People in Your Community…Knowledge at Your Doorstep
Welcome
The Kanawha County Extension program is informal education designed to help people help themselves in acquiring knowledge and improving their quality of life.
The Cooperative Extension Service provides programs in the areas of 4-H and Youth, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Community Resources and Economic Development, Family Nutrition, and Family and Consumer Sciences. Faculty and staff involve local people in developing programs to meet the needs of people and communities.
To effectively reach diverse audiences, Extension Educators offer a variety of educational programs through many methods and media including workshops, meetings, exhibits and fairs, newsletters, telephone calls, letters and individual consultations.
The Kanawha County 4-H program, the Kanawha County Master Gardeners program, and Kanawha County Families and Health programs are carried out through the WVU Extension Service.
Part of the National Cooperative Extension System
With more than 3,000 county offices in the USA, the National Cooperative Extension System is the local front door for many citizens to their state land-grant institutions.
All universities engage in research and teaching, but the nation’s more than 100 land-grant colleges and universities including WVU, have another critical mission: Extension. Extension means reaching out, and along with teaching and research land-grant institutions extend their resources, solving public needs with college or university resources through local programs. If you have a question about your garden, trees, farm, or any other topic which the Extension Service covers, try a visit to a new information Web portal which can provide answers based on the wisdom of the nation’s Extension agents.
