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Identifying Needs-Based Issues for New eXtension Communities of Practice

To date, eXtension has been identifying and developing new Communities of Practice (CoP) through three approaches: 1) voluntary applications from content areas, 2) needs-based calls to Extension Directors/Administrators, and 3) through successful proposals submitted through various CSREES competitive grant programs (e.g., Specialty Crops Research Initiative (SCRI), Agriculture Food Research Initiative (AFRI), etc.). In an effort to expand our approaches to identify appropriate CoP's that are relevant to the Extension system, we are conducting this survey of Extension field faculty/educators.The purpose of this survey is to engage all Extension field faculty/educators in identifying issues/topics they feel may be appropriate for developing new CoP's. So we are extremely interested in your input and response to this survey.The survey should take about 5 minutes to complete. Please be assured that your response is anonymous and will never be associated with your name.Thanks in advance. Please complete the survey by Friday, May 29, 2009.To learn more about eXtension, go to http://about.extension.org/

Identifying Needs Based Issues for New eXtension Communities of Practice - eXt ID Holders and Iteams Start Date: 5/7/2009
End Date: 6/10/2009
Maximum number of respondents: 999999
Total Respondents Completed: 536
Partial Completes: 2

Identifying Needs Based Issues for New eXtension Communities of Practice - Directors/Administrators Start Date: 5/3/2009
End Date: 6/10/2009
Maximum number of respondents: 999999
Total Respondents Completed: 447
Partial Completes: 1

1. In which landgrant institution are you employed?

  • Click on the down arrow and then your landgrant institution

    • (Each Respondent could choose only ONE of the following options:)
    Response Total % of Total Respondents %
    Alabama A & M University 3
    		0%
    Alcorn State University 1
    		0%
    America Samoa Community College 0
    		0%
    Auburn University 8
    		1%
    Bay Mills Community College 0
    		0%
    Blackfeet Community College 1
    		0%
    Candeska Cikana Community College 0
    		0%
    Chief Dull Knife College 0
    		0%
    Clemson University 4
    		0%
    College of Micronesia 0
    		0%
    College of the Menominee Nation 0
    		0%
    Colorado State University 7
    		1%
    Cornell University 38
    		4%
    Crownpoint Institute of Technology 0
    		0%
    Delaware State University 1
    		0%
    Dine College 0
    		0%
    Florida A & M University 1
    		0%
    Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College 0
    		0%
    Fort Belknap College 0
    		0%
    Fort Berthold Community College 0
    		0%
    Fort Peck Community College 0
    		0%
    Fort Valley State College 0
    		0%
    Haskell Indian Nations University 0
    		0%
    Institute of American Indian Arts 0
    		0%
    Iowa State University 12
    		1%
    Kansas State University 4
    		0%
    Kentucky State University 0
    		0%
    Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College 0
    		0%
    Langston University 0
    		0%
    Leech Lake Tribal College 0
    		0%
    Lincoln University of Missouri 0
    		0%
    Little Big Horn College 0
    		0%
    Little Priest Tribal College 0
    		0%
    Louisiana State University 11
    		1%
    Michigan State University 11
    		1%
    Mississippi State University 10
    		1%
    Montana State University 22
    		2%
    Nebraska Indian Community College 1
    		0%
    New Mexico State University 3
    		0%
    North Carolina A & T State University 4
    		0%
    North Carolina State University 51
    		5%
    North Dakota State University 15
    		2%
    Northern Marianas College 0
    		0%
    Northwest Indian College 0
    		0%
    Oglala Lakota College 0
    		0%
    Ohio State University 48
    		5%
    Oklahoma State University 10
    		1%
    Oregon State University 25
    		3%
    Pennsylvania State University 34
    		3%
    Prairie View A&M University 0
    		0%
    Purdue University 19
    		2%
    Rutgers, State University of New Jersey 6
    		1%
    Salish Kootenai College 0
    		0%
    Sinte Gleska University 0
    		0%
    Sisseton Wahpeton Community College 0
    		0%
    Sitting Bull College 0
    		0%
    South Carolina State University 0
    		0%
    South Dakota State University 20
    		2%
    Southern University A&M College 2
    		0%
    Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute 0
    		0%
    Stone Child College 0
    		0%
    Tanka University 0
    		0%
    Tennessee State University 5
    		1%
    Texas A&M University 22
    		2%
    Turtle Mountain Community College 0
    		0%
    Tuskegee University 5
    		1%
    United Tribes Technical College 0
    		0%
    University of Alaska 3
    		0%
    University of Arizona 23
    		2%
    University of Arkansas 61
    		6%
    University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff 0
    		0%
    University of California 9
    		1%
    University of Connecticut 2
    		0%
    University of Delaware 0
    		0%
    University of District of Columbia 1
    		0%
    University of Florida 41
    		4%
    University of Georgia 13
    		1%
    University of Guam 4
    		0%
    University of Hawaii 9
    		1%
    University of Idaho 23
    		2%
    University of Illinois 10
    		1%
    University of Kentucky 6
    		1%
    University of Maine 6
    		1%
    University of Maryland 30
    		3%
    University of Maryland, Eastern Shore 0
    		0%
    University of Massachusetts 1
    		0%
    University of Minnesota 7
    		1%
    University of Missouri 80
    		8%
    University of Nebraska 16
    		2%
    University of Nevada Reno 15
    		2%
    University of New Hampshire 24
    		2%
    University of Puerto Rico 0
    		0%
    University of Rhode Island 0
    		0%
    University of Tennessee 107
    		11%
    University of the Virgin Islands 0
    		0%
    University of Vermont 3
    		0%
    University of Wisconsin 10
    		1%
    University of Wyoming 34
    		3%
    Utah State University 15
    		2%
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 6
    		1%
    Virginia State University 1
    		0%
    Washington State University 15
    		2%
    West Virginia State College 4
    		0%
    West Virginia University 2
    		0%
    White Earth Tribal and Community College 0
    		0%
    Total Responses: 985
    0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

    2. Given the overall scope of your Extension work, what are the top three issues/topics that would be useful for eXtension to address through a CoP that would assist you in your work?


  • Please enter your top three issues/topics in priority order (first, second, third), in the following text blocks

    Number 1 issue/topic
    • The use of a 'Train the Trainer' model to reach more people.
    Family Work and Life Fit/Balance
    Renewable Energy Extension
    4-H SET programing
    community gardening,
    Forestry
    Food Preservation/Living Sustainably
    Financial stability and economic well-being.
    Energy conservation and sustainability
    Community Development
    Coping with boom and bust economics. Determining the Wyoming "we" want by building long term sustainable economic and development choices.
    volunteer development
    Refugee Families-Integration into community, nutrition and food safety concerns. Families often can't find cultural foods and lack language skills to read labels on foods from food pantries...knowledge of how to prepare and use our kitchen appliances.
    Health Issues: The problems of High Blood Pressure, Obesity, Diabetes and Cardio-vascular diseases are due more to ignorance than old habits taht are difficulty to change.Many of our the stakeholders that we serve in Alabama black belt have little or no formal education. There is need to re-address these health disparity issues.
    home energy
    Wood Energy
    Alternative Energy
    Water issues awareness.
    pesticide application
    Nutrition
    Innovative programs to address military families with deployment issues
    Food allergies/ and related diseases

    also include economic impacts of special diets
    Natural Resources
    Food Decision-making
    poverty
    invasive species - #s are increasing every year
    Prevention of Obesity
    A need for a centralized area for extension documentation and training curriculum.
    childhood obesity and physical
    community development
    Community Development
    Reducing Obesity
    Financial Management for Individuals and Families
    Parent education for parents who are really struggling with their roles, or who may have been ordered by the courts to participate
    Distance Learning Education Methods including examples of delivery strategies, client feedback, and a comparison of in class verses online learning (pros and cons, pre/post assessment results, course evaulation, etc...)
    Integrated Pest Management
    Efficient corn and soybean production with increasing costs of inputs and decreasing grain prices.

    Funding of youth entrepreneurship
    sustainable energy
    stormwater management
    SET (science, engineering, technology) activities
    Background farming during difficult economic times.
    financial literacy
    Sustainable Agriculture
    Health issues of low income populations, especially nutritional problems
    Production pracitices for the various crops grown.
    alfalfa
    wheat
    corn silage
    Community Leadership
    Financial Education
    preschool nutrition/physical activity
    Community Development
    School-based nutrition education
    civic engagement
    Invasive weeds
    Horticulture

    CoPs are not useful in my work
    Obesity Prevention
    entrepenuers/small business owners
    Multi-party, multi-interest conflict resolution at community level, also known as public issues education. This includes facilitation skills to plan and manage these processes.
    Sustainable living/addressing climate change
    improved range management
    In a very isolated rural area of a county with a very low population, that has high unemployment, working with 4-H youth/volunteers and town/county leaders to address issues of concern.
    Landscape Contractor Certification
    Nutrition
    Health issues
    Transitioning work style/culture into cop.
    Financial priorities - Surviving the economy (unemployment, balancing budgets, controlling expenses)
    Sustainable Community Economic Development
    Program impact evaluation
    Nutrition
    Early detection of invasive plants.
    Standardized evaluation tools to measure 4-H activities and events and their relationship to development of life skills.
    Invasive species of insect, disease, weeds that impact food crops
    Managing a county 4-H program
    Marketing Extension
    Conservation Agriculture (no-till, direct seed)
    Invasive species
    Consumer horticulture pest management
    sustainable production of landscape plants (nursery crop production)
    Woody biomass utilization for energy and bioproducts.
    Gardening- geographic specific
    Community Development
    Nutrition/Health
    Selection and Management of Cattle and Processing Carcasses for a Grass fed beef market
    Financial Management, especially Debt management and investments
    Volunteer Development
    kEEPING CURRENT WITH SALARIES AROUND THE REGION..
    Nutrition
    Environmental gardening and landscaping, particularly water-efficient and low pesticide use--home gardeners and green industry
    4-H and Youth Development.
    crop production
    Food Preservation
    Beef Cattle Marketing Challenges
    Food Safety
    Nutrition - small ruminants
    Urban Forestry
    Food Safety issues for the home consumer and food service workers and managers
    Home pest identification and control.
    Obesity
    Vegetable Gardening - Basics
    Beef Cattle Health, Reproduction and Nutrition
    Finances in difficult times
    Obesity
    Financial Education
    Community Developement, including economic development in small rural towns
    Fire Ant Control. Something that really works.
    consumer horticulture
    continuing Agriculture related inservice trainings in a face to face environment.
    Having enough staff to do what needs done. Split assignments ain't cuttin it
    buying and preparing/preserving locally grown foods
    Finance
    Pasture Rental Rates for Small Acreages

    Healthy Food vs. Finances
    Agricultural Profitability
    Nutrition
    research based search engine for crop, horticulture, livestock questions. Like Google Scholar but info based on university/extension recommendations.
    Protecting large blocks of rural land from fragmentation by residential/urban development. Better use of cluster housing, encouraging development near already established town centers.
    Economics of farm machinery purchases.
    1. 4-H project curriculum
    Resource Management
    Forest management
    The need for consumers to eat a healthy diet and live a healthy lifestyle.
    livestock marketing
    Financial Management for Families and Producers on the farm. Develope plans to assist all families with finaces during these tough ecconomic times.
    Identifying issues within the community
    Making agriculture competetive in the world market.
    Going green
    Salary
    Home Gardening
    How do we engage parents of youth ages 8-18?
    Public Land Grazing Issues
    Personal Financial Management -
    Adult Education



    Volunteerism
    Community Economic Development

    Poultry Biosecurity
    Emerging technology - how to use and how to use in educational efforts
    Urban Issues Related to Environmental Health (pesticides, water quality, airborne pollutants)
    Food Safety - would give a quick hit site for not only information but recalls/food alerts/contaminations/even info on food connections to disease - current issues - swine flu and eating pork, ETC
    Nutrition/ Healthy Eating
    Switchgrass production for biofuels
    obesity
    Lawn issues. I have several calls regarding lawn weeds, trees shrubs, etc
    farm diversification
    Pest Management of crop groups, production systems (e.g. irrigated, dryland)
    Nutrition issues including obesity
    Intergrated Pest Management
    Beef Production
    Arboriculture
    Insect ID and control.
    Irrigation management in field crops
    Water Conservation in row crop production
    split agent appointment: ineffective, inefficient, and unsuccessful
    Adult and Childhood Obesity
    Forage Crops
    Resistant weed control in row crops
    lack of profits in agriculture
    Hybrid/Variety selection considering land resources, crop rotation, disease characteristics, agronomic characteristics, planting rates for corn/soybeans/wheat.
    global hunger issues
    Healthy Homes (indoor air quality, asthma trigger prevention, household IPM, making homes safe for people of all ages-- older adults and children, making non-toxic cleaning supplies, etc.)
    4-H environmental science and technology programs. (Currently, MD 4-H has more than 12,000 enrollments in human science projects and 10,000 in animal sciences but only 3,000 in env. sci. and technology.) We need to work on promoting this area of 4-H
    Developing a better relationship between 4-H and FFA. They need to work together instead of seperate groups.
    4-H Youth Development
    Healthy Homes - health hazards in the built environment
    Food availability to urban populations
    Volunteer Program Management
    Environmentally sound Homeowner lawncare practices and how to battle the Scott's 4-step principle.
    Irrigation/water conservation
    IPM
    Rice production
    Agricultural Plastics: Product Stewardship and recycling
    Ag water use with a focus on irrigation
    Providing research based information to youth and adults in our community
    Community Gardening
    Water quality (ground and surface)
    nutrition and health- chronic disease- diabetes
    Parenting Education

    Financial Management
    Improving Profitability for Direct market Vegetable growers.
    youth programs
    Agricultural product marketing
    Involving youth in rural communities
    Human Development
    Integrated pest management (IPM)information delivery.
    Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
    Transfer of management responsibility and business assets of family firms, especially farmers.
    Home-based businesses & Entreprenuerism

    Herbicide resistant weed control
    better weed management programs
    sustainable agriculture
    Obesity treatment and prevention,

    Nutrition/Wellness
    Farmers Market for the Delta
    I believe that extension as a whole has a big role in communication with the public about contentious issues. Is this a place where a CoP could be created?

    Obesity
    personal bankruptcy
    nutrition and dietary concerns
    integrated pest management
    none
    farm financial management
    How to save money while shopping: for food, household items, cell phones, cars, vacations, hotel rooms, leisure activities, etc.
    nutrition
    1. Health related issues and how to deal effectively with them (obesity, diet-related illnesses, such as diabetes, stroke, heart disease, etc.
    Youth Development
    Diversified Agriculture/sustainable
    Economic development- further food products processing at local level
    biostatistics
    Choices for Better Health Care
    (Health and Safety)
    Parenting
    4-H Youth Programming that reflects where the populus is currently. Our content is great but delivery is terrible and has caused decline in traditional meetings/activities. Our youth programming on the whole should be cutting edge rather than trying to continually do what isn't working.
    Cutting edge technology from specialist to appropriate county personnel in a timely manner.
    Food Safety
    forages
    1. Health
    Risk Management
    Commercial Vegetable Production
    Small Farm/ Alternative Agriculture issues
    Home Horticulture
    Financial literacy for youth and adults.
    writing competitive grants to USDA in
    regard to Education and Extension
    Plant Science topics (tobacco)
    Impact of meth and illegal drugs on rural families
    substainable living
    4-H Leadership
    Insect ID
    Clean water and air
    alternative energy
    food safety - home and eating out
    Beef production strategies to cope with warmer temperatures and dryer conditions
    Volunteer development and how to document and report impact of volunteers
    Best practices for troubled financial times: Basic financial control, budgeting, credit,debt, estate planning and recoping retirement savings losses.
    Tobacco mechanization for light air-cured tobacco production.
    Increasing volunteerism of the retiring "Baby Boomers".
    community and regional economics
    Bioenergy, anaerobic digestion, corn and cellulosic ethanol, wind and PV.
    Health
    Nutrition
    Sustainable Cropping and Animal Production Systems
    beef cattle production and management
    food production
    Nutrition/Obesity
    Small farm issues
    leadership development
    Small Farm / Beginning Farming
    What is the causee of dead plants such as trees, shrubs,flowers,etc.?
    Adult obesity
    Community Fire Ant Control
    beef cattle production practices
    Farm Financial Management/Record Keeping

    milk pricing
    Resource Management - coping financially in tough times.
    Beef Production and Marketing
    What is the average farm rent in my township?
    Aquaculture
    Financial Education
    Climate Change
    Sustainable Development focus on creating a balance between the social, environmental and economic sectors of community
    Explaining Federal environmental regulations producers must meet with links to specific regulation of each state.
    Cover Crops
    Technology tools
    Obesity prevention
    Food Safety
    High Input costs in agriculture
    Food Security-/ How to feed families during economic crisis.
    Food safety
    Build relationships so the clientele know who we are and use us rather than just anyone on the web. You only learn from someone you trust.
    public relations with industry scandal; a neutral voice to animal welfare accusation; food safety; and press misnomers via articles; press releases to counter single view points.
    Obesity and Healthful Food Choices
    Teaching the general public the realities of agriculture and the value of agriculture in their lives.
    How to include diverse groups in your programming.
    Farm management
    Keeping teens involved in 4-H.
    consumer finances
    family financial management systems, including various financial products
    Agriculture production such pest managagment, marketing, fertility management, etc.
    Conservation tillage, especially continuous no-till
    Midwest implementation of Agricultural Drainage Water Management on 10+ million acres of cropland.
    direct marketing
    Nutrition
    Companion animals
    Nutrition education
    food preparation/safety
    Horticulture
    Agrosecurity
    Leadership
    Housing issues including: Mold & mildew, energy efficiency
    Marketing agricultural products during tough economic times
    Nutrition
    Environmental Conservation- Teaching youth
    new training for citizens laid off and permanantly cut from employment
    funding methods
    Cow/Calf Producer Management and Education
    Small acre grazing management
    Nutrition - feeding families on a budget
    changing society issues, economics, diversity, etc.
    Youth Development and Leadership

