Quilts wrap veterans in thanks, love

By Carol Lea Spence
Published on Nov. 21, 2016

Of the 14 quilts presented during the Quilts of Valor ceremony, seven were made by members of the Bluegrass Quilters’ Guild, part of Fayette County Extension Homemakers.

StoryWalk fosters fitness, family fun and literacy

By Aimee Nielson
Published on Nov. 17, 2016

StoryWalk combines reading and fitness.

Dialogue encourages participants to find ways to end hunger

By Katie Pratt
Published on Nov. 17, 2016

College students and community advocatesworked to develop plans of action to end hunger in Kentucky.

UK students provide monarchs a rest stop and nursery

By Carol Lea Spence
Published on Nov. 15, 2016

Faced by numerous threats, monarch butterfly populations are in decline. UK graduate student Jerrod Penn spearheaded a project to help the pollinator.

UK to host Early Bird Meetings

By Katie Pratt
Published on Nov. 14, 2016

The meetings will be in three locations across Western Kentucky.

Boone County Nutrition Education Class for Home School Families

By Jeff Franklin
Published on Nov. 7, 2016

Boone County Nutrition Education Class teaches Homeschool Families recipes and more

Cooking class goes beyond kitchen skills

By Aimee Nielson
Published on Nov. 7, 2016

Children and parents worked together in the kitchen.

UK and LSU researchers win $4 million grant to study lignin

By Aimee Nielson
Published on Nov. 4, 2016

The four-year collaboration will also aim for a broader impact of creating resources for educators to engage rural youth in science.

Study shows importance of sustainable agriculture in preserving Gulf ecosystem

By Katie Pratt
Published on Nov. 4, 2016

Sustainable agricultural practices are helping to slow the increase of dissolved organic carbon entering the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River.

Dannon executives and their farmer partners tour UK farms

By Aimee Nielson
Published on Nov. 3, 2016

The Dannon group toured UK's forage plots and dairy research facilities.