Personal food system mapping is a practical means to engage community participants and educators in individualized and shared learning about food systems, decisions, and behaviors. Moreover, it is a useful approach for introducing the food system concept, which is somewhat abstract. We developed the approach to capture diversity of personal food…

The increase in shale gas drilling in Pennsylvania has resulted in thousands of landowners receiving predrilling testing of their drinking water. Landowners often have difficulty understanding test reports resulting in low awareness of pre-existing problems. Extension and several partners developed a program to improve understanding of…

Summarizes the historical background of extension services, where extension is today, and some of its future concerns. (EM)

The Internet offers new opportunities to the Cooperative Extension Service, for example, in facilitating community access as part of outreach, publishing extension documents electronically, enhancing youth club activities, and ensuring that local resources and information are available online. (SK)