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The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) was an extension agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), part of the executive branch of the federal government. The 1994 Department Reorganization Act, passed by Congress, created CSREES by combining the former Cooperative State Research Service and the ...
Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers is a program operated by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that provides grants to eligible organizations assist socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to own and operate farms and ranches and to participate in agriculture ...
The National Association Of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) is an American professional association for cooperative extension agents and specialists who are employed by cooperative state extension services and are members of their state associations. Annual meetings have taken place since 1915.
It replaced the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service in 2009. Dionne Toombs served as the Acting Director from April 11, 2022 to May 8, 2023. [1] Dionne Toombs is the current Associate Director for Programs. [2] Manjit Misra was appointed Director on April 24, 2023 and began his new role on May 8, 2023. [3]
The Smith–Lever Act of 1914 is a United States federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services, connected to land-grant universities, intended to inform citizens about current developments in agriculture, home economics, public policy/government, leadership, 4-H, economic development, coastal issues (National Sea Grant College Program), and related subjects.
Funds outcome-based projects that train Cooperative Extension educators and other professionals in the agriculture industry on sustainability. This grant is intended for organizations that develop and deliver training, not individuals who hope to receive training. •Awards range from $30,000 to $150,000 with an average award of $75,000 [18]
Bluestockings Cooperative began as a women's bookstore in 1999 in the Lower East Side of New York City and quickly developed into a niche of queer radical bookselling.
Thus BOCES has developed from a special-purpose, interim agency into a formally recognized middle or intermediate unit in New York State's public education system. There are currently 37 BOCES incorporating all but 9 of the 697 school districts in New York State. Moreover, other states have moved toward regional educational configurations like ...