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GREENUP The second Farm to Table Experience in Greenup brought food and fun to the area in what organizers plan to be an annual event. The event features a dinner made from area-grown produce, and educates people on just what it takes for food to make its way from the farms where they are grown to our tables. Proceeds from the event, hosted this year at Imelâs Greenhouse on Route 1, go to area youth programs in agriculture.
Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Ryan Quarles was present for the event again this year (last yearâs event was disrupted by the COVID pandemic) and had high praise for the event and area commitment to agriculture.Â
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Janna Imel grew up in Greenup County, attended the countyâs schools and graduated from Greenup County High School.Â
Imel spent her formative years helping in her parentsâ greenhouse on Route 1 in Greenup, and she credits her respect for hard work and determination to the examples set by her parents, Kenny and Pam Imel.Â
âFarming isnât easy,â Imel said. âAnd it is full of challenges and setbacks. It teaches you to be determined, and to keep your eye on the goal.â
Determination is precisely what Imel exhibited as she completed her doctoral work at Virginia Commonwealth University in August 2020, earning a PhD in Counseling Psychology. It was a difficult task under any circumstances, but Imel also overcame the added difficulties generated by a worldwide pandemic. But this comes as no surprise for someone whose educational achievements read like a much desired list of awar
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