Extension
The newly formed Horticulture extension team has 55 state-wide participants, including County Educators, Extension Associates, and Extension Specialists from five academic departments.
Researchers at Penn State, other Land Grant Universities, and the Agricultural Research Service generate information that can be used to solve important problems related to food, health and the environment.
The goal of our extension program is to critically evaluate and translate this information into a form that can be used by Pennsylvanians to improve their businesses and their lives. Various methods are used to deliver information to our citizens, including electronic and hardcopy publications and newsletters, face-to-face meetings, webinars, videos, blogs and twitters. Within the Horticulture team there are four sub-teams: Vegetable and Berry Crops, Tree Fruit and Grapes, Green Industry (ornamental horticulture, greenhouse crops, and landscape contracting), and the Master Gardner program.
