Expedition Extension Highlights Agricultural and Community Outreach

N.C. Cooperative Extension is at the heart of agriculture in North Carolina, connecting cutting-edge research and academic expertise to those who grow our food and nourish our communities. N.C. Cooperative Extension is a strategic partnership of NC State and N.C. A&T State universities, along with local, state and federal governments.

This summer Garey Fox, dean of NC State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, set an ambitious goal to visit all 101 N.C. Cooperative Extension centers across the state, along with the Plants for Human Health Institute in Kannapolis, to see the impact of Extension experts and programs firsthand. Dubbed Expedition Extension, Fox is using these visits to understand how CALS can continue to support and grow Extension’s reach.

“It’s truly inspiring to see how N.C. Cooperative Extension serves as a pillar of the community,” Fox says.   

With more than 65 visits to Extension centers completed so far, Fox has crisscrossed the state, traveling from Lee County to Northampton County to Watauga County to New Hanover County — among many others — over the last month. Follow Fox on LinkedIn and Instagram as he makes another 34 stops over the next eight weeks on Expedition Extension.

This post was originally published in College of Agriculture and Life Sciences News.