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The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service is the outreach arm of N.C. State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Through partnerships with county governments, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and N.C. A&T State University, Cooperative Extension provides learning opportunities that help people attain economic prosperity, become better environmental stewards and enhance their quality of life.

Educational programs focus on five areas:

• enhancing agricultural, forest and food systems
• building quality communities
• conserving and improving the environment and natural resources
• strengthening and sustaining families
• developing responsible youth

To carry out its programs, Cooperative Extension has centers and field faculty serving all 100 counties and the Cherokee Reservation. Trained volunteers and a local and state network of advisers help extend the organization's reach and ensure that programs reflect the highest-priority needs of citizens and communities across the state.

NORTH CAROLINA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE ADMINISTRATORS
Dr. Jon F. Ort, director, (919) 515-2811
Dr. Joseph Zublena, associate director and director of county operations, (919) 515-2813
Dr. Marshall Stewart, state program leader for 4-H, (919) 515-2801
Dr. Edwin Jones, associate director for agricultural programs and state program leader for agriculture and natural resources/community and rural development, (919) 515-3252
Dr. Tom Melton, associate state program leader for agriculture and natural resources/community and rural development, (919) 515-3252
Dr. Sandra Zaslow, state program leader for family and consumer sciences, (919) 515-9152