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Nutrition Education Makes A Difference, Satish Verma, Donna Montgomery, Peggy Gentry

Journal of Extension

The perennial question for Extension educators is: Do our educational programs make a difference?" Yes, we think so in the case of our nutrition and food safety program.

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Videotape Education On A Controversial Issue-Pesticides In Food, Jim C. Loftis, Patricia A. Kendall

Journal of Extension

Using an interdisciplinary team approach, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension produced an educational package (videotape and bulletin) targeted for consumers and home gardeners to promote the concept of rationale alertness about the use of pesticides in the food chain. For the issue of pesticide residues in the food chain, we believe a logical role for Cooperative Extension is to present both sides of the issue and allow producers and consumers to take responsibility for informed choice. By its very nature, such a role demands the use of an interdisciplinary approach.

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Integrating Evaluation Into Teaching, Sonia W. Butler

Journal of Extension

Building an evaluating device into the program delivery method is a way to reduce negative participant reactions to pre-post evaluation instruments. Making the evaluation a part of the teaching can provide clear evidence of results. The students like it. By participating, they receive individualized attention and information they can use.

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Give Teens The Programs They Want...And Need, Debra T. Acosta, Barbara A. Holt

Journal of Extension

Designing programs to meet "felt needs" of clientele is definitely the key to maintaining involvement and may help keep youth at risk from leaving 4-H. The 4-H Senior Needs Assessment has been a valuable tool in identifying teen interests and felt needs, the first step in targeting these youth for Extension's national Youth-at-Risk Initiative.

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Agricultural Gatekeepers - Real Barrier To Rural Development, Don A. Dillman

Journal of Extension

The entire USDA land-grant system has an organizational bias against rural development, unless it has an agricultural underpinning controlled by agriculturists. One solution is to move all federal rural development responsibilities and funds outside of the USDA.

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