{"id":208,"date":"2017-03-09T15:33:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T15:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/?page_id=208"},"modified":"2022-07-21T17:11:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T17:11:18","slug":"cooperative-extension","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/departments\/departments-a-d\/cooperative-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooperative Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"soliloquy-outer-container\" data-soliloquy-loaded=\"0\"><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-721_1\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade soliloquy-fade soliloquy-controls-active soliloquy-arrows-active soliloquy-default-slider soliloquy-theme-base no-js\" style=\"max-width:960px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-721_1\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-id-723 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-723\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2019\/06\/Sykes-Farm-4-960x300_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sykes Farm 4\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-2 soliloquy-id-724 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-724\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-2 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2019\/06\/DSCN1313-960x300_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN1313\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-3 soliloquy-id-725 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-725\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-3 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2019\/06\/DSC00125-960x300_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00125\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-4 soliloquy-id-728 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-728\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-4 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2019\/06\/Sykes-Farm-6-960x300_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sykes Farm 6\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><noscript><div class=\"soliloquy-no-js\" style=\"display:none;visibility:hidden;height:0;line-height:0;opacity:0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2019\/06\/Sykes-Farm-4.jpg\" alt=\"Sykes Farm 4\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2019\/06\/DSCN1313.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN1313\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2019\/06\/DSC00125.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00125\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2019\/06\/Sykes-Farm-6.jpg\" alt=\"Sykes Farm 6\" \/><\/div><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alamance.ces.ncsu.edu\/\">Cooperative Extension <\/a>provides educational programming to residents about horticulture, livestock, farm crops, poultry, and pesticides. They also administer the local 4-H youth program and offer Serv Safe classes.<\/p>\n<p>This department is in joint partnership with NC State University, USDA, and Alamance County.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">2022-2023 Workload Measures<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Number of producers attending training-increase in profitability<br \/>\n2. Number of individual farm visits for production issues<br \/>\n3. Number of pesticide applicators receiving recertification training<br \/>\n4. Number of Master Gardener Volunteer-money saved through volunteer efforts<br \/>\n5. Number of Master Gardener Volunteer hours<br \/>\n6. Track the number of people who attend agricultural educational programs<br \/>\n7. Number of persons receiving SERV Safe or Safe Plates training<br \/>\n8. Number of youth agricultural programming participants<br \/>\n9. Number of embryology program participation<br \/>\n10. Number of Persons receiving Newsletter Correspondence from the Cooperative Extension<br \/>\n11. Number of individuals making healthy lifestyle changes (in areas of nutrition or physical activity)<br \/>\n12. Number of individuals increasing local food consumption due to preparation or preservation techniques learned<br \/>\n13. Number of farms listed on local foods website (cumulative listing)<br \/>\n14. Number of farms\/local food businesses listed on the Visit NC Farms app<br \/>\n15. Number of people (public) being connected to farms through our local foods\u2019 website and the Visit NC Farms app<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><em>Updated 7\/20\/22<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-39\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-39\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th colspan=\"2\" class=\"column-1\">2022-2023 Performance Management Goals<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Goals<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Progress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1) To increase agricultural education to current farmers, Cooperative Extension will provide 5 educational<br \/>\nprograms for field crop and livestock producers, which include conferences (i.e. regional beef<br \/>\nconference, regional goat and sheep conference, and regional field crops conference), poultry<br \/>\nproduction, and pasture management as well as GAP training for tobacco producers.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><em>In Progress<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2) To increase agricultural education, Cooperative Extension will produce and disseminate quarterly<br \/>\nnewsletters for field crop, livestock producers and consumers (FCS) and monthly newsletters for<br \/>\nhorticulturists.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><em>In Progress<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3) To support current and potential farmers, Cooperative Extension will provide telephone and email<br \/>\ntechnical assistance for producers.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><em>In Progress<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4) To support current and potential farmers, Cooperative Extension will provide a minimum of 75 one-on-one<br \/>\nfarm visits for production issues.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><em>In Progress<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5) To support current and potential farmers, Cooperative Extension will provide 8 pesticide continuing<br \/>\neducation classes for producers.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><em>In Progress<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">6) To increase agricultural education to students, Cooperative Extension will offer 3 embryology sessions<br \/>\nin local schools to increase agriculture awareness.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><em>In Progress<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">7) To increase participation and awareness of agricultural resources, Cooperative Extension will promote<br \/>\nthe Think Green Thursdays video series by advertising a least twice in the Resident Newsletter, County<br \/>\nSocial Media, Cooperative Extension Social Media, and the Cooperative Extension Newsletter.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><em>In Progress<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">8) To further support the farming and -potential farming community, Cooperative Extension will promote<br \/>\nthe Buster Sykes Demonstration Orchard where residents can learn proper growing techniques such as<br \/>\npruning, fruit thinning, pest management, and forest management through 2 workshops.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><em>In Progress<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">9) To encourage and support youth agricultural programming, Cooperative Extension will sponsor youth<br \/>\nagricultural programming and resources through Extension efforts such as the 4-H youth livestock<br \/>\nprogram (judging, skillathon, quiz bowl): summer 4-H opportunities (camps, farm tours) and farm to<br \/>\ntable (agriculture program for 4th graders).<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><em>In Progress<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10) To further support the farming and non-farming community, Extension Master Gardeners will provide<br \/>\neducational opportunities for the public that include: Think Green Thursdays gardening classes, Farm to<br \/>\nTable program, Homegrown in the Park, Herb Festival, wellness fairs, and local farmers markets.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><em>In Progress<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11) To increase consumption of local foods by demonstrating ways to prepare and preserve produce grown,<br \/>\neither commercially or at home, through hands-on workshops and interactive food demos.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><em>In Progress<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12) To encourage healthy lifestyle changes in the areas of nutrition and physical activity in order to prevent<br \/>\nchronic disease (such as diabetes &amp; Cardio vascular disease) through educational classes.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><em>In Progress<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">13) To increase food safety of our food establishments through food safety manager training classes.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><em>In Progress<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a style=\"font-size: revert\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/06\/Alamance-County-Infographic-Double-Sided-2020_Page_1-scaled.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-864 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/06\/Alamance-County-Infographic-Double-Sided-2020_Page_1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/06\/Alamance-County-Infographic-Double-Sided-2020_Page_1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/06\/Alamance-County-Infographic-Double-Sided-2020_Page_1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/06\/Alamance-County-Infographic-Double-Sided-2020_Page_1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/06\/Alamance-County-Infographic-Double-Sided-2020_Page_1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/06\/Alamance-County-Infographic-Double-Sided-2020_Page_1-710x1065.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/06\/Alamance-County-Infographic-Double-Sided-2020_Page_1-1030x1545.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.alamance-nc.com\/pmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/06\/Alamance-County-Infographic-Double-Sided-2020_Page_1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Cooperative Extension provides educational programming to residents about horticulture, livestock, farm crops, poultry, and pesticides. 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