    Gardening to save money on food budgets
    engaging youth and training them for sustainable careers
    Beef Cattle Production
    Creating a Budget
    Animal welfare topics for producers - so the farmer can protect self.
    Parent Education
    Nonprofit Org Finance Parameters
    Organic gardening/landscape management for the homeowner
    aquaculture (just recently approved as a new CoP)
    Farm Management
    diversity/inclusiveness
    school based garden education
    Livestock - general info for counties lacking an agr educator
    Agronomic Crops Research Summary Source for Corn, Soybeans and Wheat
    Fire Ants
    Ornamental Horticulture
    money
    Nutrition/Physical Activity
    Non-comemrcial pecan management
    Health Living by Growing Gardens
    Marketing
    Rangelands, active vegetation management
    Family Financial issues
    4-H Nutrition Health and Fitness
    Financial literacy
    Nutrition
    Financial Management
    Lack of local funding has reduced office staff to one educator, one support staff member and one temporary part time program assistant.
    ornamental hort and homeowner issues
    Parenting
    Helping individuals and families cope with economic crises, such as job loss, job hours reduction, lack of health care coverage or inadequate health care coverage and related issues.
    Local Foods Inititive
    4-H Youth Leadership
    Being more cost productive in forage and livestock production.
    Home lawn/turf management (all aspects)
    Health and Fitness

    Consumer Horticulture- vegetable gardening, landscape, yard pests
    Obesity (child and adult). In rural communities, working families and economic constraints leave young children learning nutrition and health habits from TV or movies. The schools have too much on their plates to take responsibility for teaching children nutrition. Then these children grow up to have children of their own and ignorance is generational. Families need education that addresses all ages.

    home garden
    Horticulture
    Commercial Fruit Production
    Forage Production & Forage Research
    Legal and Tax Issues Education

    Health/Wellness
    Rural sociology issues. Why do farmers and ranchers do what they do?
    Cover crops
    Aging (elderly issues)
    Community Development
    Risk Management
    -Estate Planning
    -Farm Transfer
    -Stress Management
    Economic Development
    To revitalize small businesses and create jobs. Market Communities
    animal welfare
    Family Economic Well-Being
    Family Life
    Financial Management
    Efficient use of energy resources
    Invasive species managment

    Animal Rights
    Tree fruit horticulture
    Rainwater collection related to water conservation, water quality, reduction in runoff and pollution.
    Viticulture and enology
    Latino Issues
    Mechanical Weed Control
    Forest Products
    FORESTRY! (Private landowners)
    Environmental Education
    community development
    Non-agricultue small business development and entrepreneurship
    financial management in these tough economic times
    Family Economics
    Youth Animal Science
    -Youth Quality Assurance Programs
    -Youth Livestock Education
    commercial vegetable production
    Water
    Water quality and conservation in the landscape
    Food Safety
    Credit management
    Private Drinking Water, Water Treatment
    Urban Forestry
    Grant writing with CSREES
    Swine production
    Compare Community Development programs from Extension that are targeted to assist Economic Developers and Chamber of Commerce Directors and have measurable impact in their respective areas (Jobs & industry for ED and Retail & Service for Chamber)
    Integrated Pest Management
    mineral nutrition of beef cows
    Management of the Urban Forest
    Arthropod management at confined animal facilities
    Educated horticulturally based employees
    Nutrient Management for CAFO's
    business/industry energy efficiency including food processing and storage, vehicle maintenance practices
    Leadership Development
    Civic Engagement
    dialogue and deliberation approaches in extension outreach
    Food Preservation
    Workforce preparedness
    Healthy Weight for Adults
    Local Food Systems Development
    Distance education
    Small Farmer/Grower resources which are broad and inclusive. In other words, not only how and what to grow, but how to start and build a farm business, marketing, business planning, writing business plans, writing grants, dealing with family and employee issues, etc. Having a one stop shop or place for staff to work together so we can find others to deal with the part of the program we are not able to deal with or have staff that can cover it.
    youth - adult partnerships
    Working with individuals who are not traditional farmers, but live in rural areas and are involved in agricultural activities of one type or another.
    Best management practices for perennial crops against virus diseases
    home cleaning(including indoor air quality) and organization
    Food Safety
    Income and Estate Taxation
    landcare: sustainable land management (including agriculture, forestry, landscaping and related practices) that integrates conservation and development goals
    None
    Enlisting stakeholder engagement and input, resulting in active collaborations
    Postive Youth Development -- Something we as professionals can help parents, volunteers, each other who are working with youth. We must stay positive for the youth to become positive adults.
    local food production
    Corn and soybean production
    communications
    Power unit performance and economics for irrigation systems
    Energy Efficiencies
    Local Food Systems
    Parenting Educator professional development
    Sustaining the Family Farm/Ranch
    Using Web 2.0 tools for Business Marketing
    invasive weeds
    Local food systems.
    Pest Control in Fruits
    water quality management -
    Co-Parenting issues for divorced and never-married families.
    Poverty
    Best Management Practices in Lawn and Landscape and Fertilizer, Pesticides, Water Conservation
    Water Conservation
    Nutrition, health & wellness
    small farm economic viability
    Community Leadership Development Education
    Sweetpotato Production Practices: fertility, IPM, variety/breeding, etc
    Management for small business, including technology, HR, general management, strategy
    Sustainable Food System Business Logistics for small farmers. Nurturing a small-farm based food culture.
    Shopping (esp. food) on a Budget

    Parent Education

    biofuels
    youth leadership
    Program Quality of the Community Club Program;
    Connecting youth to entrepreneurs
    Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and Relative Caregiving
    Farm Financial Management
    personal finance issues
    Forage use and production
    Small and beginning farm management, particularly for livestock. Much of the available information does not apply to small farms and it would be useful to develop appropriate resources.
    horticulture
    Farm Business Management
    Family development with emphasis on working with Child Care Providers.
    Entomology (right now it is partially incorporated in other COPs
    Home Horticulture
    soil and water conservation and quality
    horticulture
    Nature/Agri Tourism, includes hunting and fishing and the cultural connections
    Childhood Obesity
    Agricultural Water Management
    Use of current instructional technologies for program delivery.
    Landscape Design
    Homeowner wise use/application of pesticides

    Basic Family & Business Finances
    Pest management
    energy
    invasive plants and animals
    Financial literacy
    Rural Development

    Invasive Species Issues - bakcground, importance to society, cost to society, links to specific pests
    Gathering State growers in the nusery and floricultural industries. Effective Diseae preventing and good plant growth practices.
    Pesticide Applicator training
    Tobacco
    Early childhood education
    Poverty/Hunger
    Management of soil quality/soil organic matter
    Non-Timber Forest Products marketing, managment and manufacturing.
    family finance, healthy meals on a budget
    Weed and disease control in turfgrass
    Financial management and analysis
    Web delivery of extension information
    Nutrition & Health
    discipline for children of all ages
    Healthier Americans through good nutrition and healthy active lifestyles.
    Stretching Your Food Dollar
    Water management (tile drainage)
    insect identification and control
    I do not use eXtension and have only logged on once.
    Financial Education and tips for money in hard times
    alternative energy
    creative arts
    Biological insecticides
    Poultry - raising, diseases
    Obesity Prevention
    Enabling citizens to handle ongoing tree disasters, such as emerald ash borer,
    oak wilt, saw flies, army worms, residual
    Dutch elm disease, cedar-apple rust
    Dairy
    Because of babyboomers - need for questions for consumers to ask when attempting to engage a financial planner and what a 1% fee actually means (and how planner is paid by the instruments chosen). Also - what constitues a balanced portfolio to make it through the bear market times.
    Urban landscape management. Over 80% of our taxpayer base lives in urban landscapes, but this always is the last to be addressed in state and national efforts. It's always food and fiber!
    Strengthening local food systems, especially fruit & vegetable production
    Invasive species
    obesity/overweight in children and adults
    Economic Issues - Personal Finances
    address the expanding communication gap between computer literate and elderly/disadvantaged/low education when business is all "on-line" and clients do not know how/understand using internet/cell phone/technology
    Beginning Farmers
    Food Safety/nutrition/health issues

    Decline in Extension Funding and what
    strategy will Extension take.
    Drought recovery
    Continuing Education
    resources for health issues, e.g., childhood obesity
    community planning
    Cellulosic Biomass as an alternative to corn ethanol
    Invasive pests
    More in-depth information on waste handling systems, feed management to address nutrient issues, etc.
    A complete curriculum for nutrition education and health issues to elderly (65 years and older)
    Scientific literacy/education
    vegetable production
    Corn and Soybeans-general crops
    Deer control
    Cotton disease and insect information
    Economics
    Food safety

    turf and lawn care
    downtown revitalization
    Integrated Pest management
    Dryland wheat/crop production in the High Plains
    parent education
    Food Security

    Financial Planning
    Fungicides and plant health in field crops
    volunteer development
    Business Development
    Increased input costs associated with beef cattle production
    Tips/ideas on how to eat a nutritious diet in an economical way-
    diabetes
    Water Quality and Quantity
    Sustainability
    Ways to reduce expenses during this economic time
    Financial Literacy
    How to fill out forms!
    Diversity/anti-racism community programs
    How to educate youth about natural resource use and management.
    Non profit collaboration, networking and training.
    Wheat production
    Working with Local County Governments (many states have some type of program that assists with training for county commissioners and clerks/recorders.
    Insect Identification with GOOD photos
    Urban Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices and methods
    Academic achievement - through parent/child programs; other strategies


    Nutrition
    Support and education for new parents
    developing local capacity for public involvement in environmental issues
    Health & Wellness through nutrition and physical activity
    Integrated Pest Management
    Sustainable living issues:
    energy, water, wastewater
    Beef cattle profitability
    Finance Education
    1. Current budget shortfall;
    Work with at-risk or court-ordered parents
    natural resource management
    Operation: Military Kids
    greenhouse vegetable production
    Selling/marketing local independent pork
    Incorporating evidence-based programming in existing youth development programming
    Camping and other Outdoor Adventures
    Farm Estate planning
    leadership
    Building leadership capacity of community organizations CoP. Leaders of tomorrow, demographic changes and embracing attitudes for a world culture
    Aquaculture
    4-H volunteer training
    4-H Youth Development
    Use of Facebook, Twitter, etc. as a means of communication with clients, esp. youth.
    Nutrition
    Financial Management
    Fitting hybrids/cultivars to the right environment-Variety testing
    Landowner succession
    Nutrition
    Residential and Day Camp
    Health & Wellness
    Weed Science and ID
    Quality Child Care
    South-North Greenspace Initiatives for Intergenerational Family Development (multi-state efforts with other 1890 and 1862 land-grants outside of surrounding Alabama states)
    native plant education
    Wildland fire
    Energy -- solar, electric, gas, etc.
    Managing budgets in tough times. This could include helping small businesses, helping families and households with reduced/lost income, and more.
    Finding new ways to reach our audience; through the computer, etc.
    Teaching Experientially or Experintial methodologies.
    Asset Building in youth.
    Honey Bees/Beekeeping/pollination
    Program evaluation
    Sustainable agriculture economically and enviornmentally
    Supplemental income for landowners - alternative crops, carbon market, wind energy, etc.
    Youth Development
    Parenting
    4-H Professional Development
    Administration-County
    Compatibility of livestock and the "neighbors"
    horticulture issues
    Volunteer recruitment is one of the most challenging tasks for 4-H agents, so learning about marketing and recruitment strategies would help at all levels
    Nutrition/Food Safety
    Parenting for court ordered parents ages infant to 12. A resource when parents have questions and/or at the end of their rope.
    business skills for small farmers. i have a science/social science background, NOT business, as an Extension agent, I am lacking resources for helping farmers develop business skills, and do business planning, budgeting.
    Families including basic living skills
    Ways to transfer information to clientile other than face to face meetings
    food safety
    Planning and Zoning
    County Government--Good Practices
    Food safety
    Family financial education
    Energy concerns (conservation, biofuels, housing, wind, solar, geothermal, etc.)
    Volunteering for Extension-Working with the various ages. In terms of the ages of the volunteers and the ages of the people they are working with. (Cross generational)
    Positive Discipline for Children
    Rural Legal Concerns (liability, environmental, fence and boundary, trespass)
    Financial issues, such as retirement planning. (already a CoP on this topic)
    Universal design ed.b/c benefits abled/disabled people of all ages.
    Physical Activity for Older Adults
    Pesticide applicator training
    Nutrition and Health

    Local market development
    leadership skills
    Use of Internet technology for connecting local communities
    Land Use and Urban/Rural Planning (can include community development)
    Economic situation of the country
    urban problems-gangs-crime-etc
    Activities to do with clients
    Housing and Energy Issues
    Sustainable Community Practices
    -Planning & Zoning
    -Building technology and permitting
    -Connectivity
    -Storm Water / Waste Water Strategies
    -Localization
    -Smart Growth
    -Educating city officials and leaders
    learner-centered teaching techniques
    Horse management
    Food systems
    Additives claiming to enhance row crop or soil performance research in order to decern between sales pitch and what works.
    Estate Planning
    charging for programs
    TExAS reporting
    Child Development
    Alfalfa Management
    Nutrient management/conversion efficiency of feeds into milk
    Integrated Pest Management
    Youth Development
    I'm a 4-H Educator, so dealing with the topics of Youth Development is significant. Particularly, leadership and recruitment
    Food Safety
    The high cost of energy (space heating, transportation and sustainable communities) in rural Alaska and need for dependable renewable energy sources
    Leadership for the common good



    Children with Incarcerated Parents
    Horse pasture management
    Youth Online learning environment
    Marriage and remarriage preparation
    Keeping families strong in difficult times.
    Federal pesticide regulations
    Nutrition
    Youth Development
    improving human wellness
    1. Financial literacy for adults & youth

    Strengthening Leadership Skills



    How to assist newly unemployed workers and their families
    family financial management
    community development
    Decentralized Wastewater - Septic Systems
    Childhood Obesity
    Turfgrass/Landscape for Homeowners: Selection, installation, maintenance and pest control. (need spanish language publications too)
    Technology use in production agriculture
    Public Outreach
    Family
    Volunteer Development
    diversity awareness and competency
    Organic farming
    Agricultural literacy among the general populations.
    entomology
    volunteer recruitment/retention
    Geospatial Technologies (which it has addressed)
    Needs assesments in agents areas.
    Providing training in how ordinary people and municipal and county governments and public agencies can sustain themselves and their quality of existence during an economic shortfall from anticipated funding resources.
    livestock
    Health and Nutrition
    Youth Leadership
    Agronomy, Grain Marketing, and Poultry
    parenting
    nutrition
    Rangeland Management
    Crop pest and disease
    Youth development
    Integrated disease management/Best management practices for disease control
    Strengthening democracy. Historically Extension existed to mold citizens and free enterprize; extension needs to be a beacon of democracy through its actions and its citizen development.
    Invasive Weed Management pastures and conservation areas
    agricultural biodiversity
    urban programming
    Current trends and issues in nutrition
    IT issues and training
    Disease management on turfgrass and extension progroms for green industry
    Nursery IPM
    Grazing Management
    Home Horticulture
    New/Small Acreage Owner Education

    Kids & Technology
    Emergency response
    Working with Urban Youth
    Beef production and marketing
    Sustainable, Small-Scale Vegetable Production
    Energy Conservation
    Public policy, currently focusing on regulatory reform
    Residential lawn care, especially proper watering, fertilization and pest control.
    Increasing farm size
    wine grapes
    Beef cattle nutrition
    Managing Agricultural Occupational Hazards and Risks
    Pasture-based dairy production
    technology
    Overweight, obesity and related diseases
    Food Safety
    Nutrition Education including obesity prevention, healthy lifestyles, and physical activity
    Volunteer Recruitment
    Building Family Strengths through parent education
    Grain marketing
    Community Development
    ag marketing

