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N.C. Cooperative Extension Gives Program Impacts to Congressman Patrick McHenry
Posted September 2nd, 2008 in Community

During a Back Home Visit by Congressman Patrick McHenry in Burke County on August 25, N.C. Cooperative Extension offered examples of numerous high impact programs in agriculture, horticulture, economic development and nutrition education from Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and surrounding counties.

Chuck Moseley, Cooperative Extension’s State Advisory Representative for the Unifour invited Congressman McHenry to meet with Extension’s advisory members, district and county directors and county extension agents. Greg Craver, Burke County Advisory Chair welcomed guests and introduced Dr. Deborah Crandall, West Central District Director, North Carolina Cooperative Extension and Joy Staton, Volunteer Systems Leaders in the Personal and Organizational Development for North Carolina Cooperative Extension at N.C. State University.

Cooperative Extension programs impacts spotlighted included Caldwell County collaborative projects in soil erosion and storm water drainage and Burke County programs in 4-H and youth development, the Master Gardner’s community gardens, agricultural education in livestock selection, forestry and wildlife habitat establishment; and in nutrition and financial literacy for families. Catawba County, a partner in Extension’s six county Foothills Fresh project, demonstrated impacts of promoting local farms, local foods, and local fun in Alexander, Burke, Cleveland, Gaston, and Lincoln counties. A Cleveland County Extension program assistant reported on the benefits of the federally funded Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program.

Congressman McHenry said he liked seeing what was happening in the district and valued the impacts on people and the economy through Cooperative Extension’s traditional programs, as well as other more recent programs.

Spring Williams-Byrd
County Extension Director

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