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H i sto ry in po rtr aitsLESSONS IN L lKENFSS -

Portra it P ain ter s in K en tu cky

and the O hio R ive r V a lley ,

18 02- 192 0, by Estill Curtis

Pennington (University

PressofKentucky,$SO)

depicts an era before events

or individuals could be

captured with photographs.

Pennington's colorful

12x 9 book features images of

paintings, lithographs, and

etchings throughout, many

from The Filson Historical

Society, and consists of two

parts. The first examines the

careers of artists from the

area and provides historical

information surrounding

the cultural and artistic

environment of their period.

The second, a biographical

study, describes those artists

who crisscrossed the region

searching for subjects and a

livelihood.

Pennington, a long-

time scholar of Kentucky

portraiture, offers a valuable

resource of history.

F A R M F A C T S O N T O U RM yth s c lu tte r c omm u-

ni ca tio ns b etw ee n fo od

p ro du ce rs a nd c on su m -

e rs , say th e organizers

o f Com mon G round, a

p ro gr am o f in fo rm a tion

a bou t a g ri cu lt ure . Decisions .

ab ou t nu trition a nd h ealth

o ften o rig in ate fro m m om s, .

m ak in g fa rm w om en lo gic al

amba ss ad or s f or a gr ic ult ur e.

T o t alk a bo ut is su es ra ng in g

fro m fo od s afe ty to p ro pe rty

v alu es a ro un d fa rm s, four

K en tu ck y s po ke sw omen

w ill b eg in h os tin g s pe ak in g

e ve nts this s prin g a t co ffe e

s ho ps a nd g ro ce ry s to re s

Ashley Reding, shown with her

son, Andrew, wil l be one of the

speakers at agriculture forums

this spring.

a ro un d th e s ta te .

C o rin ne K e ph ar t,

P le a su re v il le , a f ou rt h-

g en era tio n K en tu ck y fa rm e r;

s ays , "L es s th an a t hi rd

o f American adu lts have

visited a w ork ing farm over

th e la st fiv e y ears ." K ep ha rt,

S he lb y C ou nty E xte ns io n

h ortic ultu re te ch nic ia n, liv es

on a fam ily fa rm in H enry

C ounty and w as e lected the

firs t fe ma le pre sid en t, 2 010 ,

o f the Ker.l tu c ky Ca tt lemen's

Association.

Ca rr ie D i vin e, 7t h

g en era tio n ra ise d o n the

family fa rm in Unio n C ou nty ,

now resides on a farm in

ru ra l Mo rganf ie ld . Divine,

W or kf or ce De vel opment

liaiso n fo r H en de rs on

C omm un ity C olle ge, coor-

dinates w orkp lace training

p ro gra m s fo r U nio n C ou nty 's

B us in es s a nd In du stry . S he

s erv es a s Y ou ng F arm er

c ha ir for U nio n C ou nty F arm

B ureau and has p lace d m ore

than 1,000 agriculturally

accurate books in U n io n

County school libra rie s a nd

da yca re ce nt er s.

A s hle y R e din g is a

m an ag ing p artn er o f

H om este ad F am ily F arm s in

H owa rd st ow n . T h e o rig i-

na l fa rr ow-to-fin ish sw ine

o pera tio n h as e volv ed in to a

r ow - cr op o per at io n, grow ing

corn , s oy be an s, a nd w in te r

w he at R ed in g c urre ntly

m an ag es h um a n re so urc es ,

p u bl ic r el ations, and land-

ow ne r re la tion s fo r th e fa rm .

D en is e J on es , d airy c on -

s ulta nt w ith K en tucky Dairy

D e ve lo pme nt C o un cil, liv es

on a fam ily farm that runs a

3 00 -co w da iry . J on es w ork s

d irec tly w ith d airy fa rm ers in

1 6 co un ti es o f s o ut h- ce n tr al

Kentucky. T he fa rm a ls o p ro -

d uc es c orn s ila ge a nd w hea t

ha ylage for the da iry ca ttle .

C omm on Gro un d, s po n-

sored by the Unit ed S o yb ea n

bo ard and the N ationa l C orn

G ro w er s A s so cia tio n, w a nt s

to s et th e fa cts s tra ig ht a bo ut

A m eric an fo od a nd fa rm in g.

Jo in them to d ispel m yths

a nd learn fa cts a bo ut m od ern

ag ricultu re production . For

in fo rm ation , v is it w ww .find

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