    Food safety at the farm level and packinghouse
    Poverty Reduction
    Disease Diagnostics
    Continual dialogue regarding current youth development research findings and implications to the field
    program evaluation
    livestock and forage
    Energy Development
    Single parent families
    Use of social media to help spread the word about extension.
    Growing/Buying food Sustainably.
    Recruiting young adults to farming careers
    youth Development
    growing organic food
    Organic gardening and farming
    Nutrition and Obsity
    Topics for the aging/older generation
    4-H and youth development providing hands-on experiences and opportunities.
    Plant education
    Leadership
    Animal Health
    Alternative agricultural practices for wheat and forage production.
    1. Youth Development
    Nutrition education / healthy lifestyle information - particularly for those on a budget or low-income
    Upland water impacts from land use.
    Sustainability Education
    Volunteer Development
    Agriculture
    advancements in IPM
    irrigation water saving measures
    alternative crops
    Recruitment and Retention of Volunteers
    (American) Indian Country Extension
    Homeowner Pest Control
    Forest Health and Community Wildfire Risk
    Native American issues
    Aquaculture
    Healthy Lifestyles, Obesity and Physical Activity
    Board Training/Governance
    Plant Health
    Gardens, Landscapes & Lawns
    Funding for volunteer efforts (example: volunteer water quality monitoring)
    loss of publications
    Home Horticulture
    Community Forestry
    more up to date research in laymen's terminology as factsheets to distribute to homeowners. Cornell's horticulture information is sadly out of date! It is terrible to work for Cornell and have to go to the world wide web for practical answers.
    Youth Development
    Local food - food systems
    Leadership Development
    food safety
    Whole farm nutrient balance - user friendly approach



    more base funding
    Farm Safety
    Energy education for youth
    Stormwater management/BMPs
    national directory of projects in 4-H that meet the needs of our clientele
    Parenting
    Parent Education
    livestock grazing practices
    Consumer food safety
    Professional development for Extension staff - for effective volunteer management skills.
    Small fruits/berries
    Volunteer Systems including volunteer management and volunteer development
    4-H Youth

    Health Enhancement Programs for Rural Elderly
    USDA regulatory updates/changes for meat and poultry processors. Differences in interpretation of rules, examples of precedence.
    Continued and future profitability of farming/ranching based on crop and livestock prices.
    Sustainable agriculture
    Alternative Agriculture - "food" crops as opposed to "food ingredients", high tunnels, uncommon varieties and species, whether animal or plant (i.e. chinese vegetables, meat goats, poultry, free-range, etc.
    Financial Literacy
    Finances
    Farm and Rural Safety and health
    Financial Literacy-Adults and Students
    Sheep Production
    Water issues
    climate change mitigation and adaptation
    Workforce Development/Re-Employment
    water quality

    money management
    Accountability and creating organizational performance measures.
    Food Safety
    Nutrition Education (average public user would not look under "Families" if looking for "nutrition"--current CoP is Families, Food and Fitness)
    Water- use, availability, policy, irrigation, industrial use
    Recipes/cooking
    Time and funding for one on one with producers
    Marketing
    water conservation
    youth development
    Public Health
    Family Financial Security
    farm business management
    Nutrition
    Multi-state programming models
    Pond and Lake Management
    Government (at all levels) over regulation of agricultural enterprises. Need an Extension education program centered around the Florida Right to Farm Act.
    Meat Goat Production
    personnel- leadership position replacement, travel budgets, salary/benefit compensation
    Corn Production
    Nutrition - making healthy choices, planning nutritious meals
    Working with Youth in out of school time

    Effect of the economy on programming and staffing efforts
    Animal Science
    Nutrient management
    food safety
    Nutrition and Physical Activity
    More regional monies
    Drinking water
    financial management
    Improving family food choices (not just those of the food preparer)
    Corn silage production, storage management and feedout strategies
    Healthy Homes workshop programing
    Farm equipment modication for farmers/ranchers with disabilities.
    Healthy Homes (all topics surrounding Indoor Air Quality, lead, asthma, mold, pests& pesticides, household products, injury prevention etc.)
    Recruiting, training, motivating and retaining volunteers.
    Funding for 4-H Program
    Leadership
    nutrition
    Increasing specialty crop management efficiency with new technologies
    positive youth development

    Equine Sciences

    Ornamental Horticulture
    Forest parcelization
    Low-input Forage production and utilization
    Surviving these economically stressful times
    Finding time for writing and publication
    Farmers Market establishment
    nutrition specific questions, for example: is glucosomine stored in the body?
    Food and nutrition, including diabetes education, weight loss, and food safety (for consumer audiences)
    climate change
    Community Planning
    Protective Factors in child abuse prevention.
    Forage improvement and management
    Nutrition/food safety
    Pesticide Safety
    Financial information for 20 to 30 year olds including saving,retirement planning, credit, and risk management



    water quality
    Energy Conservation
    Retention of forest land
    4-H Shooting Sports Activities
    home horticulture
    Assisting Small Scale Farmers and Landowners in a Changing Agriculture.
    * Forestry
    * Landownership/Land Retention
    * Agriculture Marketing
    Nutrition

    Work in the area home garden disease and insect control.
    Stipend volunteerism in an urban environment
    Selecting & embedding agreed upon measurement tools within Extension children, youth, family and community programs
    Volunteer Management
    urban
    Youth Development
    test
    Local food systems as a means of keeping small farms viable.
    Urban Hort/Forestry-Climate Change
    New Development Training in Volunteer Education, Coordination and Successful Retention and Recognition
    Economic Survival
    Disaster Mitigation/Preparation/Recovery for the home
    Funding sources
    Community Development
    Youth Leadership - identification and development of leadership competencies for adolescent and pre-adolescent youth
    local foods
    Building community in rural regions.
    Legal Issues in Agriculture
    Evidence-based practices and programs for youth and families
    Mold
    nutrient management and sustainability for the homewoner - changing people's behavior
    Local Food training for new growers including market and business planning training
    irrigation system maintenance
    Management of the Asian Citrus Psyllid in citrus
    organic fruit production, specifically strategies for organic production in the eastern United States
    Drought recovery assistance and practices for crop and cow-calf producers
    National Marketing Campaign for Extension

    The International Economy and Its Impact on Agriculture
    Leadership
    Divorce Parenting & Parenting
    Bioenergy
    Increasing 4-H membership
    Dairy
    Waste management
    Commercial Vegetable production, including cultivar selection
    nutrition-parenting; all ages
    Volunteerism
    Parent support
    Ag Finance Issues

    Water Quality and usage
    Local community leadership.
    Financial management--The Financial Security for All one is doing great things for this topic and it's good to see that there is more being added all the time.
    Food Safety
    More linkages with State/Federal mandated training (BMP, Fertilizer Ordinances, Green Industry Businesses, Pest Control Operations, Arboriculture Trainning, etc. leading to licenses and certifications) to provide required CEU's and in this way strengthen identification of Extension Centers as source for Community Education Programs



    Beef cattle production and marketing
    Family Disaster Preparedness
    family finance
    4-H/ Youth Development
    food Safety Issues
    Beef
    sustainability
    Animal Health and quality Assurance training
    youth development
    volunteer management
    Best Management Practices Landscape maintenance practices: proper fertilizer application
    Pasture growth studies, grazing studies,weed controls
    Engaging all colleges, schools, departments, units, and centers across all Land Grant Colleges and Schools with Extension field faculty for work in local communities
    Family issues after a job loss or other reasons for reduced incomes. This affects every facet of our program - finances, health, family relationships . . .
    economy - uncertainty of income

    sustainable agriculture
    Horticulture and Agrucultural issues
    small acreage management
    Markets for produce
    Childhood Obesity
    Meat Goat production
    Arts Entrepreneurship
    youth
    Low-cost livestock production (decreasing cost of production)
    Diagnosis of homeowner tree problems, including ash borers
    Positive or Healthy Aging (aging NOT defined as caregiving)
    Rual youth development
    Wind energy - both large scale (commerical) and small scale (producer owned to cut farm costs).
    Cost of production.
    Development of Evaluation Tools for programs that address federal and state initiatives.
    Integrated Pest Management
    Lack of extension emphasis in production agriculture.
    Managing horses on small acreages
    Access to Extension Programs developed by CES staff throughout the nation in the dicipline of Family & Consumer Sciences.
    With the recession and food prices increasing, gardening and canning is important topics for this year.
    Improvement of soil health through the use of Cover Crops.
    Pesticide environmental issues, stewardship, safety
    Aging - aging in place, medicare issues, fraud, social connectedness
    Nutrition & physical activity education

    Economics of Forages and Cattle
    Interpersonal relationships
    update on new technology such as web tools or social medias
    Rental - Eviction Prevention
    Recruiting and Training New 4-H Club Leaders
    childhood nutrition
    Parenting
    Farm/Rural Safety
    Range and Pasture Management
    Agricultural enterprise profitability
    Food Safety
    Food Preservation
    Nutrition and Physical Health

    Developing leadership in youth
    Identification of Cost of Production
    intensive grazing livestock management for the South
    Youth- Hazards of Smoking, chewing... (tobacco products)
    Insects, both pests and beneficial.
    Obesity
    Managing in Tough Times
    Youth Leadership Development
    Improving Energy Efficiency in Animal Agriculture
    Curriculum materials
    For early childhood educators to ce of provide developmentally appropriate practices and high quality care for children and youth
    Sustainable stormwater design
    (rain gardens/ bioretention systems, rain barrels/ cisterns, permeable paving)
    Agricultural biotechnology
    Curriculum Development/Sharing
    Turf/landscape water conservation
    Financial Literacy
    Partnering with industry professionals to determine their needs directly
    Rural community development
    At Risk Youth
    Mentoring youth in today's troubled times
    financial management
    No-till crop production
    Agricultural Safety and Health/Injury Prevention
    Green Industry- Ornamentals and Turf
    sustainable agriculture
    Business management/profitability for green industry businesses
    4-H Youth Development programs in SET
    Technology competence
    Better pay
    Financial Management
    In the current economic environment general practices and guidelines are changing.
    Financial Management
    Physical Activity/Exercise

  • Number 2 issue/topic
    • The use of technology to reach audiences
    Parenting school aged children
    Beef Cattle Finances
    value added processing
    Tree insect and disease problems
    Nutrition on the layman's level
    food safety - at all levels: consumer, commercial, non-profit
    Program Evaluation
    Planning and Implementation
    Increase the availability of low cost affordable "transitional" housing alternatives for energe impacted areas.
    evaluating program impact
    Limited Income families-utilizing food resources and stretching food dollars while participating in work or work related activities. They lack time management and planning skills and often eat out every night, stretching their budgets beyond breaking point. Causing more financial issues and more stress, making the financial situation snowball.
    Prenventive Health Issues with a focus on Zoonotic diseases need development. Education on Viral zonnoses (e.g avaian flue, equine encephalitides), bacterla zoonoses (e.g Anthrax, E.coli, Salmonella etc), Prion (Mad cow disease) all need to be taught. Current swine flue is a typical example of ignorance of people refusing to eat pork.
    home horticulture
    Wood Utilization
    Entrepreneurship and value added
    horticulture
    Food Safety
    Innovative (evidence-based) youth programs integrating nutrition literacy, physical fitness, and tobacco prevention
    Child nutrition/ and related diseases

