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Since the passage of the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, it has operated as the primary in-state outreach service for the commonwealth’s two land-grant universities: Virginia Tech and Virginia State University. Today, Virginia Cooperative Extension has a network of faculty and staff at two universities, 107 county and city offices, 11 agricultural ...
Since 2005, the Extension system has collaborated in developing eXtension.org (pronounced "e-extension"). eXtension is an Internet-based learning platform where Extension professionals and citizens nationwide and beyond have 24/7 access to unbiased, research-based, peer-reviewed information from land-grant universities on a wide range of topics.
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.
Yes, companion planting works well even in small containers when you choose the right plants, according to the University of West Virginia Extension, which suggests combining tomatoes, peppers ...
The program is part of the Texas A&M University System's Keeping Texas Prepared initiative to ensure the A&M System service agencies and teams are equipped to prepare for and respond to statewide ...
When that was successful, the Master Gardener Program was officially established, a curriculum created, and training began in King County and Pierce County in 1973. [2] The concept then spread to other U.S. states and Canadian provinces. In the US, groups are affiliated with a land-grant university and one of its cooperative extension service ...
The current leading biological control method of hemlock woolly adelgid is Sasajiscymnus tsugae, [originally called Pseudoscymnus tsugae]. [11] S. tsugae is a black lady beetle that is relatively host-specific, feeding only on three known aldegid species, including HWA.
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