Curriculum/Program Team Priorities, Programs and Activities

1. Teach leadership and management skills and the use of effective tools for comprehensive decision making to enhance profitability.

FTEs: 20.55

Programs/Activities:

COMMODITY:	CROSS COMMODITY
Apples	Business Management, Decision Making, Profitability
Agronomic Crops/Soils	Farm Safety
Dairy	Pest Management [Pesticide Applicator Training, Integrated Pest Management, Pesticide Impact Assessment ]
Livestock	Rural Farm Family Vocational Rehab Program
Maple	Sustainable Agriculture
Ornamentals	Women's Agricultural Network
Vegetables & Small Fruit

2. Teach production and marketing practices that minimize detrimental impacts and promote the wise use of natural resources upon which agriculture depends.

FTEs: 10.6

Programs/Activities:

COMMODITY	CROSS COMMODITY
Apples	Business Management, Decision Making, Profitability
Agronomic Crops/Soils	Farm Safety
Dairy	Home Horticulture/Master Gardener
Livestock	Pest Management[Pesticide Applicator Training, Integrated Pest Management, Pesticide Impact Assessment
Maple	Rural Farm Family Vocational Rehab Program
Ornamentals	Sustainable Agriculture
Vegetables & Small Fruit	Women's Agricultural Network

 

3. Demonstrate and communicate to the people of Vermont the values of agriculture and its interdependence with communities.

FTEs: 0.6

Programs/Activities:

COMMODITY:		CROSS COMMODITY:
Apples		Home Horticulture/Master Gardener
Agronomic Crops/Soils		Pest Management[Pesticide Applicator Training, Integrated Pest Management, Pesticide Impact Assessment
Dairy	Policy & Communication
Livestock	Sustainable Agriculture
Maple	Women's Agricultural Network
Vegetables & Small Fruits
Ornamentals

 

4. Encourage future generations to value and become engaged in agriculture.

FTE: Faculty @ 8.75 and Program Staff @ 5.8

1. Civic Capacity: Build civic capacity by providing strategies & tools to effectively engage citizens in public work through a variety of leadership education programs.

FTEs: Faculty 3.89 Program Staff 5.5

Programs/Activities:

Community Leadership Education Program

Partners in Community Leadership

Volunteer Leadership Education including 4-H

Collaboration Framework Training

Town Government Programs.

2. Parent Education: Provide parent education to help parents learn to work together around their childrens issues, to manage their hostility, to communicate more effectively, and to better meet their childrens needs.

FTEs: Faculty 2.0

Programs/Activities:

Parenting Skills Workshop Series including Active Parenting, Babysitting Safety, Roller Coasters; Helping Children Cope With Separation and Divorce, Strengthen Families Program and Parent Share Program.

3. Family-based Financial Management: Financial management skills will be used to increase the financial well-being or fitness of individuals and families with programs.

FTEs: Faculty 1.0

Programs/Activities:

Money Management Program including the Tangible Assets Program, Welfare Simulation Exercise, Money 2000.

4. Community-based Economic Development: Programs will address the management of fiscal and community resources to enhance the ability of individuals, families and community leaders to make effective economic and business decisions.

 Curriculum/Program Team Priorities, Programs and Activities

1. Educate Vermont adults and youth to use the U.S. Dietary Guidelines and the Food Guide Pyramid to choose a healthful diet.

and

2. Educate Vermonters to adopt dietary practices recommended for specific life cycle stages.

1. Increase consumer and producer awareness, understanding and information on food accessibility and affordability.

2. Increase consumer and producer awareness, understanding and information regarding food safety and food borne risks and illnesses.

Sustainable Natural Resources Education and Management.

2. Water quality/wetlands