{"id":364,"date":"2019-06-12T16:41:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T16:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explore.research.ufl.edu\/historical-markers\/?p=364"},"modified":"2024-05-08T19:26:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T19:26:43","slug":"florida-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explore.research.ufl.edu\/historical-markers\/florida-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since the early 1900s, the University of Florida has been sharing research discoveries and education programs with the people of Florida through its Extension service. Faculty from the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station organized farmers\u2019 institutes to demonstrate the latest techniques in agriculture and home economics to Florida\u2019s rural families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 created a partnership of federal, state and local governments to support Extension work, and the Florida Agricultural Extension Service was established the following year, with headquarters at UF and Peter Henry Rolfs as its first director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, UF\u2019s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension helps Floridians address issues concerning agriculture, natural resources, health and nutrition, youth development, and many other areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/explore.research.ufl.edu\/historical-markers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/00303H_agent-with-corn-club-boys.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"760\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/explore.research.ufl.edu\/historical-markers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/00303H_agent-with-corn-club-boys-1024x760.jpg\" alt=\"4-H in Florida, watermelon, classroom. Source: Smather's Archives.\" class=\"wp-image-208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/explore.research.ufl.edu\/historical-markers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/00303H_agent-with-corn-club-boys-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/explore.research.ufl.edu\/historical-markers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/00303H_agent-with-corn-club-boys-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/explore.research.ufl.edu\/historical-markers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/00303H_agent-with-corn-club-boys-768x570.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"760\" data-id=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/explore.research.ufl.edu\/historical-markers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/00303H_agent-with-corn-club-boys-1024x760.jpg\" alt=\"4-H in Florida, watermelon, classroom. 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Source: Smather's Archives.\" class=\"wp-image-207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/explore.research.ufl.edu\/historical-markers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/00292H_Boy-with-chicks-1024x811.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/explore.research.ufl.edu\/historical-markers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/00292H_Boy-with-chicks-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/explore.research.ufl.edu\/historical-markers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/00292H_Boy-with-chicks-768x609.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"811\" data-id=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/explore.research.ufl.edu\/historical-markers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/00292H_Boy-with-chicks-1024x811.jpg\" alt=\"4-H in Florida, chicks, poultry. 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Faculty from the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station organized farmers\u2019 institutes to demonstrate the latest techniques in agriculture and home economics to Florida\u2019s rural families. The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 created a partnership of federal, state and local governments to support Extension work, and the Florida Agricultural Extension Service was established the following year, with headquarters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historical-marker","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Florida Extension - Historical Marker Program<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/explore.research.ufl.edu\/historical-markers\/florida-extension\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Florida Extension - Historical Marker Program\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since the early 1900s, the University of Florida has been sharing research discoveries and education programs with the people of Florida through its Extension service. 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