    Will the economy effect schools ability to address this problem?
    Energy
    University-community collaborations for research, education, and social and biophysical environment change
    environmental impacts due to extreme population growth
    impact of military buildup on the environment - there will be a dramatic increase in population in a relatively short period of time
    Food Security
    A Resource map that identifies similar services that is available to the community. This will help develop collaboration and efficiency.
    gardening, food safety and food insecurity (hunger) in the US
    facilitation and leadership development
    Public Issue Education
    Nutrition and Physical Activity
    Family Based Issues--i.e. Parenting Education, Balancing Work & Family,
    Education for inmates -- in particular, those that are scheduled for re-entry into society, and who need to learn different ways of interacting with people, building healthier relationships, thinking critically, managing stress...
    How to hit your target? Strategies to incorporate during program development/design that will ensure the targeted customer/client receives the full impact of the information intended.
    Sustainable agriculture and land practices
    Landowner issues and concerns in relation to potential windfarm lease. What should landowners know ahead of time and what should they consider when negotiating a lease for wind tower development?
    funding for rural business development
    community leadership/development
    farmland preservation and land use
    Entrepreneurship
    Renewable energy environmental science initiatives
    entrepreneurship
    Soil Conservation
    Prevention of obesity and diabetes through physical activity combined with nutrition
    Production practices for small livestock production.
    beef
    sheep
    poultry
    Board Governance
    Meal planning and food preparation skills (for in home cooking)
    breastfeeding/lactation
    Leadership Development for Adults
    Program Evaluation
    policy education
    Weed management in agronomic crops
    Arboriculture
    CoPs are not useful in my work
    Child care
    agritourism
    Managing and facilitating public participation to work on tough issues.
    Creating local food systems/food security
    ranch profitability/sustainability
    How citizens can work with the government regarding harvesting and grazing of US Forests.
    Distance Education Resources and Support
    Obesity
    Financial issues
    Strategizing support for tenure credit from web-based publication.
    Financial priorities - Maintaining a retirement plan for the future
    Youth at Risk
    Marketing Extension
    Health
    Develop decision support tools to assist land managers, farmers and ranchers with management of weeds/invasive plants.
    Recruitment of new 4-H members and leaders. Best practices in recruiting organizational leaders to start new 4-H clubs.
    Efficient use of water in agriculture and landscapes
    Working with & managing volunteers
    CoPs that address clients not served by county offices (i.e. Metropolitan and younger non-Extension users who are more likely to use the web but unwilling to go to a county office.)
    Carbon in soils
    diagnosis of problems
    Green Industry pest management
    Sustainable maintenance of managed landscapes
    Entrepreneurship education
    vegetable gardening, community gardening
    Entrepreneurship
    Food Safety/Preservation
    Information on Sheep Production
    Hot topics in nutrition...there are so much misinformation in the general media and online today. A way to answer/refute some of the issues.
    Financial Resources
    PROFESSIONALISM
    Food Safety
    Organic gardening
    Marketing of our services to the community.
    soil/water management
    Gerontology
    Forage utilization
    Current World Issues
    Home Horticulture
    Farmers Market
    Parenting Education for high-risk and high-stress families
    Lawn establishment and maintenance.
    Debt
    Working With Government Budget Constraints
    Evaluating new enterprise choices for New and Established Farms
    activities for youth
    Money Management
    Home Canning
    Irrigated pasture management
    small farms/alternative agriculture
    continuing major used publications to counties in publiction form rather than having to pull them off internet.
    economic development. Need jobs but also need decent housing to tie them here when they get the jobs
    stretching your food dollars (and budgeting in general)
    Health
    Nutrition
    Pest Management
    Family Resource Management
    More information (streamlined information) about available grants. A site that would list available grants, what they consisted of, and basics on how to apply.
    Providing for elderly and affordable housing in town centers where the residents will be near to services.
    Efficient utilization, adjustment, and calibration of a variety of agricultural machinery including, tractors, ground application equipment(sprayers), and seeding tools.
    2. 4-H Judging materials
    Health-Overweight/Diabetes
    New markets for forest products (carbon credits, water quality credits, wood-based energy, etc.)
    The development of youth into productive citizens.
    meat goat production/management
    We need to continue to develop youth programs to involve more youth in 4-H activities and develop leadership progams and address the problem areas and households that only have singe parents or no parents at home.
    Developing Leaders
    Reducing agriculture expenses through site specific farming. (GPS/GIS)
    More topics on parenthood
    Job Security
    Preserving Foods
    What are the best ways to impact positive youth development in a family systems approach? How can we engage the families of 4-H age youth to provide education/experiences in the life skills realm?
    Cost of Production for livestock Producers
    Youth Financial Literacy
    YOuth Adult Partnership
    Personal Finances
    Drinking water quality and quanity
    'Cutting-edge' / future issues facing individuals and families
    Relevancy of Extension to Urban Audiences
    How about one to educate the populus about Cooperative Extension - what we do/what we can offer/audiences/how to contact local units/ how to search the field
    Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
    Weed control in switchgrass production
    nutrition
    Small Fruits production
    how to find grant funding
    Relevant and interactive CoPs dealing with priority issues that affect stakeholders in Colorado and other states. To date I have not seen much in eXtension that is actually relevant to or useful for my program or stakeholders; we are still doing our own thing and will continue to do so.
    Food security
    Herbicide Resistant weeds
    Organic Vegetables
    Landscape water quality issues
    Weed ID and control.
    Field crop fertility issues i.e. rate cutting, deficiencies, toxicities, etc
    Cutting fertility costs
    Nutrition Education in general
    Agronomy
    Resistant insect control in row crops
    Age and source verification in beef cattle, and how to profit from its use.
    Herbicide choices and weed control efficacy with major weed species in our area, especially addressing weed resistance issues.
    global economy
    Evaluation: Simple techniques for evaluating impact of 4-H programs. It is very difficult to quantify how 4-H has improved the lives of youth.
    Increasing cattle prices (ex. pre-vac sales) We need to talk to salebarn owners statewide and feedlot buyers to adopt program like the one used in KY to establish parameters for the sales.
    Horse Management
    adolescent risk and resilience
    Water quality
    Commissioner education
    Community Food Security.
    Youth livestock
    Nursery Production
    Crop fertility
    farm financial management
    Idenitfy underserved populations and provide opportunities despite funding issues
    Community Horticulture
    Invasive species
    nutrition and health- obesity issues
    Nutrition Education
    Residential Energy Conservations
    Improving profitability for direct market berry growers.
    hobby farms
    4-H/youth development
    Increasing racial diversity in program participants
    Child Care
    Research-based advanced IPM for demonstration trials.
    Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
    Farm Financial Management & Decision making
    Small Farm Production
    High cost of production for all crops
    more program participation among producers
    ag & farmland protection
    Increase consumption of locally grown fruits and vegetables
    Obesity/Physical Activity
    Sweet potato production
    Water quantity and quality
    Parenting skill classes.
    mortgage foreclosures
    obesity control and prevention
    home horticulture
    marketing
    Low-cost, healthy recipes
    money management
    2. Parenting education for single parents, teen parents, parents who have lost children to state custody, and general parenting for interested
    individuals who want to improve their parenting skills.
    Increasing farm profits
    Farm Budget Plans
    Building local community beautification and pride programs.
    Workforce Preparation (youth development)
    Child Care Provider Information
    Agriculture programming for homeowners. Extension is so intent on commercial production and with the decline of "true farmers" the homeowner/urban client becomes even more important, and in fact, the homeowner has the same singular VOTE that the farmer with 10,000 acres.
    More mass media resouces reaching a broader audience in their home when the potential audience is in a relaxed frame of mind.
    Outreach effectiveness evaluation
    small fruit production
    Fitness/Physical Activity
    Farm stress
    Livestock Production
    Profitable beef cattle practices and marketing
    Livestock and Forages
    Water quality.
    community partnerships to secure adult
    aquatic exercise facility
    Beef Cattle topics
    Bringing industry back to small communities
    physical activity in the area of health and wellness
    4-H Citizenship
    Weed ID
    Livestock production
    livestock marketing
    financial resource management
    Effective pesticides that are user and enviromental friendly and priced economically
    how to market extension. Those who have recently moved into communiy do not know who we are.
    We're seeing and increase in gardening and food preservation
    Evaluation tools or methods to assess agriculture's true contribution to pollution.
    Information on Going Green for homeowners and new home buyers/builders.
    local government
    Manure management alternatives for temperate, wet climates.
    Healthy Eating - Nutrition
    Health Issues especially Sun Safety
    Local Foods
    forage production and management
    food security
    Health related topics, ie. exercise, diabetes, cancer, heart, etc.
    small farm regulatory issues
    camp counseling skills
    What are the options on insect control sucg as on plants, around the home,etc.?
    Basic money management for low income
    forage production practices
    Estate Planning
    labor
    Nutrition - taking the knowledge that most people have and applying it to reduce obesity and health problems.
    Home ornamental hort. and pest control
    How can I do renovate the pasture? what forage species is best for (beef, buffalo, sheep, lama)?
    Pond Management
    Sustainability Answers for Small Rural Towns, Particularly with litter control and graffiti.
    Tourism & Coastal Community Development
    Access to higher education targeted to first time and low income youth
    Explanation of right-to-farm protections for two audiences--farmers and non-farmers. (would likely have to be state specific)
    Continuous No-till
    Online learning
    Food Safety
    Nutrition
    Grazing management
    Home forclosures--/ How to assist clients in managing budgets to keep housing.
    Childhood obesity
    Develop reserach bases information to meet the needs of our clientele. Be able to share this information with other landgrant colleges that share our mission.
    Consumer purchasing guides are needed for folks to actually understand how and why their food is produced by different methods. I find other nationalities have appropriate education systems so the people understand basics of biology and agriculture. Our education systems nationally lack this type of education creating a naive populous .
    Reducing Risk of Chronic Diseases, ie, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes
    Development and recognition of sustainable crop production practices within mainstream agriculture without equating sustainable to "organic".
    Better ways to reach youth.
    viticulture
    Housing education issues
    home foreclosure prevention
    parenting about money
    Rural Development
    Soil compaction and controlled traffic
    Project support for extension specialists working in water management to conduct a workshop on developing educational materials.
    environmental protection from ag pollution strategies
    Parenting especially court-ordered parenting and co-parenting
    Animal Welfare, Care and Ethics
    Money management
    food preservation
    Beef Production
    Emergency Preparedness
    Diversity
    Nutrition education focusing on improving diet, addressing specific needs, i.e. heart health, diabetes
    Producing quality crops with elevated input costs (fertilizer, chemicals)
    Finances
    Importance of Agriculture-Teaching youth
    economic disaster training
    More work to do than one person can handle effectively.
    Dairy Heifer Development Management
    Revegetation of disturbed lands from natural gas exploration
    Health issues - managing arthritis
    salaries for extension employees
    Community Development
    Giving the youth the incentive to stay in school and graduate, then go on to higher education
    youth employment
    Forages
    Finding Program Sponsors
    Small farm issues - profitability, marketing
    Nutrition Education
    Land Stewardship Options; especially when production agriculture is not intensive on the land
    Urban Gardening/Landscape Management
    western water issues
    Natural Resources
    parenting education
    recycling -
    labeling
    managing
    regulating
    Fruit production, commercial including grapes
    Horticultural Crops Research Summary for Tree and Small Fruits.
    Wildlife damage
    Farmland Preservation
    technology
    Food Safety
    pond management
    Improve you home landscape
    Communication
    Crops, alternative crops for short growing period
    Parenting
    Working with military 4-H youth
    workforce preparation
    Home Gardening
    Current Issues
    Securing local funding that would adequately staff our office and would allow educators more time to work in their specialty area.
    Relative Caregivers
    Helping individuals and families better plan for retirement and long term health care.
    Serving the 5 acre farm; the future of Agriculture
    4-H In-School Programs
    Environmental issues associated with Natural Gas Exploration
    Forage production/management(pasture and hay)in light of high input costs and drought
    Nutrition and Food Safety
    Profitable production of horticultural, livestock and field crops.
    Diseases like diabetes and heart disease. Our community has had limited education in the past in prevention and management. And there are very few health professionals who do outreach or education. Ext is the sole source in our counties of health education.
    beef cattle
    Agricultural sustainability
    Consumer Horticulture Pest Identification and Control
    Water Resources
    Estate Planning
    Nutrition Education
    Agricultural impacts on water quality
    Work-life balance - how to find time to do everything that is expected of extension agents anymore without working 80-100 hours per week.
    Youth
    Sustainable Agriculture
    Nutrient Management
    -alternatives to commercial fertilizer
    Community Development
    To revitalize communities: face lift on homes, neighborhoods, and major corridors.
    Develop Community Centers.
    environment
    Health and Nutrition
    Aging
    Farm Management
    Small scale reneable energy issues
    Landscape design
    Animal Welfare
    Tree fruit entomology
    High Tunnels
    Berry crops production
    Parenting
    Compost Teas and organic fertility
    Woody Biomass
    Stormwater management for homeowners/ Sustainable yard care (could be two separate, but there is a lot of overlap)
    economic development
    Youth entrepreneurship
    trying to create a new agriculture venture, like aquaculture, that may not be readily known in our geographic area
    Youth development
    Forestry
    -Tree Diseases
    -Tree Management
    -Tree Identification
    agricultural marketing
    Emergency management
    IPM in the landscape
    Nutrition
    Planning for retirement: managing investments in retirement accounts, rules for rollovers and other distributions, Social Security decisions
    Septic Systems and other On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems
    Forest Management (General)
    Understanding relationships between Extension, 4-H and grant funded programs.
    Cattle production
    Economic Impact Analysis for community development. What are the most appropriate and most meaningful uses of IMPLAN and I/O analysis for dommunity development.
    forages for beef cows
    Turfgrass Management
    Organic management options for arthropod pests of poultry and livestock
    illiterate spanish speaking employees! Spanish fact sheets don't help, and I don't speak enough spanish to convey my ideas and topics.
    Dairy Production and Profitability
    farm energy efficiency
    Rural Tourism Development
    Community Development
    community change initiatives/coaching for community change
    Health issues(i.e. diabetes- what is it, symptoms, what professionals you should seek, who is at risk,lifestyle characteristics to prevent if you are an at-risk population)
    Finanical management
    Healthy Weight for Children
    Agriculture
    Technology
    Sustainable Agriculture
    youth leadership development
    Energy related topics -- education on how to manage energy use, conservation, and alternative energy options.
    Best management practices for grapes against virus diseases
    marketing Extension programs
    Farm Leasing Issues
    strategic landowner networks for learning and action/implementation
    Developing long-term multistate collaborations that go beyond the need for such as part of multi-institutional projects (as part of grants)
    Children and Families -- Stages of growth; Dealing with a world in conflict; Media affects on family life; Challenges to new careers; Prep for the future
    environmentally friendly pest control
    Pasture Management and Production
    urban horticulture
    irrigation conservation practices across all systems
    Community Leadership
    Sustainable communities
    Outdoor Children's Learning for greater learning effect, to combat obesity, for the environment
    Local food based system
    Marketing Extension through Social networking and Other Web 2.0 tools
    agriculture profitability
    The updating of policies, e.g., changes, new ones, which affect direct marketing of meats and poultry. As well as identifying the problems where regulators are not consistent with information farm-to-farm and/or from other regulators.
    Pest Control in Vegetables
    watershed nutrient management stategies
    Issues related to immigrant families.
    Rural community foundations
    Obesity
    Food Safety
    developing effective training programs for new and potential farmers given limited extension staff and time
    Civic Engagement
    Sweetpotato Storage House technology
    Finance for small-med business
    Providing information about cultural practices and technical practices that maximize small farm production.
    Saving Money: Saving Energy
    Parent Support Groups such as play groups
    energy
    innovative club structures
    Better Youth Development Research;
    Facilitating Nonprofit Board training
    Father Involvement in Child Development Outcomes
    Estate planning for farm households
    rural poverty
    Good agricultural Practices, food safety, and product marketing
    Livestock waste management, particularly for small farms or farms without land for manure application.
    Estate Planning
    Topics addressing the needs of the elderly and their caregivers
    Community Service and Engagement
    Organic Farming - Commercial Vegetables, Home Gardening etc..
    horticulture integrated pest management
    Forages
    Tourism in General
    Increase in Type II Diabetes rates due to overweight/obese numbers increasing
    Water Quality
    Contribution of turfgrasses that benefit the environment.
    Tropical Plant Materials
    Organic gardening - organic control of weeds, insects, and diseases
    Use of Blogging for family & Business
    Small farm development
    financial management
    Farmland Conservation methods and tools
    Environment
    Commodity Agriculture development
    Urban Integrated Pest Management
    --Household
    --Structure
    --Residences
    --Public space
    Gathering State Growers interested in New products. Growers preferences for new tropical crops.
    Commercial landscape Maintenance
    Beef Production
    Parent education
    Family disfunction (unhealthy relationships, life
    Managing intensive grazing under irrigation
    Cultural and Historical site protection in Natural resources management areas. This covers the private and public lands that are managed for forest and range products.
    children and family issues
    How to grow a vegetable garden including insect and disease control
    Comparing the costs and benefits of risk management alternatives available to producers for price, production, total revenue risks.
    Podcasting
    Facing the Economy
    respect - raising respectful children
    Nutrition, food safety and health quackery and urban legends over the Internet have people hopping constantly.
    Weatherization
    Soybean production
    ag related microenterprises
    I do not use eXtension and have only logged on once.
    food preservation
    organic gardening
    finances
    Wildlife - dealing with nuisance animals, skunks, bats, etc. for homeowners
    School Wellness
    Helping new citizens grow some of their
    own ethnic vegetables and crops.
    Economics
    Because of babyboomers - I am working on procedures for a representative of an estate to use in settling the estate.
    School IPM. There is a major EPA effort to have School IPM the norm by 2015 but there are few resources from extension allocated to this.
    Sustainable lawn care and turf maintenance
    Forage management and utilization
    home food safety and institutional food safety
    Economic Issues - Health Insurance
    utalizing emerging knowledge of brain development from childhood to 25 years and correlations with personality patterns/mental health/adiction/drug use
    small fruit production
    budgeting and crisis prevention in the areas of finances for families
    Reduction in Extension Specialist numbers and subsequently increasing the number of counties in their responsibility.
    Surviving a Drought
    Being self supporting
    Elderly health, e.g., StrongWomen programs
    business and people recruitment and retention (not just entrepreneurship)
    Wind Energy development
    More in-depth information on air quality and the new regulations.
    simple but comprehensive lessons of food safety for all ages
    Human environmental interaction
    strawberry production
    Water topics
    Tick control (perhaps would be less significant if #1 were effected)
    Wheat disease and insect information
    Forages & forage production
    Consumer behavior and attitudes
    Product/Process Development
    home gardens
    workforce development
    Management of Field crop Diseases
    Water quantity/quality issues
    Financial literacy
    Needs/concerns of Ethnic Communities
    Workforce training
    On farm trials - design, data collection and data analysis
    youth development
    Housing
    External factors that negatively affect the livestock and meat industry
    Information on nutrition versus organics-myths and realities
    childhood obesity
    Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Conservation
    Environmental Quality
    Communication with family members about money
    Information that would help other organizations/agencies build their capacity to address the needs of families
    ERS information
    Cost benefit/ROI analysis
    New techniques in helping youth understand and appreciate agriculture.
    Re-entry of exoffender; education, employment, community involvement, family involvment.
    No till
    Urban IPM, including plants, weeds, entomology and disease.
    Home Canning/Food storage
    Diagnostics of plant disease, insects, and plant ID
    Seniors/Boomers - Aging with Gusto type issues to Caregiver and end of life
    Food Safety
    Parenting Education for parents
    watershed management
    Chronic disease prevention through nutrition and physical activity
    Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and Food Safety
    septic systems
    Myths surrounding modern agriculture and how to address them
    Health including nutrition and exercise
    reduced availability of subject matter specialists
    livestock production
    Outreach programs
    high tunnels
    Selling/marketing local independent cattle
    youth gang prevention
    Expansion and Revue for Program Development
    Cereal grain fertility management
    communication
    Preparing students for higher education by offering career planning, youth leadership, mentoring and coaching
    Bioterrorism Awareness Education
    4-H SET
    Agriculture Education for youth
    Health & Wellness
    Food Safety
    Nitrogen and water use efficiency, on farm input optimization.
    sustainable forest management
    Food Safety/Food preservation
    Workforce Preparation
    Family Resource Management
    Cotton Production
    Stress in Families
    Using the Expressive Arts in Outdoor Programming for Youth Development
    Forest management for private landowners
    Economics
    Energy — conservation, growing our own, etc.
    Advertise our self and our services. We are a hidden secret.
    Community building
    Alternative Fuels.
    water quality/quantity issues - storm water, sedimentation,
    Program plans of work - logic modeling
    Developing markets and transportation of renewable fuels
    Nature Tourism and Wildlife management for supplemental income.
    Women & Family Issues
    Volunteer Mangement
    Field Crops and Pest Management

