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Since 2005, the Extension system has collaborated in developing eXtension.org (pronounced "e-extension"). eXtension is an Internet-based learning platform where Extension professionals and citizens nationwide and beyond have 24/7 access to unbiased, research-based, peer-reviewed information from land-grant universities on a wide range of topics.
The Smith–Lever Act of 1914 is a United States federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services, connected to land-grant universities, intended to inform citizens about current developments in agriculture, home economics, public policy/government, leadership, 4-H, economic development, coastal issues (National Sea Grant College Program), and related subjects.
Agricultural extension is the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education.The field of 'extension' now encompasses a wider range of communication and learning activities organized for rural people by educators from different disciplines, including agriculture, agricultural marketing, health, and business studies.
Home Demonstration Clubs (also known as homemaker clubs, home bureaus or home adviser groups) were a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative Extension Service. Their goal was to teach farm women in rural America better methods for getting their work done, in areas such as gardening , canning , nutrition , and sewing , and to ...
Iowa and much of Illinois lie within an area called the prairie peninsula, an eastward extension of prairies that borders conifer and mixed forests to the north, and hardwood deciduous forests to the east and south. [citation needed] Geographers subdivide the Interior Plains into the Interior Lowlands and the Great Plains on the basis of elevation.
COTA Mainstream is an on-demand shared-ride program for riders with disabilities. [ 53 ] Seasonal or event-based services include the summertime "Zoo Bus" to the Columbus Zoo , [ 54 ] the "Bus it to the Buckeyes" service for Ohio State University football games at the Ohio Stadium , and the "Zoom to Boom" service to the city's July 4 fireworks ...
Under the Smith-Lever Act, administrative oversight of Tuskegee's Extension program came under the direction of Duggar in 1915, though in a de facto sense, the program remained autonomous and under the direction of African-Americans. [17] Despite its pioneering efforts in extension work, Tuskegee was not eligible to receive 1890 funds until 1972.
The Oregon Extension ("The OE") is an American college educational extension program focused on nature, religion, community, sustainability, and what it means to be human. [1] The OE was established in 1975 and is located in the Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument , near Ashland, Oregon .