Extension Programs Brace For Cuts, Decreased Funds
Get a national perspective from this Mar 16, 2009 AP story.
Maybe we’ll all soon be heading to North Dakota?
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ― Educators and agriculture advocates in Ohio and other farm belt states say budget proposals would cut funding at many university-based extension programs, even as the grim economy prompts more and more penny-pinching residents to seek out their advice on gardening, canning and do-it-yourself repair projects.
Each state has an extension office at its land grant university along with several local or regional offices. Farmers, consumers, educators and small businesses all rely on extension offices for help and advice.
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“The unfortunate thing is, at a time when we’re in economic straits, when we are needed more than ever, we’re not going to be able to do the same services….
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