When Avi Bear’s 6-year-old border collie, Zigler, became sick four years ago, his homemade solution became the genesis of his Kentucky Proud dog food business.
Kristen Branscum, executive director of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's marketing office, says Kentucky Proud's brand recognition has grown over the past five years.
Kentucky’s annual agricultural output now stands at over $5.6 billion thanks in part to Kentucky’s tobacco-funded Agricultural Development Fund, state lawmakers were told in December.
Kentucky has been awarded five grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture totaling nearly $313,000 aimed at getting more local foods into Kentucky schools, the USDA announced on Tuesday. Two grants for a total of $87,957 went to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.
