All of Kentucky State University’s digital badges are stackable and transferable. The campus currently offers the following work-ready certificates:
Network Associate Digital Badge in the area of Computer Science where students develop competencies to work in the field of information technology as a network associate.
Environmental Agriculture Digital Badge where students develop basic skills in Environmental Agriculture principles and practices. The overall impact of this program gives students experiences within a broad conceptual framework for more sustainable agriculture systems.
Environmental Policy and Decision-Making Digital Badge where students develop basic skills in acquiring, analyzing, and interpreting complex legal issues associated with policy and decision making.
West Louisville continues to face challenges of inequities of income and healthcare. Many citizens in West Louisville face challenges of food insecurity, lack of access to nutritious food, and poor access to information to improve health and wellness. In 2010, the Louisville Mayor's Healthy Hometown Movement Food in Neighborhoods Committee published a report that highlighted the need to address the food desert situation, the health impacts of the inability to access nutritious foods, and the link between the socio-economics of poverty, extreme poverty, and life expectancy. The Kentucky State University Land Grant Program has considerable expertise that can help ameliorate these challenges.
Through support of this pilot initiative, the agricultural Cooperative Extension unit of would increase our economic development and food system work by providing additional support in the western portion of Louisville to ensure adequate availability of fresh food in areas that are most impacted by food deserts. Additionally we would monitor and develop viable food systems production programs by establishing community-supported agriculture – a neighborhood farmers market, farm to table events, and local food projects target towards minority audiences. The campus would also provide food demonstrations with African-American and low-income communities while providing nutritional and healthy cooking education to communities and families while helping to improve food access with fresh produce and ready-made, healthy meals and supporting the local food economy; as well as support citizen access to available public assistance and social services.
Pilot Project Total: $898,290 -- $1,390,690
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