Welcome to the official Facebook page of the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service , Northwest Area Office, serving 17 counties in Northwest Oklahoma.
For us, it's personal. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service county educators and area, district and state specialists develop science-based educational programs to help Oklahomans solve local issues and concerns, promote leadership and manage resources wisely. Programs focus on:
Increasing opportunities for agricultural enterprises
Natural resources and environmental management
Food, nutrition, health and safety education
Youth, family and community development
The Cooperative Extension Service was started in response to public needs. In 1914, the Smith-Lever Act was passed which granted funds from the federal government that could be matched, according to various formulas, at the state and local levels for Extension work. This act set the pattern for financing the Cooperative Extension Service and provided a framework for a state and national system of people-oriented education on the subjects related to the problems of the day.
Over the years, federal statutes, administrative policies, formal agreements, and administrative experience have evolved into a set of basic principles, which have directed the development and expression of the “Extension idea.” Its central elements are as follows.
The Cooperative Extension Service is to be educational; it provides people with the information they need to solve their own problems.
The Cooperative Extension Service is to be research-based addressing people’s problems with relevant information from the most recent investigations of the Land-Grant University System.
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service (OCES) is a partnership between Oklahoma State University, Division of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, United States Department of Agriculture and County Government through the Board of County Commissioners.
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension’s primary mission is the dissemination of research proven information to Oklahoma citizens through effective educational programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Science, 4-H Youth Development, and Community and Rural Development. Extension educational programs are carried out in the 77 counties of Oklahoma through the efforts of County Extension Educators, area and district staff, and state specialists.
As an OSU Area Extension Staff, we strive to keep you up to date with the latest information on OSU extension events and those within agriculture.
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