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Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies
Old Order Amish; Groffdale Mennonite Conference; agricultural extension; outreach communication; conventional agriculture; government subsidies; trust
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Penn State Extension Services And Plain People: An Inside Perspective On A Trust-Based Relationship, Phillip Martin
Penn State Extension Services And Plain People: An Inside Perspective On A Trust-Based Relationship, Phillip Martin
Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies
This perspective on Penn State Extension Services and plain people is based on my personal experiences as a plain person, in which I interacted with Extension Services first as a farmer, and then (while working on a doctorate) as a part of the Extension system. Penn State Extension started over a century ago and was deliberate in reaching out to plain (conservative Anabaptist) farmers since the beginning, which led to a history of trust-based cooperation. For all these successes there remain challenges to effective cooperation with certain plain individuals and subgroups. I suggest these challenges are broadly similar to those …