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Diagnostic Walkabouts: Seventeen Years of Specialized Training for Horticultural Professionals
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Malinich, Timothy J.; Kowalski, Jacqueline; Behnke, Charles – Journal of Extension, 2021
A diagnostic walkabout (DW) is an in-field diagnostic training program for professionals in the green industry (greenhouse, landscape, nursery, and turf businesses). DWs have been scheduled annually since 2002 and are easily replicable, fee-based programs that provide cost recovery. DWs also serve as a mentoring program for new Extension…
Descriptors: Horticulture, Training, Professional Training, Extension Education
Virtual Plant Clinics Cultivate Collaborations and Transfer Knowledge in Extension
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Kness, Andrew; Dill, Shannon; McCoy, Teresa – Journal of Extension, 2020
Plant clinics have been used as a tool to help Extension professionals diagnose crop production problems; however, limited resources have made it difficult to continue to offer in-person clinics. Using distance-learning technology, University of Maryland Extension initiated and offered to Extension professionals "virtual" plant clinics…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Web Based Instruction, Knowledge Level, Animals
Advancing Use of Key Integrated Pest Management Practices in Schools
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Stock, Tim; Kowalewski, Alexander; Gould, Micah; Jepson, Paul – Journal of Extension, 2019
Since 2011, Oregon State University has conducted integrated pest management (IPM) training specific to public schools. School personnel receive onsite training on key IPM practices as well as associated materials. To determine which practices and materials school employees are using as a result of the program, we administered a survey to 2016…
Descriptors: Animals, Public Schools, State Universities, Training
Model Integrated Pest Management Program Delivery for Community Gardeners
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Barrett, Eric; Kowalski, Jacqueline – Journal of Extension, 2018
The growth of community gardens has created new opportunities for urban Extension personnel at a time when staffing resources continue to decline. To serve the integrated pest management (IPM) needs of community gardening populations, Extension educators in two urban counties developed an on-site program involving a demonstration kit and planning…
Descriptors: Gardening, Extension Agents, Extension Education, Urban Areas
Pest Private Eye: Using an Interactive Role-Playing Video Game to Teach about Pests and Integrated Pest Management
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Bauer, Erin; Ogg, Clyde – Journal of Extension, 2011
The trend toward encouraging adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in schools has increased in the last decade. Because IPM helps reduce risk of human pesticide exposure, reduce allergens and asthma triggers, save energy, and protect the environment, it's essential that IPM awareness continue not only with current school administrators,…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Video Games, Child Health, Human Body
Operation Cleansweep in Florida: Extension's Role in an Environmentally Friendly Program Opportunity
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Fishel, Fred – Journal of Extension, 2010
Operation Cleansweep is a free pesticide disposal program that has operated in Florida since 1995. The program is open to commercial facilities, including agricultural production establishments, golf course operators, and pest control companies. Since its inception, the program has had more than 1,700 participants and collected more than 1,000,000…
Descriptors: Animals, Poisoning, Agricultural Production, Extension Education