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March Is Extension Month Friday, March 5, 2021
March is Extension Month in Tennessee. Extension is a national educational program supported by USDA through the nation’s land-grant universities and administered with funding from state and local governments. In Hamilton County, both University of Tennessee Extension and Tennessee State University Cooperative Extension provide programming to the citizens of Hamilton County. There are programs for youth and adults in the areas of Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences and 4-H Youth Development. Extension agents provide educational programming throughout the year.
Members of the Extension support staff include Amanda Sanders, Marilyn Cotton and Dee Clark. They work with each program area to advance the work of Extension. When calling or coming into the office one of them is usually the first contact.
By Editor | March 3, 2021 |
Members of the Henderson County UT Extension office are: (L-R) Loren Stanford, Brian White, Hillary Clifft, and Jada Taylor.
Photo by: W. Clay Crook / The Lexington Progress
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March is Extension Month in Tennessee. Extension is a national educational program supported by USDA through the nation’s land-grant universities and administered with funding from state and local governments. Local UT Extension Director, Brian White, said that Extension offices are in each of the 95 counties, “and with many people coming in from other states to live in Tennessee and Henderson County, they may not know what we are all about.” In fact, many of the newer residents coming here are from out west or from Florida, some escaping higher taxes and others interested in having a place where you can live a self-sufficient lifestyle. “Sometimes that’s a homeplace with a few acres and sometimes a whole farm,” he said and helping them decide