What is Virginia Cooperative Extension?
{{Infobox Government agency |agency_name = Virginia Cooperative Extension |logo = Virginia-Cooperative-Extension-logo2010.jpg |logo_width = 200px |logo_caption = |seal = |seal_width = |seal_caption = |formed = 1914 |jurisdiction = [[Virginia]] |headquarters = [[Blacksburg, Virginia]] |employees = |budget = |chief1_name = |chief1_position = |chief2_name = |chief2_position = |chief3_name = |chief3_position = |parent_agency = [[Virginia Tech]] and [[Virginia State University]] |website = http://www.ext.vt.edu/ |footnotes = }} '''Virginia Cooperative Extension''' provides resources and educational outreach to more than seven million [[Virginia]] residents in the areas of agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, community viability, and [[4-H]] youth development. The federal government started cooperative extension programs in each state with the [[Smith-Lever Act of 1914]]. Virginia’s two [[land-grant university|land-grant universities]]: [[Virginia Tech]] and [[Virginia State University]] run the program. The program has faculty and staff at the two universities, 107 county and city offices, 11 agricultural research and Extension centers, and six 4-H educational centers.<ref name=about>{{cite web|url=http://www.ext.vt.edu/about/index.html|title=About Virginia Cooperative Extension|accessdate=2010-02-03}}</ref> ==Related pages== * [[Cooperative Extension Service]] * [[Virginia Tech]] * [[Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences]] * [[Virginia State University]] ==References== <references/> ==Other websites== * [http://www.ext.vt.edu/ Virginia Cooperative Extension] * [http://future.ext.vt.edu/ Shaping Extension's Future] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720071847/http://future.ext.vt.edu/ |date=2011-07-20 }} {{US-stub}} [[Category:Education in the United States]] [[Category:1914 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:20th-century establishments i