    Enabling new entry into the dairy business
    small acreage issues
    Lack of utilization of advisory systems in conducting local environmental scans and needs assessments to support grassroots programming.
    Healthly Recipes
    Adolescent parenting - real life situations that they can relate to.
    Foods and Nutrition
    Working with volunteers to motivate them to do more
    wellness/nutrition
    Economic Development in Rural Areas
    Municipal Government--Good Practices
    Fitness and weight loss
    Family health and wellness
    Specialty agriculture (beekeeping, poisonous plants, niche marketing, farmers' markets, etc.
    Revenue Generation-As a group process for counties and councils. It is not the complete responsibility of county agents.
    Grandparents raising grandchildren
    Local Government (training, conducting a meeeting, fical responsibilities, resources)
    Horticulture issues.
    parenting strategy classes
    Parenting Issues for Divorcing Families
    Integrated pest management
    Diabetes
    Home gardening/self sufficiency
    communication skills
    Mentorship of business and nonprofit professionals for young people in their local rural community - showing youth the community values them and their is a place for them to live and make a living
    Sustainability and communities going green (LEED, energy efficient homes, etc)
    Housing to include homelessness, affordability, healthy environment, etc
    cultural competency as a way of living
    New ways to do traditional activities
    Financial Management Issues
    Community Economic Development
    -Local Economic Analysis
    -Structures for local Economic Development
    -Finding the Money (Fed Reserve program)
    assistance for food pantries and food banks regarding safe storage practices and when to discard food
    Beef management
    Small scale food producers
    Soybean/Corn nematode and nematicide research and solutions
    Farm Marketing
    media coverage - lack of newspapers
    Youth Development
    Forage Management
    Feed costs
    Management Intensive Grazing
    Natural Resource Stewardship
    This topic is broad enough to embrace a lot of the science and animal projects, and interface with our School of Natural Resource Sciences. There is a lot of interest from new leaders in this topic.
    Food Preservation
    A safe, reliable food supply, particularly fresh fruits and vegetables including traditional foods (wild plants).
    How to support intergenerational community develop.
    4-H Afterschool
    Updated Meat Goat Handbook for Midwest
    Environmental education
    Preparing for retirement with a spouse
    Changing Careers due to lost jobs.
    Status of new pesticide chemistry in the registration process.
    Family Finance
    Entrepreneurship
    enhancing community-based agriculture systems
    2. Obesity & health related issues
    Using new social technologies...i.e. facebook
    How to help families save money and spend wisely
    working with volunteers
    economic development
    Non-agricultural land use planning
    Adult Obesity
    Vegetable Gardening for Homeowners/Community Gardens: Organic methods, plant selection, planting practices, organic pest controls, sustainability. (need spanish language publications too)
    Seed advancement in production agriculture
    Meeting the needs in our community
    Youth
    Risk Management
    volunteer management including screening,recruitment, support, recognition,retention, and dismissal.
    Pasture Management
    Agricultural profitability (all sectors)
    Ag Literacy
    Effective marketing techniques for extension programs
    Youth Activities
    Facilitate the ease of grant funding opportunities to extension agents.
    Training people how to reinvest in healthy environments--at work, at play and in general. What people see on TV does not necessarily represent research-based information on healthy environments.
    animal waste management
    Financial Literacy
    Adult Volunteerism
    Women In Agriculture, Annie's Project
    poultry
    nutrition for low-income
    Livestock Management
    Horticulture
    Leadership
    Pathogen and disease risk assessment
    Sustainability. Climate change, carbon footprint, conservation, carrying capacity, clean energy,a nd stewards of the environment, all concepts that need to be explored in the contents of ensuring a future for humanity.
    Invasive species
    plant - soil nutrient cycling
    youth leadership
    How to teach children to separate facts from misleading info. in food ads
    Disease management on rice and extension programs for rice growers
    Greenhouse IPM
    Grass finishing
    Gardening
    Rural Entreprenuership (sp!)
    Community Asset Mapping
    Impact assessment and reporting
    Developing and providing non-traditional 4-H programming
    Forage production and utilization
    Consumer Horticulture - selecting, planting, & maintaining ornamental plants
    Alternative Energy
    Consumer economics and protection (distinct from personal finance)
    Properly pruning ornamental shrubs along with timing.
    Invasive species
    fruit in general
    Beef cattle reproduction
    Teaching Occupational Agricultural Safety & Health to non-English speaking Workers
    Land rental agreements and rental rates
    Pesticide Applicator Training Administration
    Financial management
    Nutrition and Wellness
    Food Safety
    Creating/ guiding Public CHange
    Family Finance management in tough times
    grain production
    Urban Agriculture
    Sustainability
    farm financial mgt
    production and marketing of specialty crops
    Economic Development (perhaps there already is a CoP and I haven't checked it out)
    Scouting
    Integrating youth development research findings into ongoing development of best practices for working with children and youth and training adults who work with youth
    work with racially/ethnically diverse audiences
    home gardening- fruits and vegetables
    business viability/creation
    Individual and family resilience
    Use of technology to improve teaching in extension.
    Feeding low-income populations.
    Asset transfer from long time farmers to new, young farmers
    bio terriorism
    understanding the importance of plants to life
    teaching people to be self-supporting, self-sufficient.
    Aging Issues
    Interpersonal Communication
    Sustainable lifestyles, teaching people to learn cooking skills and food preservation that has not been passed down by a parent or grandma. Understanding energy costs of processed food.
    Youth awareness of plant materials
    Energy
    Small Flock Poultry Management
    Weed management in the nursery industry.
    Community-based youth programs
    Financial management - particularly issues and information for low income populations (there's plenty on retirement planning which does NOT address the needs of low income audiences
    Design/accountability from the above
    Land Use Planning
    Youth Development
    Native American Issues
    Healthy lifestyles - diabetes, heart disease, alcohol abuse....
    Working with indigenous peoples
    Methods of approaching Native Americans to build partnerships, volunteers
    Funding for core programs...not necessarily grant funding
    American Indian tribes
    Apple Production
    Youth and the role of natural resource systems in quality of life
    Volunteerism
    Water reuse
    Community Development- engaging community in responding to community issues
    Community Planning
    Fruit & nut tree production
    Building communication/collaboration opportunities within extension. Not just locally, but through multi-state efforts.
    Keeping current in info technologies
    Climate Change/Natural Resources/Sustainability
    Restoration of Forests and Woodlands
    Appreciation for the horticulture program area. Seems as if agriculture is the recipient of respect, time, and dollars. We could use some support in getting more respect out of our EDs.
    Volunteer Development
    renewable energy and farm energy conservation
    Adolescent Development
    human nutrition
    Animal Welfare
    more and easier to obtain grant funding
    Emergency Preparedness
    Evidence based 4-H curriculum
    Alternative onsite wastewater treatment
    grant funds and how to be more effective
    Financial Management
    Housing Crisis
    high tunnel production of fruits and vegetables to extend the season and decrease chemical inputs
    Food start-up, small businesses
    Development opportunities for volunteers serving youth development programs.
    Agrimarketing
    Maximizing Youth Development While Minimizing Risk
    Technology and Teens
    Enhancing Offender Reentry and Reducing Recidivism in Rural Communities
    Sustainable meat animal production.
    Insurance issues on both crop and livestock operations
    Integrated pest management
    Horticulture - gardening, edible landscaping, xeriscaping
    Childhood Obesity
    Sustainability
    Environmental Awareness/ Watershed Management
    Conservation: Energy, Natural Gas & Water
    Livestock Production
    conversion of farm land to other uses
    biofuels production and use
    Surviving in Tough Economic Times
    bioenergy
    estate planning
    Developing leadership potential in new employees - bridging the babyboom retirement gap.
    Aging
    Local Food Systems (may already be contained within Sustainable Ag Energy and/or eOrganic)
    sustainability of agriculture
    Food Preservation
    Professional development and building a communication system that works.
    Water conservation
    home vegetable production
    parent education
    IPM for homeowners (reduction of pesticide use in and around the home)
    Housing Education
    pasture production and management
    Food Safety
    County and multi-county office operations--models for county directors, multi-county directors, supervision, etc.
    Legal and Tax Issues Relating to Farms
    Ways to reduce agricultural production costs and increase profit - Cost/unit of production.
    4-H Livestock Program
    "green" initatives with $$$$$$$$$$$$$
    Soybean Production
    Nutrition as it relates to chronic and acute diseases
    Teaching Teens Leadership and Team Work
    competencies of Extension educators
    Meat Industry Food Safety
    Nutrient losses/water quality
    food entreprenuership
    Financial Resource Management for Low Income and middle income
    More across the board publications.
    water quantity and sustainability - with a focus on groundwater
    food quality and safety
    Consumer perception of use of nanotechnolgy use in food and food packaging
    Increasing Alfalfa Production yields
    Urban Integrated Pest Management (IPM)- roaches, rodents, bed bugs, fleas, etc
    Farm building modication for farmers/ranchers with disabilities.
    Healthy Lawn and Yard (issues surrounding weeds, outdoor insect pests and diseases) Unevenly covered by different master gardener programs - highly variable levels of training, etc.
    Time Management - how do we get things done when everyone wants a response right now!
    Securing Volunteer Leaders for the 4-H Program
    Youth Development
    unwanted horses
    Increasing specialty crop sustainability with advanced IPM
    early care and learning
    Animal Sciences
    Storm water management
    Forest Ecosystem Services
    Home Poultry Flock
    Surviving these economically stressful times
    Balancing promotion and tenure needs with outreach and engagement needs
    Leadership development
    environmental health questions, such as do I have molds and how do I get rid of it
    Project management (for Extension practitioners)
    finance
    Organizational Development
    Parenting
    Crop management
    Finacial Management
    Subterranean Termite Biology and Control
    Nutrition and Health Issues - weight control, physical activity, sound practices
    invasive plants
    Carbon sequestration/ cap & trade policy and opportunities for ag & forestry
    Economic viability in the face of development pressure
    4-H Judging Teams
    food preservation
    Integrated Natural Resources and the Environment.
    * Non-Point Source Pollution
    * Water Quaility
    * Natural Resource Management
    Food Safety
    Community resource development
    Resource Development
    Developing no/low cost online training experiences for Extension staff and community partners around critical information and skill areas, i.e. working with low literacy audiences.
    Volunteer Recruitment
    Serving under served populations
    test
    Farm land/open spaces preservation in the face of urban development.
    Water Conservation through Florida Friendly Landscaping
    Horticulture Research Initiatives
    Alternative Agriculture
    Food Safety at Home
    Grant writing
    Surveying program results
    Higher Education - creating linkages between 4-H, Extension, and youth interest in pursuit of higher education
    integrated pest management
    Increasing the capacity of leadership in agriculture, natural resources and rural communities in rural and urban areas.
    Marketing issues including alternatives such as Farmers' Markets and value added products
    Online and digital strategies for learning
    Finances
    Training for growers for coping with difficult times due to weather, economy, etc.. How to manage a business through thick and thin.
    variety trial reports - science based information about new vegetable varieties, and pollenizers
    Control of HLB (Citrus Greening) in Citrus
    postharvest physiology of fruits and vegetables (ways of improving product quality and shelf life)
    Economics of Best management practices, especially in livestock production
    Budgetary constraints within Extension
    Immigration Impacts on US Agriculture
    Natural Resources
    Nutrition
    Small farm sustainability
    recruiting more 4-H volunteers
    Environmental concerns
    energy cost
    Greenhouse production, including pest control product information
    senior nutrition
    Fundraising for Non-Profits
    Parent education
    Ag Leasing Issues
    Invasive plants
    Economic welfare for communities as well as families.
    Protecting the environment/preserving natural resources/addressing global warming challenges
    Designate Extension ecnters as sites for giving University (for tuition) credit hours toward degree programs through long distance education technologies and in this way strengthen identification of Extension Centers as source for Community Education Programs - we have online abilities and polycom in place that would permit this and our Extension Centers need that sort of alignment with the University to be more recognized as a positive element in the community
    Small animal production and marketing
    Privacy in the Information Age
    financial literacy for high school students
    Agricultural Management
    4-H Leader Issues--conflict
    Forages
    small acreage landowner resources
    Volunteer Development
    youth leadership
    event planning
    BMP Landscape maintenance practices: Landscape pest management-County First Alert for new woody ornamental pests and how to manage them ( at least 2 per year).
    Weather inpacts on pasture stocking and seasonality
    National Land Grant alignment with issues identified by its shareholders (President/Congress)

    State Land grant Alignment with issues identified by its shareholders (state governments)

    Local Extension Office alignment with issues identified by its shareholders (county government)
    Parenting issues beyond discipline. Parents who haven't been "parented" need education about all facets of parenting.
    job loss - unemployment
    beginning farming
    Latino population in our community
    weed control
    Reducing production costs
    Adult Obesity
    sheep production
    Professional Development of Artists
    curriculum
    Family farm sustatinability through farm transitions
    Diagnosis of homeowner turf problems
    Community development using intergenerational strategies
    livestock
    Solar Energy for home use.
    Fine points to make no-till farming work better such as the use of cover crops.
    Evaluation of policies from state to state so some consistancy can be realized.
    Ag Profitability/Sustainability
    Increase in extension activities by agri-business companies.
    Horse nutrition/health
    Food Preservation Issues and methods.
    Updates on pesticides uses and restrictions.
    Resource development in small communities. Communities need help developing resources they already have.
    General Integrated Pest Management across schools, urban areas, commodities. One stop shop for IPM.
    nutrition and wellness - obesity, disease, healthcare
    wellness
    Control of Weeds and Brush in pasture and hay
    Technology
    teaching tools and techniques including writing for different audiences
    Personal Budgeting
    chronic disease management through nutrition (diabetes)
    Early childhood development
    ATV safety - recreational or work related
    Livestock Production
    Agricultural estate transfer
    Food Systems
    Food Safety
    Youth mentoring
    Dealing with finances
    Recordkeeping
    small farm marketing
    Youth- money management
    Systems management: cover crops, crop rotation, and residue management.
    Diabetes
    Families.. parenting
    food and water quality
    Alternatives for animal manure, manure handling and stockpiling issues, bmps
    Leadership Development
    For family members to learn positive parenting practices and implement these practices
    Landscaping for Energy Efficiency
    (heat island, site planning, wind break, shade trees)
    Organic farming
    Web Resources
    Reducing pesticide use in turf and landscape areas
    Health & Wellness
    Downtown revitilization
    Volunteer Management
    entrepreneurship
    Weed mgmt
    Machinery Management
    Home Gardening and program delivery through Master Gardeners
    organic production
    Workforce development: training in the areas of diagnostics needed for accurate management of landscapes
    4-H Youth Development programs in general
    Family Financial Management (already exits)
    incenatives for better pay such as continuing education
    Food Preservation
    More people are canning meat than I have seen in 25 years. As a result of this increase in canning some very old canners are beginning to surface. Safety is an issue.
    Nutrition
    Substance Abuse

  • Number 3 issue/topic
    • Marketing our programs and staying viable
    Working with incarcerated and underserved populations
    Small Acreage Development
    land use planning/smart growth
    Community Forestry
    Healthy Lifestyles
    healthy choices for healthy living
    Staff development - variety of topics important to Extension educators
    Socio-economic studies
    Cost of development to local government. What scenarios are going to result in a net loss of revenue to local government and what alternatives do local governments have to mitigate these losses.
    volunteer recognition
    Public Education. High risk kids find public education to lack skills and knowledge necessary for real life. Many of those kids never graduate. Engaging kids in real life learning that is relevant and academically sound as a replacement for classroom learning.
    Economic Diseses of livestock that threatens US agric e.g FMD virus in cattle, TB in deer & cattle like we see in Michigan, Exotic New castle Disease in poultry must be taught to our county agents and farmers
    equine
    Pest Prediction
    ranch profitability
    4-H/Youth
    Non-medical use of prescription medications by youth
    Senior nutrition/ and improving quality of later life

