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100 Years of Extension in Florida

by Darryl Palmer
May 8, 2014

May 8, 2014 marks the 100th Anniversary of the Smith-Lever Act, which established America's Cooperative Extension Service. Let's take a brief look back at Extension's growth and evolution in Florida, year by year. Before Extension 1862 ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Communications, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H, Agriculture, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Extension 100 Years, Florida A & M, Master Gardener, Smith-Lever Act, Smith-Lever Anniversary, UF IFAS Extension

Project VI: Florida Extension in the Era of Segregation

by Darryl Palmer
February 13, 2014

For its first fifty years, there were two extension services in Florida—one for whites and one for African-Americans. The South had been racially segregated since the 1870s, the end of the reconstruction period following the Civil War. ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H, A.A. Turner, African-Americans, Black History Month, Extension 100 Years, Extension Agents, Florida A & M, Floy Britt

Head, Heart, Hands, Health (Part II)

by Darryl Palmer
December 20, 2013

1920s-1960s 4-H continued to grow in Florida throughout the 20th century, developing many of the features commonly associated with the 4-H clover. School club programs were conducted by agricultural Extension agents teaching projects in agronomy, ... READ MORE

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Tags: 4-H, Extension 100 Years, Florida A & M, UF IFAS Extension

Head, Heart, Hands, Health (Part I)

by Darryl Palmer
December 13, 2013

4-H and Extension go way back. In fact, they go back to the very roots of both demonstration work and the rural youth development movement. In the early 1900s, when researchers and educators from the nation’s land-grant universities brought ... READ MORE

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Tags: 4-H, Extension 100 Years, Florida A & M, University Of Florida

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