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Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension Personnel Attend & Present at National Extension Conference
Sixteen Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension professionals traveled to Houston, Texas, in August to attend the National Urban Extension Leadership (N.U.E.L.) Conference. The purpose of the N.U.E.L. Conference is to advance the strategic importance and long-term value of urban Extension and its related activities. As part of a grass-roots organization that is passionate and committed to urban Extension, educators from the...
Kentucky State University Professor Published in Journal of Applied Sciences
Dr. George Antonious, Professor in the Division of Environmental Studies in the Kentucky State University College of Agriculture, Community, and the Sciences, was recently published in Journal of Applied Sciences. The paper was entitled, “The Impact of Organic, Inorganic Fertilizers, and Biochar on Phytochemicals Content of Three Brassicaceae Vegetables.” Read the abstract below: The need for soil fumigants of natural origin such a...
Kentucky State University’s Small-Scale Farm Grant funded for an additional $1.3 million
Kentucky State University’s Small-Scale Farm Grant was granted up to $1,359,000 over the next two years by the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board. From the Small-Scale Farm Grant’s inception in December 2012 through August 2023, more than $4 million has been awarded to 1,105 successful applicants in 113 counties across Kentucky. “I am so proud to have been part of this project for the past 10 years, and I’m very excited about...
Kentucky State University Receives Kids Run the Nation Grant
Kentucky State University’s Promising Youth Center For Excellence has received a 2023-24 academic year Kids Run the Nation Grant in the amount of $750 to implement a youth running program as part of its afterschool program. Children and Youth in the program will run at least two days when they come to the center after school weekly for at least 10 to 15 minutes. The goal of the Road Runners Club of America is to promote health and...