    econonic impacts of dwindling resources
    Youth science education
    Connecting Sustainable Food Systems with health and well-being
    health
    lack of pesticides available for use on insects & diseases of tropical fruits & minor crops
    Information and data from the community is lacking.
    Home food preparation and health
    small and home-based business
    Developing Financial Stability
    Safe food handling for individuals and food service workers
    Grief and loss....Americans are struggling through a difficult economic time, and the losses are incredible...jobs, homes, family relationships, retirement funds, security. In a death denying society, it's also difficult to address death as the natural order of things.
    Alternatives to using textbooks, adding technology to learning, marketing, delivery, etc...
    Small tract Landowners/homeowners needing to learn more about land, soil, water conservation and maintenance.
    General economy and how to respond
    financial literacy and money management
    learning center
    soil erosion and water quality
    Civics
    Volunteer training in various delivery methods to accomodate short time frames and family schedules. Initiatives to encourage completion of available training.
    sustainable living
    Water Conservation
    Education approaches that are effective in adult learners
    Insect identification
    Family Financial Management
    Developing life skills in youth of all ages and income levels
    maternal/child health
    Economic Development
    Cultural competency
    leadership development
    Weed management for the home/small acreage land owner
    Xeriscape - Water Wise Gardening
    CoPs are not useful in my work
    Child Development
    alternative energy(solar, wind, hydro)
    Building community alliances and collaborations.
    Positive youth development
    grazing management
    Landscape Water Conservation
    Food Security
    Food Safety
    Food Safety - Food Preservation and other cost effective methods
    Progamming for Native Americans
    Working with ADHD youth
    Food Safety
    Eradication technology development and training.
    4-H outreach, After-School, School Enrichment, etc.
    Sustainable food production systems
    Working with community partners
    Energy use in Agriculture
    pesticides
    Volunteer management
    Sustainable methods to control pests (insects and diseases) of landscape plants
    Documenting impact of Extension work
    sustainable landscape practices for the commercial green industry
    Alternative Energy
    Financial Resource Management
    Pasture and Hayfield Management
    Aging in Place
    Time Management/Prioritizing
    lIFESKILLS
    Low Carbon Footprint gardening
    Bugs! We need better, quicker entomological resources to answer the ever incoming questions.
    marketing
    Learner-centered educational methods
    Small Ruminant Production
    Financial MaNAGMENT
    Forage Production
    Food Safety
    Nutrition Education to promote health and reduce obesity
    Garden insect/disease identification and control.
    Diabetis
    Backyard Poultry
    Marketing resources and planning for Farm Products including conventional and value added.
    finding ways to get adults to attend classes offered by extension
    Teen Pregnancy
    Cancer Education
    Youth development related to increasing interest in the sciences
    forestry, wildlife and fisheries
    keeping agriculture reference material up to date.
    parent education
    Nutrition
    Health
    Resource Management
    4-H
    Make trainings from different universities that could apply to me available over something like Go to Meeting, CENTRA, or other programs
    Establish local (town) newspapers or WEB site to build community involvement. This is not covered by state news sources.
    Forage establishment practices including seedbed preparation, no-till practices, and seed and variety selection.
    3. 4-H Volunteer Materials
    Nutrition
    Wildlife habitat management
    Food production and preservation.
    at risk students
    Continue to develop educational programs to attract more youth that are not normally involved in the everyday normal 4-H clubs. Work outside the box with youth that are extremely high risk youth.
    Marketing programs
    Anti-drug education for youth.
    Job Training
    Eating Better
    How can we continue to positively impact school age youth with 4-H programming in out of school time settings?
    Horticulture weeds, pests and disease
    Community Development
    Youth Leadership
    Political Advocacy
    poultry manure management
    Scientific research that will more than likely impact individuals and families
    Integration of Nutrition & Family Extension with Ag & Forestry Based Extension Programs
    Food from Farm to table - gives value to the farmer/ gives basic food info to the general public/ gives inofrmation and connections to develop knowledge for everyone in the family.
    Healthy Homes
    Switchgrass stand establishment
    physical activity
    Livestock economics
    marketing
    Develop specific CoPs that actually bring together resources and address issues for specific groups like commercial producers of vegetable crops like onion and row crops like dry bean.
    Homeland security
    Marketing options for small vegetable growers.
    Home vegetable gardening
    Plant Diseases and control.
    General home horticulture
    Growing a 4-H program
    Food Safety in the home
    Small Ruminants
    Precision agriculture
    Reproductive failures in beef cattle.
    Specialty/Enhanced quality trait soybean varieties and marketing opportunities or joint venture cooperatives to provide opportunities for area producers to diversify their production and marketing risk.
    Extension's role in the community-solidify PR issues for governing bodies
    Marketing 4-H and standardizing Maryland 4-H policy. We need to create a unified presence/image of 4-H for the public. when people mention Scouts, others immediately understand; when we mention 4-H, people are puzzled or they think everyone in 4-H raises livestock.
    Promote multi-species grazing to cut down on the use of chemicals to control weeds and brush
    Poultry Management
    family health
    Land preservation
    Conflict resolution
    Invasive Species
    Home Horticulture
    Plant Pathology
    Irrigation water use
    food safety
    retaining quality educators despite economic limitations
    School Gardening
    Sustainable environment
    nutrition and health- physical activity
    Financial Management
    Housing
    Using high tunnels in a fresh market production system
    nutrition
    Human nutrition
    Invasive species outreach
    Aging
    Weather-based crop production decision support.
    Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
    Farmland Preservation
    Volunteer Management
    Incorporating precision ag into today's row crop production.
    water saving programs
    energy
    Increased access to and opportunities for physical activity
    Chronic Disease/Diabetes
    organic garden
    pesticides - use, misuse, IPM
    Proper ways to dress for different occassions.
    childhood obesity
    utilization of MyPyramid
    organic gardening
    risk management
    Living lean/surviving on less money
    4-H
    3. HOmeland Security Preparedness
    Community Development
    Red Imported Fire Ant Control
    Leadership development of local clientele
    Financial Management
    Canning
    Traditional Family Consumer Science programming such as food preservation, financial management, etc...
    Teaching plans, leadership support and ideas that will work in both rural and urban conditions.
    farmer's market vegetable production
    Aging
    record keeping
    Ornamental Horticulture
    Fruits and Vegetables
    Increasing 4-H enrollment and recruitinment of adult volunteers.
    linking community members to projects
    utilizing their expertise
    Forage topics
    Helping rural families deal with the sagging economy
    healthy eating
    4-H Project Groups
    Plant Diseases
    Forage production
    leadership education
    working with volunteers
    Community resource development.
    Assistance with marketing programs to reach target audience
    Understanding energy economics.
    Farmers markets.
    Global warming
    Resource Management
    Food Safety
    Farm Management
    lawn and garden pest management
    pest management
    small farm pesticide issues
    childhood health issues - obesity, stress
    Insect identification and is there any reason for the person to be concerned.
    Parenting for low income
    timber production and marketing practices
    Local Foods/Farmers Markets
    animal welfare
    Family Life - reducing the number of divorces and the impact it's having on our children and society.
    Forage production and weed control
    what made this (tree,shrub,plant) sick?
    Pond Construction
    Technology issues...getting the latest technology to rural people.
    Natural Resource Economics
    Entrepreneurship
    Controlled traffic
    livestock
    Financial Management
    Wellness
    Forestry
    Home-based business / how to create and help tp provide income for the families.
    Food preservation
    Provide a two way communication between our clintele and the university.
    Building Successful Marriages
    Expansion of specialty crops and their usage to diversify the agriculture base. Recognition of specialty crops by crop insurance has helped as a means of reducing risk.
    dairy
    Family Financial Issues
    general consumer issues
    financial education activities for elementary through middle school
    Youth development
    Cover crops
    Note that these 3 topics have a common thread.
    Developing new or improved innovative water management strategies and pratices, and implementing current innovative water management strategies and pratices to help advance the concept of zero-(pollution)-discharge farming systems.
    Obesity prevention
    Health issues especially diabetes and arthritis
    Animal Issues - Rural and Urban Interface
    Health and wellness
    nutrition/health
    Entomology
    LIvestock Forages
    Parenting and marriage - general parenting issues and strengthening marriage relationships.
    Clientele base representing smaller numbers of young producers
    Parenting
    Agriculture in a developing area.
    emotional management of economic crisis
    Not enough interaction with colleagues.
    Forage Management and Education
    Irrigated forage crop management for hay and pasture production
    Financial education - surviving on a seasonal employment or when one income is dropped from a family
    better rating scale for agents for promotion, salary increases,etc
    Communication/Youth and Adult
    marketing for the smaller farmers
    Home Horticulture
    Management
    Added Value - Agritourism
    Environment - Recycling
    Tree planting/stewardship best practices
    Issues related to nursery managemenet - retail and wholesale.
    seafood - benefits and risks
    Forage Production
    poverty/families at risk
    consumer fruit and vegetable production
    Issues Reasrch Summary Relevant to Agronomy and Horticulture
    Horticulture
    Estate Planning
    jobs
    Family Life/ Parenting
    ornamental diseases
    Public Relations
    Forages, for short growing season in arid regions
    Nutrition
    4-H SET
    high school drop out rates in urban centers
    Community involvement
    Spending more time working in my area of specialization.
    Evaluation Issues
    Helping individuals and families locate, maintain and pay for decent, affordable and safe housing.
    youth workforce preparation
    4-H Club and Adult Leadership Trainings
    Agriculture education for the public.
    Preventative maintenance to avoid common problems with trees and woody ornamentals.
    Financial Education
    Pests in the home and yard
    Manpower. Volunteers are wonderful and can do many things in the community. But there is a limit to their capacity. One faculty must be supported by several paid assistants to address the needs of scattered regions who have had little access to education.
    row crops
    Home Fruit and Vegetable Production
    Community Gardening
    Farm Management
    Financial Resource Management
    Agricultural and construction soil erosion
    4-H shooting sports
    Nutrition
    Economic Development
    Economic Development
    Citizen Capacity Building
    Increase the community members survival skills: Local Job Skills Training, and Parenting Education Support Training.
    Behavior Modification 1 community
    sustainable business
    Family Issues and Teenage Pregnancy
    Record keeping
    Small commercial building energy use
    IPM for landscapes
    Ethics in Agriculture
    Tree fruit pathology
    BMPs for "green" solutions
    Integrated pest management, sustainable productioin.
    Personal Finance
    Organic pest management
    Wood
    entrepreneurship
    Creating sustainable communities
    it is a "time management thing" for me to try and find the time to "get all the things done" that need to be done, and service all the clientele that are asking for our expertise
    Food safety
    Wheat Production
    -Traditional Production
    -No-Till Production
    -Organic
    policy issues impacting ag
    Small acreage agiculture
    Soils and plant nutrition in the landscape
    Health
    Integrated Pest Management
    Ornamental Horticulture
    Understanding how to engage established county programs with grant funded programs.
    Livestock marketing
    What is the best method/way to "sell" an Extension community development program to a community, Economic Development group, or Chamber of Commerce?
    ration balancing for beef cows
    Vegetable Gardening
    Arthropod management for pet animals
    Landscape and nursery nutrient management
    Improving Forage Quality
    I know the Home Energy COP is developing - and that would have been my first choice for hot topic.

    community gardens
    Planning and Land Use
    Community Leadership
    appreciative inquiry in extension programming
    healthy homes information
    Small Farmers land loss
    Leadership for Healthy Communities: access to healthy eating and active living
    Economic Development
    Rural Community Development
    Hydroponics (maybe?)
    conflict management
    Working with other agencies and organizations to develop educational programs.
    Best management practices for emerging and/or exotic virus diseases of importance to national biosecurity
    stain removal for clothing, upholstery and flooring
    Ag Marketing
    cooperative forestry
    Doing more with less
    Global Society -- How do we react to issues that come from around the world? Do we really know what is happening in other counties? How is the USA changed by global happenings?
    elementary education plant science-based curriculum enhancement
    Aquatic Weed Control
    leadership
    Best management practices for farm operations for environmental benefit
    Protecting the environment
    Training Employess (Internal and External) using Information Technology
    energy issues such as wind, biodiesel, ethanol, etc.
    Sustainable food production systems with details of practices as from experienced and educated in the area(s). Not from conventionally-minded/trained agriculturalists just trying to fill-in a shortage at the university level.
    Home Vegetable Gardening
    aquatic habitat conservation/restoration
    wood to energy
    Parenting
    Financial Management
    agricultural community and organizational development
    Community Development Process
    Sweetpotato Disease Management; particularly Charcoal Rot and Fusarium spp.
    Marketing for small-med business
    Matching small farm products with high-profit niche markets.
    Basic Cooking: for adults & children
    Home Visiting first time parents
    volunteer development
    Aligning states for research collaborations on youth development
    Connecting on-campus Extension staff to field practioners; improving that relationship.
    Evidence-based programs and practices in quality child care
    Health and Wealth relationships
    rural education
    public policy... dealing with agricultural zoning, land preservation, and regulations affecting agricultural production and marketing.
    Swine production and management. This important, but there are other resources available on the web.
    Value Added Agriculture
    Health and safety issues for family members
    Household and structural Insects
    local food systems
    Small/New Landowner
    Market Based Conservation
    Healthy Nutrition that is affordable
    Irrigation
    Maximizing turfgrass performance while reducing management inputs and intensity.
    Nutrition Concepts
    Less toxic options (not necessarily organic) for pest control
    Basic Nutrition for Individuals
    Oil seeds and bio-fuels
    water
    Irrigation efficiency
    Nutrition
    Non-commodity agriculture development
    IPM in Public Housing
    Gathering large sectors of the Hawaii AGricultural community. Solve problems for amny sectors of agriculture in Hawaii. Land use, water rights and , etc.availability, taxes, transportation
    Small-scale fruit and vegetable production
    Coping with family financial downturns
    Childhood obesity
    Cover crops/green manure management
    Sustainable managment of native plant understories in commercial forest and private forest lands.
    nutrition and cooking
    Disease control in landscape ornamentals
    Standardization and integration of decision aids driven by databases.
    Distance education / teaching
    overindulgence
    Sustainability through raising, harvesting, and preserving our own food, locally.
    Food Preservation
    Cover crops
    community development
    I do not use eXtension and have only logged on once.
    family topics
    cultural competence (diversity)
    health
    Beekeeping and Entomology for homeowners
    Food Safety/hot topics like "Raw Milk"
    Getting teenagers involved in gardening
    projects aimed at helping others.
    Environmental
    Comparison of ifferent methods used to determine amounts of life insurance needed by individuals and families.
    Going Green - Myths and Reality. Everyone is jumping on the band wagon here, but where is the research-based, factual information that anyone can get to help them: better retrofit their homes and offices, select appliances, recycle, grow "victory gardens" (for the lack of a better term!
    Irrigation practices for the home/urban garden or landscape
    Working with small landowners
    nutrition education and physical activity
    Economics Issues - Unemployment/underemployment
    public policy issue development
    Parenting pointers and proven methodologies
    When reducing Extension Specialist numbers, why is there never a reduction in the administrators numbers ?
    Economic Development
    Resources and issues with Master Gardeners
    recruitment and retention of new residents in rural areas
    Native prairie grassland restoration
    Information on greenhouse gases as related to agriculture, and where the new regulations are likely to take us.
    practical and easy to use materials for educating youth in the different areas
    Sustainable agriculture
    disease management
    Horticulture
    Alfalfa insect information
    Risk Communication
    home canning
    access to dental care
    Management of Urban lanscape Pests and Diseases
    Crop rotations, no-till, organic production, sustainable ag production
    Caregiving
    Ecological-Stewardship Impact
    Leadership training
    leadership development
    Financial literacy
    Working with clients both young and old on the importance of animal welfare
    Tips on ways to encourage people to cook meals from "scratch" again rather than eating highly processed foods
    food safety
    Volunteerism
    Strength job skills to get the next job
    New programs to interest youth in Science and Technology.
    Decreasing the dropout rate; not just the numbers.
    Urban/Rural interface.
    Plant diseases and plant identification
    Diagnostic methods
    Community capacity building - helping our communities help themselves
    Teen Pregnancy
    low impact development
    Obesity prevention and treatment
    Marketing Agricultural Products
    reuse (water/wastewater)
    Financing for young farmers
    Marriage and Parenting
    population shifts from young family dominated population to a senior society and the need for shifts in educational needs.
    rural community stability
    Building Strong Families
    vegetative grafting
    marketing beef cattle/starting trailer sales in the county
    Farm business management
    conflict resolution
    Health care, energy and environmental education
    Emergency and Disaster Preparedness
    Community/civic engagement for youth
    Development of Youth/Adult Partnerships
    Family Resource Management
    Entrepreneurship
    Characterization of production systems to understande resource use and systems trend. Holistic approach where productivity is measured at a different scale than the traditional method.
    effective peer to peer networks
    Grant Writing within a Community Development scope
    Youth Program Risk Management
    Food Safety/Home Food Preservation
    Equipment Costs
    Quality Early Childhood Teachers
    Going Green for Community Economic Development in Underserved Areas
    Citizen monitoring
    Housing -- building houses to withstand weather conditions.
    Going "green"
    Volunteer development
    STEM programs for youth.
    Volunteer management/recruitment
    Managing farm business through increasing governmental regulation
    Agricultural Education for Youth
    Parenting
    4-H Risk Mangement
    CRD

