FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- What is the Cooperative Extension Service?
- How can the Extension Service help me?
- Where are you located?
People continue to turn
to the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service for
information and assistance. We rely on unbiased research-based
information to develop educational programs based on the issues
and the needs of local citizens. The Cooperative Extension
Service is dedicated to helping people improve their lives. An
educational agency funded by the United States Department of
Agriculture, North Carolina State University, and Gaston County,
the Cooperative Extension Service provides information in six
major program areas:
- Agriculture
- Horticulture
- Natural Resources & the Environment
- Family & Economic Wellbeing
- 4-H and Youth
- Food, Nutrition, & Health
- back to the list
- "Why do my tomatoes have spots?"
- "How can I make my open land more profitable and productive?"
- "Am I really saving enough for retirement?"
- "What can I do to improve local water quality?"
- "What can I do to improve my health?"
- "What can I do to better prepare my kids for the future?"
It is for answers to questions like these that people continue to turn to the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service for information and assistance.
We reach out to the community in every way we can:
- personal contacts
- meetings
- workshops
- news articles
- by telephone
- via the Internet
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