of new life to the nearly 52-year old bridge.

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  • Explanation of crop insurance hidden benefits

    By Traci Bruckner
    Center for Rural Affairs
    During the last farm bill debate we heard Congressional leaders say, farmers don’t get a check, they get a bill for their crop insurance.
    While that statement may be true, it’s also true that crop insurance is heavily subsidized, providing unlimited premium subsidies to the nation’s largest and wealthiest farms on every acre, every year, regardless of prices, production or farm profitability.
    We created a mock “explanation of benefits” to demonstrate the largess.

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