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Joe'S Niche In The Extension Scholarship Movement, Nancy K. Franz, Celia E. Stovall
Joe'S Niche In The Extension Scholarship Movement, Nancy K. Franz, Celia E. Stovall
The Journal of Extension
Extension's sustainability is tied to relationships with academia. Now more than ever, Extension faculty and staff need to integrate their work into the aims of their university to gain credibility, relevance, and support. This requires Extension workers to more deeply and widely document and share the scholarship of their work with academics and stakeholders. Extension workers should look more often to the Journal of Extension as the premier Extension journal in North America to help address this need. The journal provides a number of factors and services that contribute to developing and sustaining a culture of Extension scholarship.
Local Foods In Maryland Schools And Implications For Extension: Findings From Schools And Farmers, Lydia Oberholtzer, James C. Hanson, Gerald Brust, Carolyn Dimitri, Nessa Richman
Local Foods In Maryland Schools And Implications For Extension: Findings From Schools And Farmers, Lydia Oberholtzer, James C. Hanson, Gerald Brust, Carolyn Dimitri, Nessa Richman
The Journal of Extension
This article describes results from a study examining the supply chain for local foods in Maryland school meals, the barriers and opportunities for increasing local foods in schools, and the development of Extension efforts to meet the needs identified. Interviews and surveys were administered with stakeholders, including farmers and food service directors. The results suggest that outreach regarding public schools should focus on the farm level, while efforts for private schools should focus on both the schools and the farm level and facilitating networking between the two.
The Impact Of The Extension Service On Minority-Owned Small Farm Operations, Renita W. Marshall
The Impact Of The Extension Service On Minority-Owned Small Farm Operations, Renita W. Marshall
The Journal of Extension
Reaching and serving minority populations will require greater consideration in the future. However, this mission can only be accomplished when Extension makes a commitment to provide better coordination and administration of internal and external outreach programs. There is a necessity for Extension professionals to facilitate interactions between limited resource minority farmers and USDA agencies. This will in turn promote opportunities for these farmers to participate in various programs sponsored by eligible USDA and other participating agencies. The creation of minority outreach programs by Extension clearly demonstrates a commitment to this mission. Yet there is so much more to be done.