    Getting the right technology to the producer
    pest issues
    Risk management in Extension programming
    Physical Fitness
    After School type programs/activities that can be used by voulunteer leaders.
    Family Economic Well-Being
    senior adult issues
    Leadership Training
    Making and Implementing Public Policy at the Local Level
    Nutrition-related disease topics
    Building Strong Families
    Forage management (harvesting, cost-effective storage options, economics of hay packages and coverings, etc.).
    Parent Education
    Bio-energy (wind, bio-mass such as grass & timber, carbon credits, etc.)
    Food safety and food preservation.
    nutrition and mid-life health
    Relationship Enhancement for young, unmarried couples with children
    education techniques - share ways to improve teaching skills
    Weight loss
    Noxious weed control
    citizenship/ civic engagement
    Youth development - ensuring adults are skilled, ready and supportive of truly engaging youth as partners - not just telling them what to do
    Water Quality, Watershed protection
    Food (availability, purchasing, preparing, storing, etc)
    " the new poor"
    Supervision of subordinates
    Leadership Development Issues
    Emerging Sustainable Village Patterns
    -Residential patterns
    --Co-Housing & Senior Co-Housing
    -Mixed Use Development
    -Walkable Communities
    -Transit Oriented Development
    adapting housing for elder adults
    Youth development
    Fertility/Fertilizer additives/soil texture/movement research in corn soybean wheat
    Legal Issues
    technology in the classroom
    Nutrition & Health
    Alfalfa economics
    Decreasing number of dairy farms in the Southeast
    Pesticide Applicator Training
    Citizenship
    Technology, engaging in public issues
    Remote Native Alaska villages need ways to be actively involved in the cash economy (primarily through utilization of natural resources) or learn how to exist outside the cash. economy. This is an issue in many Native American communities.
    Systems Thinking
    Development--Fundraising--Identifying financial partners
    Alternative Forage Species for Small livestock
    Energy education
    Ex-Prisoner reintegration into the community
    Streching your families budget
    Issues facing teens such as writing resumes, internet safety etc.
    Volunteer Development
    environmental sustainability
    3. Environmental issues
    Writing Skills
    How to help families cope with stress during these economic times
    professional development for Extension educators
    Organizational development
    Integrated water/wastewater management
    Food Insecurity
    Tropical plants/fruits for Homeowners: Selection, installation, maintenance, pest control, cold protection. (need spanish language publications too)
    Land Use issues (planning and zoning)
    Hard econominc times
    Poverty
    Youth Empowerment
    youth development research, evaluation, and implementation of best practices
    Water quality and quantity issues
    Agriculture and Home Safety
    Community building
    Economic development from a national perspective
    How to reach all audience age groups is a challenge. Land-line telephones are disappearing; cell phone usage is increasing; newspapers are going out of business; electronic messaging and receptivity is essential. How do we reach all audiences?
    forages
    Teen preganncy
    Science, Engineering, Technology
    Organic Grain and Hay Production
    nutrition
    physical activity
    Forest Management
    Livestock nutrition and handling
    Citizenship
    Field crops diseases (corn, soybean, wheat)
    Youth participation. American needs to embrace the Childfren's Rights convention and all that may entail - our citizenry needs to gain the skills and knowledge to fully integrate this concept into our lives.
    Non-invasive biofuel crops
    climate change and agriculture
    volunteer recruitment/development
    Sports Beverages and Energy Drinks
    Disease management on soybean and extension programs for soybean growers
    Landscape IPM
    small scale meat production
    Health care/diabetes
    Rural Transportation and Telecommunications
    Sustainable Food Systems
    Communications - using communication tools to promote programs
    Providng programming for children with special needs
    Soils and fertility
    Volunteer Management - we could have one of the best resources in the nation if we got together on this issue
    Energy Public Policy
    Economic sustainability, developing local economies
    Vegetable gardening, especially proper fertilization & liming.
    family financial management
    Animal Handling, corral design, welfare
    Agricultural Safety for Youth
    Managed Intensive Grazing practices for dairy and beef cattle.
    Diabetes Education
    Community Coaching
    Issues if aging population, care, estate planning, meeting health care needs
    tobacco production
    4-H for at risk audiences
    educating non-farm folks about local ag
    Team work
    Database development for disease and pest ID
    Utilizing technology to reach youth audiences in a safe, fun, and educational manner
    population change and extension's innovation
    forestry
    job creation
    Train-the-trainer to mobilize volunteer services
    Food preservation.
    We need a way of setting up farm to retail customer systems: including the development of the value-added product, the packaging and marketing, and the distribution of the product.
    horticulture
    yard maintenance without pesticides
    teaching nutrition to all income levels.
    Financial Security
    Parenting
    Nutrition and Food Safety-
    variety triles of garden produce
    Urban Horticulture
    Bio-security
    Maintaining jobs and a viable workforce in the community.
    Youth/Adult partnerships
    Kinship care
    Renewable Energy education
    Fund development
    Healthy Lifestyles
    physical activity ideas to get youth and adults off the couch and moving
    alternatives to fast foods
    Disparity in grant opportunities
    American Indian tribal communities
    Vegetable Diseases
    Community social, economic, and cultural viability for rural natural resource dependent communities
    healthy lifestyles
    Seafood safety
    Working with Native American Communities to improve quality of life
    Leadership
    Direct Farm Marketing
    Adequate and appropraite methods for information transfer to the public.
    loss of resources to conduct programs
    Fire Education
    Forest insects and diseases
    Educators are spread so thin and cover so many subject areas that we can't do anything well. We also do not get the support we need from the university. Our consumer hort contact, Lori Bushway is doing a wonderful job of making improvements in this area. It's some of the other areas that lack support.
    Professional Development
    farm business management
    Community Development
    women's health
    Talking points for the general public on animal welfare and environmental issues.
    more support from legistlature
    Training volunteers in positive youth development
    Water conservation
    impact and evaluations
    Obesity
    Meth problem
    meat processing
    Nutrition for individuals and families
    Fund raising support and networking:
    entreprenuerial activities and grant writing
    Agroecosystems - alternative production systems
    Interactive systems that transform data into information
    Youth and Healthy Living
    Human-Animal Bonding for Disabled and Disenfranchised Community Members
    On-farm biosecurity and food defense for livestock; chiefly, those engaged in "sustainable" practices.
    Ag land prices and rental issues related to cost of production for both crop and livestock operations
    Weed ecology and management
    Marketing of Agricultural Product - Co-ops, direct marketing, CSAs, on-line
    Food Safety
    Energy issues
    Sustainable Agriculture
    Housing
    production issues i.e. alternative fertilizer sources, alternative crops, profitability, and food safety.
    sustainable community development and construction to reduce resource impacts
    Maintaining a safe affordable food supply
    agroforstry
    retirement planning
    Streamlining technology and its use throughout the organization. Training faculty on the latest technology and providing support to assist in innovative ways to deliver programming.
    Financial Literacy
    Hunger/Food Security/Budgeting etc.
    Range management
    Eating healthy with chronic conditions(heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, etc0
    Information over load, how to put it all together and bring it home to our own counties
    Water pollution
    evaluation in 4-H
    Arthropod-borne disease
    Sustainable Environments that merges best practices in AG - FACS - 4-H
    livestock production and management
    Financial Management
    Marketing Extension as a branded.
    Small Farm Animals
    Grant assistance.
    Winter Wheat Production
    Food Safety - proper food handling, cleanliness
    Livestock Quality Assurance
    working effectively with stakeholders; i.e., legislators
    organic cropping systems
    technologies that will enhance our reach to adult learners
    Being a wise consumer of Internet/computer-based information
    Fewer people trying to be experts in areas where they have minimal knowledge.
    water quality and sustainability - with a focus on watershed
    parenting
    Private Pesticide Applicator Training
    Lawn & Garden IPM
    Assistive technology for farmers/ranchers with disabilities.
    Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Homes, Schools and Workplace (practical outreach information and programming)
    Anything on new technology
    Keeping teens in 4-H
    Community Development
    economics
    Bringing in a new generation of horticulturists through young grower and Spanish programs on leadership development
    curriculum development
    Science, Engineering and Technology
    Urban & Community forestry
    Forest Harvesting and Regeneration Practices
    Goat management
    Surviving these economically stressful times
    Building program capacity by adding new positions
    conflict resolution
    News and media relations (for Extension practitioners)
    fitness
    Leadership Development
    Community building for families.
    Alternative energy
    Small Acreages (rural living)
    General Structural Entomology
    Time Management for families with children
    specialty crop production
    Farmers Markets / locally grown food
    Biomass Energy production
    4-H Club Activities
    health and nutrition
    Citizens Capacity to transform Their Communities
    * Community Leadership/Involuement
    * Volunteering/Citizenship
    Food Insecurity and Issues on Poverty
    Small farm development for none farmers.
    retro-fitting traditional extension programs to fit today's economically challenged families, e.g. simple household repairs, mending and tailoring clothes.
    Economic Development
    test
    Green landscaping best management practices for homeowners.
    Pest control
    Reaching Audiences through mass markets via Internet, Youtube,Facebook,Blogs,E-newspapers etc..
    Water Quality / Quanity
    Energy & Water Conservation for the homeowner through behavioral change and low and no cost methods, results in conservation of resources and $ savings
    Professional development
    Career Development - exploration of careers and creating those linkages to higher education
    information dispersal techniques
    Ag Risk Management
    Health
    Community Garden Establishment and everything it entails.
    better fertilizer management through improved irrigation practices
    Control of Citrus Bacterial Canker
    use of Elluminate or LecShare Pro to deliver training to agents and/or growers (to save on travel in tough budget times)
    Marketing decision tools and training for cotton and grain sorghum producers
    Constituent based direction in Extension
    Export Market Opportunities
    Life Skills
    Health
    small business economics
    Balancing life and work as an Extension agent
    Ag Economics - Specifically for dairy producers
    regulations
    Row Crop information
    food preservation
    Community Support and Boad Advocacy
    Volunteerism
    Ag Profitability
    Growth - urban wildlife interface
    Nutrition and physical activity
    We need to look more at involving Extension Volunteers (Master Gardeners in particular) in providing community based learning opportunities and less at doing service functions in the Community
    Forage management
    Housing and Home Environment (to include indoor air quality, etc.)
    financial literacy for elementary students
    Livestoc Production
    Small Fruit
    economic development
    Youth Leadership
    crop production
    program development
    State mandated pesticide training
    Fire ant controls
    Remaining relevant. Land grants must use the most current data, invest in futuring to anticipate change, and be a leader, not a follower, in the latest technologies
    Obesity for all age groups.
    credit/debt issues including foreclosure/bankruptcy
    small farms
    FCS / food and nutrition/ parenting / household economic issues
    pasture management
    Insect / disease / weed / nematode management
    Chronic Disease
    Bioenergy
    Growth Business Strategies
    volunteer development
    Marketing Opportunities
    Small acreage managment
    using coaching principles in extension
    conflict resolution
    Energy Conservation for the farm and ranch
    Precision farming
    Leadership development for local folks
    Is the increased extension emphasis in 4-H/Youth development the result or the cause for the decreased emphasis in production agriculture?
    Horse youth activity programming
    Household Mold/Moisture Issues
    Back to the basics issues such as backyard poultry, recession proofing.
    Helping families through this economic crisis.
    financial wellness - economic strain, savings, credit, spending wisely
    healthy environments
    Control of disease and insects in horticulture.
    Sustainability
    advertise our programs
    Money Management for Minority High School Students in After school programs.
    local foods
    Poverty
    Weed Management
    Boiling down ag policy into a user friendly form
    Farm to Plate
    Nutrition
    Youth Entreprenuerism
    Youth planning for the future
    Animal welfare issues
    small farm diversification
    Obesity- Health
    Soils:fertility management and precision farming.
    Food Safety
    Aging Healthy in Communities
    Parent/child care education/safety
    Animal Welfare issues
    Financial Mgmt for teens
    For family members to develop and use skills which lead to improved family resilitency such as positive communication skills and positive coping skills.
    Flood Recovery of Landscape
    (wash down, regrowth, hardy flood resistant plants for the southeast)
    Water
    Developing Survey Tools
    Invasive plants, insects and diseases affecting trees and shrubs
    Economic Development
    Agritourism / Sustainable tourism development
    Financial Literacy
    housing
    Disease mgmt
    Commercial Vegetable Production including organics
    soil quality
    Pesticide safety education and compliance
    Implementing technology in 4-H Youth Development programs
    Food Storage
    Water storage is 50 gallon containers is a common practice. How often do you rotate & what is the best method to sanitize the container.
    Family
    CHildhood Obesity

    3. Would you be willing to participate in a CoP if one formed around the issues/topics you listed?

    Please select one response for each issue/topic
  • Issue/topic 1

    • (Each Respondent could choose only ONE of the following options:)
    Response Total % of Total Respondents %
    Yes 627
    		66%
    No 89
    		9%
    Don't know 238
    		25%
    Total Responses: 954
    0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
    Please select one response for each issue/topic
  • Issue/topic 2

    • (Each Respondent could choose only ONE of the following options:)
    Response Total % of Total Respondents %
    Yes 528
    		58%
    No 120
    		13%
    Don't know 268
    		29%
    Total Responses: 916
    0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
    Please select one response for each issue/topic
  • Issue/topic 3

    • (Each Respondent could choose only ONE of the following options:)
    Response Total % of Total Respondents %
    Yes 441
    		53%
    No 116
    		14%
    Don't know 281
    		34%
    Total Responses: 838
    0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

    4. If you have any additional comments or suggestions, please provide them in the text block below.


    While I realize forestry does not exist in Cooperative Extension in all states, I am very surprised this topic is not included yet. Because of this I have looked at the eXtension site once and have not gone back as the current subjects listed don't help me out.
    Nationally the west is visualized from two very different perspectives that are quite opposites of each other. The west is recognized for its vast recreation amenities, a place to preserve pristeen beauty. On the other hand, because of the vast open space which is precious to those who live there, the west represents an opportunity to construct and maintain the communication/energy infrastructure to provide the energy needs of the nation. Both ends probably cannot be met without some mitigated sacrifice to each. A strong community of practice must be built on the needs of those who live in the community and not on the needs of those who have some dillusional picture of what another community should be.
    unsure of the commitment to participate in a CoP - would need to know that before agreeing
    There should be more inter-actions between the Extension Program administrators and all Cooperative extension specialists of each university. Our individual duties and responsibilities as specialists over-lap one another's. Whereas, we all mean to raech the same goal of protecting US agriculture, providing meaningful job for our people and keeping them healthy and safe.
    these are current COPs and I am currently assisting with them.
    I spend a lot of time responding to the public's needs. I don't know whether the CoP would be a time burner which would take away from the time I have to respond. I think we have to be careful not to shift our work to each other rather than the public which relies on the landgrants.
    I would like to see our Extension programs expand into more areas such as prevention and innovative youth programs.
    Many people that participate in nutrition education are facing issues such as food allergies, child hood diseases, and poor quality of life in their senior years. We need to find a way to better serve their needs.
    Whether I would participate depends upon the amount of time required relative to what my program would gain from it.
    none
    Everyone knows what to do but we all lack the hows and evaluating their effectiveness. I think CoP should emphasize the HOWs of every topic and evaluation process other than who contributed and number of hits at the sites.
    Issues in Ag that still are in the forefront our over use of pesticides for 'plant health' or other reasons and the concern for developing pesticide resistance and environmental safety.
    There is a need to teach youth how our economy works; to teach entrepreneurship development, as opposed to workforce development, and to help them be competitive in a global economy.
    I think there is a tremendous need for community development activities in both rural and urban neighborhood settings.
    The reason that CoPs are not useful in my work is that the FAQs and 'articles' posted on CoP sites regarding topics concerning me are of unknown validity.

    The 'peer review' process that I have participated in as a reviewer is not even close to the peer review process undertaken by scholarly journals. It is peer-editing and peer rubber-stamping.

    I can't in good conscience base recommendations to my citizen clients on notes posted on-line that lack attribution or that make no reference to any actual scientific research.
    I would not be able to provide subject matter expertise for any of these topics, but as the head of a county Extension office, these are clearly our most pressing needs. I would do whatever I could to facilitate development of these CoPs.
    Thanks to all of the eXtension faculty for your efforts. This is our future.
    Todd Hurt
    thurt@uga.edu
    In the midst of a changing economy, a teachable moment is presenting itself. My class sizes have quadrupled. People are "hungry" for information on how to adapt to their income (or lack of income). As an educator, I am excited to help them do this...and more. We should not just stop at the information that is going to help them in their current situation but also help them to plan for their financial future...in an innovative way.
    Because we are already understaffed, eXention will be utilized more if it is a resource, not yet another way to take up more of our time. Keep it simple and usable.

    Thanks
    Why don't you - Extension service and USDA - just use plain language in your documents, publications, and interactions. Communities of practice and other types of this jargon fail to get your message across to people who could use your information, whether they are professionals or homeowners.
    I know a new CoP is forming around issue 1. I've marked 'don't know' for being involved however, because of too many other demands on my time - and the link to number 3. Specifically, it's hard for me to see where Extension can play a role in biomass utilization and thus I fear we will spend LOTS of time on the topic and won't get much 'bang for our buck.' I am part of the Entrepreneurship CoP. Lastly, issue no. 3 is obviously an internal/administrative issue for Extension professionals.
    Unfortunately, I am so busy with implementing my programming and administrative responsibilities, that I wouldn't have time to participate in developing a CoP. However, I would find it helpful to access the information that was created as a result of one forming on any of these topics.
    might be interested in participating but we have bneen asked to do so much with so littel help that these extra chores are WAY down on the priority list.
    none
    Would also like to see something on time management or coaching
    The job of a 4-H Agent can be quite overwhelming. It would be much more simple if agents could pull materials from a source rather than generate new ones each time they taught a program
    I feel we have to start with the youth and families and get our entire communities back on board to change our country and communites.
    Thanks for the opportunity to provide input.
    I would participate. I am currently participating in a CoP
    None at this time
    areas of interest for me are already covered.
    I hope that eXtension can become more of a working resource and tool to help specialists like myself and stakeholders throughout the U.S. CoPs and their leaders and members need to be much more interactive, instead of just existing as another entity in eXtension that looks good to administrators of the project but does little to help us do our job in our respective state or region.
    I am in the horticulture community of practice. This is a great tool for us to serve our clientele.
    Two topics of most need and interest to me/my work have COPs already -- aging, family finance
    Great idea, if we can generate enough localized data/inferences that would be pertinent to our area problems/solutions.
    There is currently very little on eXtension that directly relates to the work of 4-H educators.
    I am already on several committees in chattanooga dealing with these issues.
    The biggest hurdle I am facing to date is not enough time (My hours have been reduced); money and support from the association and it's director to effectively support all the community food/gardening/etc. initiatives that are springing up in Broome County. I don't have the resources to effectively deal with the regular day to day stuff, let alone this new influx of need. Organizations, schools, institutions get this funding for gardens and have not considered where to get the knowledge base to complete the project. They come to CCE wanting free assistance, not realizing that we are also a non-profit. They have not budgeted any financial resources for education. Therefore, I end up with lots of need in the community, and reduced time to deal with it due to no funding and lack of interest. This could be a cash cow for CCE, not a drain.
    I've signed up to participate in two CoP's already. However, I have found it difficult to understand my role and whether I should participate in these CoP's. In other words, I haven't found a niche in them and so I'm uncertain how I would fit into a new CoP. eXtension seems to have its own jargon that makes it difficult for me to understand really what's going on in the CoP's.
    On issue #2, we don't have a lot of expertise, but I think the issue is of grwoing importance
    as funding becomes limited we are considering the possibilities or reducing or regionalizing programs - this causes us to lose the neighbor to neighbor concept that extension has always had
    Could you please change the spelling of your website to e-X-tension or e-extension or E-extension so it can be found by search engines as something different from the common word extension?
    Integrated Pest Management MUST be and eXtension CoP in the very near future.

    The above listing of the top 3 priorities is not a mistake. I intend that all three priorities are IPM
    I currently participate in one COP and will be retiring soon so won't be available for additional participation.
    Before I would commit to anything I'd need to know: the time commitment, timelines, is it scholarly?, is this activity/tool recognized by the "Academics on Campus" who will determine whether I get promoted or not?
    Thanks for your interest in this topic. Our rural communities need lots of help.
    eXtension is difficult to access compared to other searchable sites. It needs to be more user-friendly.
    In our livestock production practices we have to be more concious of the enviorment.
    I participate in the fireant COP
    would be willing to work in any of these areas to educate people...
    I recently looked for a CoP on Farmers Markets and did not find one. We are seeing a strong emphasis on purchasing locally grown foods and developing farmer's markets. I think this CoP would be beneifical not only to university personnel, but also the general public.
    All three topics should be addressed together as a new initative.
    Need to get the LGA to give credit for working in a CoP environment.

    Most employees just see it as an extra add on to their county and state work versus a releiving environment.

