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Client-choice, fresh produce benefits food pantry users

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Southern Gardening

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Extension Matters Volume 12 Number 2

Moving More

For all those professionals who find themselves sitting in an office eight hours a day, Felicia Ball of Winston County has a message: “Get moving.”

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AT&T donation to 4-H supports digital literacy

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Farmweek signs off after 49-year run

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Mississippi remains clear of New World Screwworm

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disCARD aims to close data gaps in Gulf fisheries

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Extension Matters
Volume 12 Number 2

What our clients are saying about us

Extension is helping our community grow and offer more projects for our children. We need more of this—the children are our future.

Rosemary Williams, Daycare Owner

Extension by the Numbers

82

Mississippi Counties Served
(all of them!)

90,000

Youth Reached Through 4-H

2,025,287

Direct Educational Contacts

123,852

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