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FRANKFORT, Ky. — If you are “Kentucky Proud” of our Commonwealth’s farmers and food producers, you can show everyone by purchasing a new specialty license plate.
Maria Maldonado of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture talked with Earl Southerland of Louisville about ordering a Kentucky Proud specialty license plate. (Chris Aldridge photo) |
“The Kentucky Proud marketing program helps Kentucky consumers find the best, freshest farm products, produced right here at home,” Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer said. “The license plate makes a statement that we’re Kentucky Proud of our great Kentucky farm products and the people who produce them. It also will encourage people who see it to find out what Kentucky Proud is all about.”
Sales of the plate benefit Kentucky Agriculture and Environment in the Classroom, a nonprofit KDA program. “This program helps Kentucky schoolchildren understand their connection to agriculture and the environment,” Commissioner Farmer said. “It’s one of the most important things we do.”
In order for the specialty plate to be produced, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet must receive 900 orders by March 18, 2006. To help reach that number, Maria Maldonado of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture is sending application forms to every chamber of commerce in the state. She also was stationed at a booth during the Kentucky State Fair where she gave out applications and encouraged fairgoers to sign up to get the plate.
The attractive plate contains a large red, blue and green Kentucky Proud logo and the KDA marketing program’s slogan, “Nothing else is close.”
An initial fee of $25 is charged at the time of application for the new plate, and a renewal fee of $20 will be charged each year.
To request an application, call (859) 327-1177, e-mail Maria.Maldonado@ky.gov or write: Kentucky Proud License Application Request, c/o Maria Maldonado, Kentucky Department of Agriculture, 500 Mero Street, 7th Floor, Frankfort, KY 40601.
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