    Most admin. people are so far from the action that they rarely deal with those problems that need answers. We need to become a more grass root organization with fewer directions coming out of Columbus and more from our clientele.
    Time limits the availability to participate as a county agent with current responsibilities; otherwise I would participate; competes with current Program Work Teams
    I'm already on the financial CoP
    The common thread is that continuous no-till will work much better with controlled traffic to manage compaction, and cover crops to help improve soil quality and yields.
    I find that there are significant regional differences that make the eXtension info misleading
    The Companion Animal CoP has been approved.
    Leadership Development and communication is slowly leaving America. We do not teach it in our schools nor do we practice it.
    This may seem outside my role as Operation:Military Kids Project Coordinator but I think it is a major social issue, would attract youth, and would help extension and 4-H access national funding for such projects.
    I may be willoing to particiapte in a CoP but before I committ I need to more information - what is involved, expectations, est. of time involved, etc.
    I'm a member of the newly formed freshwater aquaculture CoP
    The issues mentioned are ones that I lack handy resources on. It'd be great to use eXtension for those areas where we don't have a specialist or good, printed information.
    From what I have seen so far, you have not always attracted the best people. There really isn't an incentive to join if it is going to be more mediocrity. Sometimes when people self-nominate or go for grants it is not reflective of whether they are the most respected. They are looking for money because funds are tight or something to put on their CV.
    I'm preparing to retire so now would not be the best time to join a CoP. However, the issues remain...families are hurting.
    E- xtenison is just one means of passin gon information to our clientele. A lot percentage of clientele do not have email access except at work. E-Extension needs to have updates, factsheets, and news releases aas well as FAQ's.
    Identify the elements that are missing from local communities that could restore its' people. How do you reach/modify behavior of the whole community one person at a time? Through Community Resource Centers. There you change the whole community through its people. You develop a scientifically tested community development model that can be duplicated anywhere.
    I am already an active member of the HorseQuest group - I would enthusiastically help with the 3 topics mentioned as they pertained to working with my current group.
    My school was not listed...Missouri State University.
    I would like to see more broad categories...
    I am currently part of the the "Entreprenerus and Their Communities" CoP but would like to see a CoP that focuses more on the community leaders (elected and volunteer) and their needs for information, training, etc.
    Focusing on several other proposals for the last SCRI, I didn't see the CoP option until it was too late or I would have submitted a proposal for a commercial veg production and/or marketing CoP. They need to happen.
    I'm all ready in the new Food Safety CoP, don't know if I'd have time for another....
    I am aware that a Drinking Water CoP may be forming.
    Sometimes CoP topic areas seem to divide the work up so fine that there are too many and some combining could be done. Having too many could mean you use up peoples' willingness to be involved in CoPs without covering all of the areas that eXtension should cover.
    Sometimes county extension offices seem far removed from the general campus and college environment. How do we bridge that gap?
    none
    My "Don't know" response to Question 3 is because I am already a member of 2 CoP's.
    A list of existing COPs would be useful on this survey form introduction.
    The materials I listed are aimed for training of new county agents. These are topics that agents are expected to know when they begin their jobs but have never had any experience.
    - Farmers mentoring program for local youth


    None at this time.
    I do not need any assistance from eXtension. What is currently available online is adequate for my area of expertise.
    We have legistlation pending at the state level (waiting for Govenor's signaturre) that will require all commercial landscape professionals applying fertilizer to obtain a BMP certification in Florida by Jan 2014 ... this will require training statewide of up to 100,000 landscape professionals around our state.
    It would be nice to know what are the requriements of participating in a CoP.
    Although I am an "agricultural productivity" extensionist, the really critical issues for myself and my colleague are focused around economics andcommunity development issues.
    I note there is an (apparently) inactive group on "virtual leadership" presence on the eXtension; perhaps these things need more assistance/support for broadcasting the opportunity that eXtension represents as a resource for program development and implementation.
    Our state is in a financial crisis. It is hard to make commitments. May know more after the budget is passed in Aug.
    Up to this point...I certainly feel like I am giving a lot more to my eXtension COP than I am recieving. It is difficult to justify the time I am spending on eXtension relative to the other opportunities for my time.
    eXtension is growing by leaps and bounds and should be very proud of its progress to date.
    It is very useful just to know who else is interested in these areas.
    We, ie Extension has the National Extension Tourism Design Team
    http://extensiontourism.net (an unfunded group of volunteer extension professionals that organizes a national conference, next one June 14-17, 2009)that is ready with the right support to develop a COP however it has seemed to be an un/underfunded task that would require a lot of work to develop and so a COP has not been established to date for tourism
    Grouping of Landscape Designs according by Themes.
    eXtension needs to be flexible in its approach developing CoP. Many states already have EXCELLENT on-line resources that already produce a lot of traffic.

    To change that success to fit into eXtension makes little sense. How can eXtension serve my outreach needs as opposed to current mindset that wants me to serve eXtension mission.
    keep up the good work!
    Due to the losss of commercial timber production opportunities on most federal and state lands the managers are looking for other sources of income. These non-timber forest products have provided forest community families with food, medicinals, fungi as well as needed cash income when logging is not there.
    We need to develop a way to link the community of professionals that are working with these products.
    any home economics related topics would benefit me and my county!
    It would be nice to have some regional information so people from the south can look up what is best for them and the people from north or west can look up what works best for them.
    not familiar with e-extension. perhaps this already exists
    I don't necessarily know what is involved in participating in a CoP. Many of these things are already available. I do think it's important to ID the best for use on the CoP.
    Make the emails concise and to the point not the long emails that are currently being sent for areas of practice.
    Would have been nice to see a list of the existing CoP's at the beginning of your survey to ensure that people don't suggest a topic that is already a CoP.
    I am intersted in all if I am not working on all of them at the same time.
    I am currently involved in developing a CoP.
    thanks
    I don't necessarily think that the CoPs should be sorted by topics, but more so by audiences. This will make finding information on the web page easier.
    I am not sure I understand how COPs area formed - some seem very global while others are very specific. It would be nice to seem some continuity. I believe the COPs should address major issues - with more specific state or regional issues within them.
    I have been a member of COP for families but I have not done anything or heard anything about any activities that impacted the targeted population. Need more communication with each other.
    I am not overly optimistic that eXtension is the best mechanism for extending info to commercial growers. It seems more useful to the lay person or hobby grower. Although I have been an extension specialist for 13 years...I have not looked to eXtension as a mechanism to disseminate timely information or non-time-dependent information and have not used it much as a source of info. Perhaps as it evolves and local budgets get a lot tighter then the outlet will gain more momentum. It is not clear to me that my clientele would use it...at this point anyhow.
    Post information related to each Co'ps on the E extension web for easy access
    I will be excited to be part of a CoP that includes my speciality
    We must always go the extra mile to served those who are under-served and often unlearned in our communities.
    So far I haven't found the site all that useful. When I have had a questions I haven't been able to really find the answer there
    I love eXtension but still have a hard time navigating. For instance, I tried to find a power point on "What is FCS?" last night, gave up and went to "Ask an Expert."

    I also appreciate very much that you send reminders and invitations through FACEBOOK. Great job!
    Already belong to rangeland, wildlife, wilfire, and EDEN CoPs.

    Requesting membership in beef CoP
    this survey is a great idea
    I have many requests for information on these topics and there are not many resources available.
    Extension will have to move to areas that focus on human, environmental and economic systems that enhance quality of life. Providing education is not enough, we must drive some of these issues to increase public awareness and choice. Overemphasis on Agriculture is limiting our portfolio.
    Developing there areas will provide information to our clientele especially those who are trying to get acsess to information and finding difficulty to do so.
    We need training on how to use eXtension!
    Extension has great resources for nutrition and food safety but I would like to see them within the scope of eXtension.
    There MUST be more CoPs focused on youth development and youth development programming. If eXtension does not address this, in my mind, a huge void in the educational resources it provides, than it is not truly representative of the work of Extension across this country!
    Hard to know what's involved and time commitment if your involved a COP. Perhaps a job description would help for both participants, and if there is a leader.
    We actually already have a COP for my #1 priority and I am participating.
    Gardening is a hot topic here, too.
    As an educator managingh time is a challenge. One can easily spend all day at the computer.

    How do we package useful knowledge into bites that the dairy businessperson will take time to learn?
    this is the busy time of year for me so I don't know if I could participate due to schedule conflict.
    I don't work in the nutrition & health education area, but I think that's one area of questions we receive in quantity. Nutrition topics should definitely be added to your CoP ASAP. Thanks!
    It is difficult to find the time for national involvement when local issues are so demanding of our time. The timing of program development is critical for field staff involvement.
    I look forward to seeing how eXtension can help Extension be relevant now and in the future.
    The above issues are ones that are important in EVERY community, in EVERY state. However, not all states have an Extension program to offer assistance to communities on these issues.
    Partnering with other public and private institutions in order to better connect available resources to individuals and communities for the maximized community sustainability, entrepreneurship and economic development.
    i'm not sure if these were issues that you wanted.
    please no more personality profile classes!
    Many grants require multi-state involvement of working teams. We need to establish some for the forages.
    Extension professionals in other states deal with these issues. Alaska's extreme climatic conditions, varied infrastructure, distance between communities and cultural differences make it difficult to fit lessons from other parts of the US to Alaska's situations.
    Don't forget to speak to people.
    Thanks for asking.
    I'm not familiar with the CoP and the requirements of participating. I will research the topic.
    I will be retiring at the end of this year, so I don't know how involved I will be in the future.
    Thanks for giving us the opportunity to have input!!
    Have tried to use eXtension a few times, and found it to be less than useful.
    Most of my colleagues in Plant Pathology of aware of eXtension, but know little else. I think there needs to be further and better "marketing" of this tool and how it complements to existing tools.
    I appreciate the innovation it appears you are trying to integrate into eXtension. One other potential important issue right now is supporting our military and building community capacity to do so; thier problems are unique given that the citizen soldier (National Guard and Reserve) are now operational. A motto from the 40's was "Working for Vistory, Planning for Peace." I thnk we need to endorse that motto again. And, the vistory is connected to all the issues facing humanity and America's Extension Service should accept the responsibility to lead in the work and planning for peace.
    I'm too new to even really know what a CoP is.
    It would be good to see a list of current CoPs; there are a lot and more added all the time and I'm not familiar with all of them.
    kristinw@email.arizona.edu
    eXtension could have the best resource for volunteer management in the country if we worked together
    While there are many pieces of information already in existence on all three of these issues/topics, much of the information is not available to the public or to county educators in an easily accessible location, it is not in easily used formats, and much of the information is old and outdated. With the dropping of extension safety specialist positions at land grant universities, the CoP method would be a way to address these issues.
    I truly believe that all states should work together, uniting their resources so that we do not have so much duplication of the same area over and over.
    There are many of us who know e-extension exists and are even members of some CoP...but it really isn't an integral part of our work. At some point, best practices and scholarship around recruitment, engagement, retention, and impact for online CoPs would help Extension professionals.
    A definition of Community of Practice would be helpful. I had to look this up online to see what we were talking about.
    We have a cadre of successful, expert farmers in our area. They have a difficult time against international competition. Especially when inexpensive ammonium nitrate is discouraged by the Homeland Security Department, yet other countries can still use it. In 2008 speculators in the commodity markets created uncertainty and high input costs to the detriment of farmers and food producers. I blew off steam here. My comments are not particularly relevant to my career.
    Keep Up the Good Work!
    The pendulum is swinging back and the need to consider the earth's resources has people thinking more about better lifestyles with less processed materials. However the skills to cook or preserve food is missing due to the movement towards fast food and prepared meals. People are also tired of the constant drive to address only nutrition issues. They all know they need to eat better, but there is so much information about what is really good and what is hype, that many get tired of hearing about it.
    See following two links for existing online content that should be integrated with eXtension: http://www.indiancountryextension.org/index.php and http://myice.arid.arizona.edu/
    Administrative contact Joe Hiller University of Arizona jghiller@cals.arizona.edu
    I work with all of these topics locally and have attracted significant funding through grants and contracts. That funding employs three individuals who assist in making these programs highly successful.
    I really don't know what a community of practice is and what they actually do. I looked at teh website but this was not clear. Maybe a good start would be to inform extension educators on what a CoP is and then we could figure out what is lacking. Maybe a web presentation would be in order.
    I already participate in the CoP of Issue/topic 1.
    I feel that working through extension with the idea that we are a "collective entity" will help us to engage others and leverage resources to create outstanding programming.
    How quickly is info being brought through the current CoPs? Do we need to help facilitate this? What could we do to help the process without taking too much time from our local jobs?
    Don't load us up with so much to do.
    Let us know we are appreciated. Don't assume we know it, say it.
    Because of the calls to Extension administrators and proposals coming from their regional approval process, I feel left out of opportunities in my field since they didn't include me in the development process.

    I would like more visible calls to interested individuals, or at least notification of what is in development or being offered from other processes like calls to administrators, RFPs, etc.
    I have not taken the time to visit eXtension...so my answers could be off base...
    Thank you for your efforts!
    eXtension is confusing and I avoid it because I haven't seen a robust easy to follo9w community environment.
    I would like to see some control and organization of the groups--perhaps all should be classified to one of five or six larger umbrella groups?

    A proliferation of region-specific or user-created groups with technical or specialized acronymn names (e.g. AAE_MNmg, UK District Directors, etc.) takes away from site usability and credibility.
    Thanks for seeking agent input.
    I am already participating.
    eXtension is a great resource!
    There are many many aspects of water that need to be addressed to support our communities - - basic aspects such as rain water harvesting and water conservation can be readily addressed by most. More scientifically demanding topics, such as domestic well issues [quantity and quality] must be reviewed and technically accurate prior to presentation to the public. There have been a number of instances of inaccurate information being presented to the public and an apparent lack of technical review prior to publication. This is of concern as it reflects poorly on our University - I believe the underlying issue is a perceived 'lack of control' on the part of the counties if they include campus Extension staff. There is a reason that in the professional world, people who work in the world of water are licensed to practice - Extension needs to honor the reality that some topics require special technical expertise and coordination with others that may be outside their counties may be necessary.
    hard to commit to additional time demands. i would need a better understanding of what a CoP is, what one can do for me and how much time it would require
    none
    Extension could be a key player in new national initiatives around health issues in general and children and elderly in particular.
    It is hard to get agents involved with these dicussions.
    I am hesitant to say yes as time commitments are mounting and the ability to absorb more work and responsibilities is becoming problematic.
    Most of these issues need to be addressed because of the lack of available expertise.

    Too, consider homeowner ornamental horticulture and home fruit and vegetable production.
    I wish that we didn't have to have a user name and password to use the site. When you forget you can't get in so I got discouraged and just went to some other web site.
    These are questions in which I refer to my specialists in the state, I do not feel that I am knowledgable enough to answer the questions.
    good luck!
    Already participating in Biomass COP directly and indirectly.
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    It is becoming more and more critical for county extension offices to remain relevant to the traditional agricultural communities as they urbanize and you have new agents with very little experience/background in farming. Many new agents think they can be relevant from their desk/computer screens and we are losing our connection and influence with agriculture.
    Also developing a teamwork approach to Extension, including cross training between extension agents, program leaders, directors and support personnel because it is a sink or swim operation rampant throughout - everyone doing their own thing and others left out in the cold getting burned out too quickly, also an attitude that if you are not living at the office and working each weekend, then you are not doing a good job.
    There is just not enough time or support to participate in any more activities than those I already have on my plate. If you want people to participate it has to be very clear and simple what needs to be done. I have not had time to explore E-Extension offerings to any great extent and when I do, I find that I am always more confused. I wish there was someone at our University who was familiar with E-Extension and could explain the nuances to the rest of us.
    These issues appear to be national not just for my state. However, getting the general public involved in programs regarding these issues is a different matter.
    Feel free to contact me for further explanation. kpoff@vt.edu (540)459-6140
    Karen Poff, Extension Agent FCS
    Woodstock, Virginia
    This recession provides an opportunity, like no other, for Extension to emerge as the most effective and efficient non-formal educator in history.

    This will require a new framework of cooperation between Land Grant Universities across the country. Instead of seeing each other as competitors, we must share, collaborate, and use our existing synergies to be the leading "agents of change" in society.

    One approach I would recommend is to no longer view our program priorities as needs, weaknesses/incapacities, and problems. To ensure long-term sustainability of positive change, it rests only with enlightened citizens through education. Public funds, grants, and contracts must not be seen as ends in themselves. Grass-roots education must be designed from an asset-based approach where we identify capacities/ and strengths of our Land Grant Institutions, individuals, families and communities, and build our programming based on these strengths.
    great work on eOrganic!
    I do not possess the knowledge to answer the questions
    What is the difference between a CoP and a POW? We have a small acreage POW actively working towards the 1st two goals above. If their are other groups that would like to be involved in any of the three either in SD or from another state, I am happy to serve as a liason.
    rebecca.bott@sdstate.edu
    What is there is very helpful. Continue to build and like the fact that it is researched based informaiton from various universities.
    I feel topic 2 & 3 are very important, but they are not in my speciality area that is why I did not mark Yes as far as participating in CoP.
    Would not mind contributing to CoP, but don't have time for ask the expert or keeping news updated.
    Thank you.
    What is a CoP and why does Extension always create their own language that no one understands?
    I already participate on the Rangelands CoP and Beef Cattle CoP
    No additional comments
    Budget constraints could be a limiting factor in participation.
    I would love to work on any one of these topics, but my contract time will not allow it. I do see a great need in both counties I serve with all of three of these issues.
    Nothing comes to mind.
    I'm very good at writing grants. I currently have five active grants.
    I currently have proposed a CoP in agricultural biotechnology for a AFRI CAP grant and will proceed if it is funded.
    I am already a member of both the personal finance and entrepreneurship COP's.
    Thanks
    More incentives are needed to start CoP's.
    These are issues that I have been dealing with. However, I am in the process of retiring.