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== Penn State Extension is an educational network that gives people in Pennsylvania's 67 counties access to the University's resources and expertise. == | == Penn State Extension is an educational network that gives people in Pennsylvania's 67 counties access to the University's resources and expertise. == | ||
==== Helps individuals, families, businesses, and communities throughout Pennsylvania with information and a broad range of educational programs designed to:' ==== | |||
*Support productive, profitable, and competitive businesses and a strong agriculture and food system | *Support productive, profitable, and competitive businesses and a strong agriculture and food system | ||
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*Build caring, safe, and healthy communities | *Build caring, safe, and healthy communities | ||
*Ensure the long-term vitality of Pennsylvania's natural resources | *Ensure the long-term vitality of Pennsylvania's natural resources | ||
*Enable people to better understand and deal with complex public issues | *Enable people to better understand and deal with complex public issues | ||
== What is Extension? == | == What is Extension? == | ||
It is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and state and county governments. Through this county-based partnership, Penn State Extension educators, faculty, and local volunteers work together to share unbiased, research-based information with local residents. | It is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and state and county governments. Through this county-based partnership, Penn State Extension educators, faculty, and local volunteers work together to share unbiased, research-based information with local residents. | ||
Revision as of 04:14, 13 May 2015
Penn State Extension is an educational network that gives people in Pennsylvania's 67 counties access to the University's resources and expertise.
Helps individuals, families, businesses, and communities throughout Pennsylvania with information and a broad range of educational programs designed to:'
- Support productive, profitable, and competitive businesses and a strong agriculture and food system
- Strengthen families, children and youth, and the elderly
- Build caring, safe, and healthy communities
- Ensure the long-term vitality of Pennsylvania's natural resources
- Enable people to better understand and deal with complex public issues
What is Extension?
It is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and state and county governments. Through this county-based partnership, Penn State Extension educators, faculty, and local volunteers work together to share unbiased, research-based information with local residents.