extension – Community Farm Alliance

Aired: August 2, 2017

On this episode of Breaking Beans Radio Show you will hear from Peggy Conway of Holliday Farms which is a Perry County family farm with an educational slant. She is accompanied by Jon Reinford of Appalachian Meats in Floyd County who shares his thoughts on locally sourced meat products. Lastly, y’all will hear from Knott County’s UK Agriculture and Natural Resources agent, Chad Conway, who talks about cattle production on reclaimed mine sites.

Holliday Farms, Chad Conway teaches students at one of many events hosted at their family farm.

John Reinford, Appalachian Meats

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The Breaking Beans Variety Radio Show airs on 88.7 WMMT (online too!) the first Wednesday of every month at 6pm featuring stories, interviews, recipes, and news from the food and farming worlds in the Appalachian region!

Hosted by Breaking Beans Fellow Sister Kathy Curtis.

Breaking Beans: The Appalachian Food Story Project is an initiative of Community Farm Alliance to tell the story of how local food and farming in Eastern Kentucky can contribute to a bright future in the mountains. Eastern Kentucky is at the point where it can foster a food system that is equitable and accessible to all, provides fresh nutritious food, and serves as an economic generator that builds community wealth. With a rich history of food and farming, stories of how Eastern Kentucky is already growing in that direction – and the challenges along the way – are important for informing people and policy alike.

by Sister Kathy Curtis

Until recently, Joel Worth, the UK Extension Service SNAP agent for Jefferson County, was the Horticultural assistant in charge of the Pikeville Farmers’ Market. Worth is a chef and prior to working for the extension service he was a school nutrition coordinator in Savannah, Georgia.

Worth loves to cook and he never lets an opportunity to feed a person pass him by. If you have attended a meeting at the Pike County Extension office sometime in the last three years, you have benefited from his love of food.

During Worth’s time as market manager for the Pikeville Farmers’ Market, he did “sampling” for the vendors. Sampling, trying a small taste of something before buying it, is regulated by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and is a great way to promote new or different varieties of produce.

“I found when I did samples last year [at the market] that it increased sales. You let them taste something, you have a recipe card and they go and buy the stuff to make it.”

His love of food and especially cooking was something he got at an early age. But he found while working as a school nutrition coordinator that kids don’t know where food comes from. He said that today’s kids don’t learn how to cook.

“That’s where I got my first love of food: cooking with my mom,” Worth beamed. “I have the type of mom where if it was a rainy day, she didn’t sit me in front of the TV. She’d say ‘come on we’re going into the kitchen and make gnocchi’ or we’d make donuts.”

I don’t know about his donuts but I have had the pleasure of breaking bread with him a time or two and all I have to say is, “Thank you Mrs. Worth.”

Note: A gnocchi is a simple pasta that can be made from potatoes. Joel didn’t have his mom’s recipe handy. I guess after all this time he just knows how to do it without instructions. He says there are tons of simple recipes online. Why not try one out today with your favorite child or two.

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Breaking Beans Radio Show #19: Holliday Farms, Appalachian Meats, and the Extension Service

Extension Agent Shares His Love for Food