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Rose Judd-Murray; Nellie Hill-Sullins; Shannon Norris-Parish; Gaea Hock – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2024
Cooperative Extension employees and primary volunteers have opportunities to improve agricultural literacy among community members, yet little is known about the agricultural literacy proficiency of these community educators. It is generally assumed that Extension workers and volunteers are agriculturally literate; this study sought to provide…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Agricultural Skills, Agriculture Teachers, Extension Education
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Hill, Paul; Ali, Amanda D.; Narine, Lendel K.; Spielmaker, Debra; Schmutz, Andrea – Journal of Extension, 2020
Utah's rural counties have experienced high levels of unemployment compared to the state's urban counties. Utah State University Extension developed a remote work educational program intended to reduce rural unemployment. We conducted a descriptive study to gather data from May-August 2019 participants (N = 1,025). Our results indicate that…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Unemployment, Rural Areas, State Universities
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MacArthur, Stacey; Nelson, Cindy; Brower, Naomi; Memmott, Margie; Peterson, Gaelynn – Journal of Extension, 2016
Obstacles facing new 4-H volunteers include time constraints and difficulty finding project-specific information, resources, and opportunities available for club members. As a solution to these obstacles and an aid for assisting volunteers in becoming confident in delivering information to youth, content experts produced Discover 4-H Clubs, a…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Extension Education, Clubs, Volunteers