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About The Food Connection
The Food Connection serves farmers, food producers, students, and consumers by cultivating creative strategies and partnerships to support a vibrant, healthy, and equitable local food economy. On- and off-campus, we support innovative and interdisciplinary instruction and research, and deliver high-impact services and programs related to local food systems development. We value Kentucky-grown food and farmers, fostering community partnerships, and leveraging research and education as a foundation for exciting events at The 90 and around Kentucky.
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Host a program or event with a local food systems focus in our Learning Kitchen.
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Participants in our Programs
The Food Connection hosted 82 events and welcomed over 1,200 people into the Learning Kitchen in 2021.
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Growers engaged since 2016
Nearly 200 Kentucky growers have been supported through 174 farm visits through Cultivate KY.
