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Thank You from the Entire Extension Foundation Team! As we wrap up 2024, we want to thank all of our partners across Cooperative Extension, for making this year a success. Over the past 12 months, we hosted 70+ events, attended by more than 2,000 Extension professionals! Your participation made it an impactful year of growth and learning. If you missed out on any of these sessions, you can catch up by exploring the recordings and resources in our Video Resource Library What's in Store for...

The 2025 JCEP Extension Leadership Conference proudly announces the following guest speakers! Find out more and register today at https://www.jcep.org/elc ! See you in Savannah!

Register for the 12/16 webinar here: https://go.rutgers.edu/ l5efrlxv Please join us on Monday, December 16, 2024, at 12:30 pm for the third webinar of our Consumer Food Waste Webinar series. This series is part of a USDA grant that Ohio State University and Rutgers Cooperative Extension received to create a national consumer food waste community of practice. This monthly webinar series showcases the efforts of Extension groups, university researchers, and leaders in the food and...

We are hiring! Please take a few minutes to look over Kentucky State University's Evaluation Specialist for Program and Staff Development job posting.

The Farm Robotics Challenge, organized by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources and the AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems , with support from technology partners farm-ng and IGIS , is an annual competition for college level student teams. The objective is for teams is to identify and solve real-world agricultural challenges using cutting-edge robotics technology. They are launching year 3 of the Farm Robotics Challenge – an annual competition for 2-year and 4-year college and...

The Cooperative Extension at NC A&T State University seeks an Assistant/Associate Professor - Extension Urban Agriculture Specialist . Purpose of the Position Provides educational leadership in the development, implementation, management, and evaluation of research-based, integrative statewide Extension programs that meet the needs of limited-resource and socially disadvantaged audiences. Delivers training and educational support materials for Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR)...

Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor (AP 24-20) University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources The successful candidate will implement an extension education and applied problem-solving research program in livestock production systems and range management on both private and public lands for Mendocino and Lake Counties. Location: UCCE Mendocino County Office, 890 N. Bush St., Ukiah, CA Education: The successful applicant will have a minimum of a master's degree in animal...

Explore a career with the Oklahoma Extension. Join our team and make a difference in the lives of Oklahomans!

North Dakota State University Extension is hiring a Community Health and Nutrition Specialist/Lead Program Coordinator for EFNEP and SNAP-Ed. The EFNEP/FNP (SNAP-Ed) Lead Program Coordinator and Community Health & Nutrition Specialist, is a 12-month, non-tenure track, 100% Extension position. The specialist is a member of a statewide Extension Family and Community Wellness team responsible for providing leadership to create and deliver innovative learning experiences that empower North...

Malnutrition is a global public health crisis affecting millions of people, impacting not only physical health but also mental well-being. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), approximately 828 million people were undernourished in 2021, a number that has grown due to rising food and economic crises (FAO, 2022). In the United States, about 13.5% of the population faces food insecurity, including 7.2 million children who lack regular access to nutritious foods (USDA,...

Rutgers University-New Brunswick is hiring an Assistant Extension Specialist in Farm Viability (Equivalent to Assistant Professor) to develop and lead externally funded research and extension programs that support and strengthen the viability of the New Jersey agricultural sector and individual farms.

The Journal of Extension, Volume 62 Number 4, has been posted at https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/joe/ Submitting an article to JOE is easy. There are five different ways that you can share information including a feature article, research in brief, ideas at work, tools of the trade, and commentary. Learn more at https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/joe/ Look for the next issue to be published in mid-February.