Home & Consumer HorticultureMajor Program

64095.02

Total Hours

Contributed.

775723

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

442.8

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

6100

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming

601293

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Urban Garden volunteers see economic potential in their education and experience

Having volunteers are a critical component to the effectiveness of county agents. They significantly increase an agents ability to reach target audiences and affect change in the community. Volunteers often come from the same areas they work in and see extension agents as a resource to provide education and opportunities that they otherwise may not have access. Technical training and research-based information from University extension programs can provide skill and experience that volunteers an...

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Urban Garden volunteers see economic potential in their education and experience

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