Volume 47, Number 5 (2009)
Feature Articles
Creating the eXtension Family Caregiving Community of Practice
Debra M. Sellers, Andrew B. Crocker, Allison Nichols, Sarah D. Kirby, and Mary Brintnall-Peterson
Extension Educators Can Use Internet GIS and Related Technologies
Dreux J. Watermelon, Elaine Andrews, and Suzanne Wade
Google Earth Dissemination of Soil Survey Derived Interpretations for Land Use Planning
NJ Hamilton, B Mijatovic, TG Mueller, BD Lee, B. W. Kew, Cetin Haluk, and Anastasios D. Karathanasis
Information Use and Delivery Preferences Among Small-Acreage Owners in Areas of Rapid Exurban Population Growth
Mark Brunson and Emily A. Price
Building Public Issues Education Capacity to Address Health and Wellness: Recommendations from a Survey of Extension Professionals
Shirley Gerrior, Leslie Beckstrom, Bonnie Braun, Helen Chipman, Amanda Drescher, Linda Drake, Thomas Fungwe, and Deborah Young
Social Networking Among Youth: How Is 4-H Represented?
Emily Rhoades, Jerold R. Thomas, and Annie Davis
An Assessment of 4-H Volunteer Experience: Implications for Building Positive Youth Development Capacity
Mary E. Arnold, Brooke J. Dolenc, and Roger A. Rennekamp
Communication Barriers to Family Farm Succession Planning
Matthew S. Kaplan, Jon F. Nussbaum, Craig Fowler, and Margaret J. Pitts
Research in Brief
Catalyzing Transformation: Conditions in Extension Educational Environments that Promote Change
Nancy Franz, Barry A. Garst, Sarah Baughman, and Chris Smith
Knowledge Levels Regarding the Concept of Community Food Security Among Florida Extension Agents
Alison E. Adams, Nick T. Place, and Mickie E. Swisher
Who Attends the Extension Family Nutrition Program in a Rural State, and What Are the Preferences of Its Diverse Clientele?
Jenny Steinhaus, Ardith R. Brunt, Debra Pankow, and Julie Garden-Robinson
Teaching Kids What to Eat Where They Eat: Developing and Pilot Testing the Nutrition Education in Foodservice Toolkit
Lorene D. Richie, Anna C. Martin, Luis Rodriguez, and Margaret Johns
Perceived Educational Value of Two Teaching Approaches for Improving Knowledge of Youth Leaders and Team Coaches
Clay A. Cavinder, Teri J. Antilley, Pete G. Gibbs, and Gary Briers
Animal Identification and Beef Quality Assurance Topics Offered in Combined Workshops to Increase Effectiveness and Participation
Jason K. Ahola and J Benton Glaze Jr
North Central Piedmont North Carolina Tobacco Producers' Views Towards The Federal Tobacco Quota Buyout
William Strader and Antoine J. Alston
Adoption of Environmental Landscape Practices—Characteristics of Extension Clientele
Sydney Park Brown
"Co-opetition?" Can It Exist between Extension and Agricultural Education?—A Study on Interdisciplinary Cooperation
Kristina G. Ricketts and Jacklyn A. Bruce
Activities That Promote Wellness for Older Adults in Rural Communities
Mihyun Kang and Randall Russ
County-Level Extension Leadership: Understanding Volunteer Board Member Motivation
Ed Farris, Steve McKinley, and Janet Ayres
A Focused Interview Study of 4-H Volunteer Performance Appraisals
Bob Peterson and Daniel A. McDonald
A Descriptive Analysis of the Perceptions of North Carolina 4-H Agents Toward Minority Youth Participation in Agricultural-Related Activities
Antoine J. Alston and Cormanica M. Crutchfield
Ecological Principles—A Unifying Theme in Environmental Education
Michael T. Mengak, Holly E. Rutledge, and Barbara McDonald
Identifying Farmers' Interest in Growing Switchgrass for Bioenergy in Southern Virginia
Zhiyou Wen, John Ignosh, David Parrish, and Jamie Stowe
Ideas at Work
A Successful Strategy for Initiating Hispanic 4-H Clubs
Robert Lippert
The Youth Farmstand: A Model Program for Workforce Preparedness, Lifeskills Education, and Economic Development
Linda A. Streiter and Luanne J. Hughes
Crop-O-Rama: Exposing Youth to Educational and Career Opportunities in Agriculture
Kurt D. Thelen, Karen A. Renner, and Lawrence Copeland
Engaging Citizens to Urban Nutrient Planning of Lawns within a Nutrient Sensitive Watershed
Steven G. Hefner, Clay Robertson, Adam Coulter, and Gene Stevens
Pacific Northwest Pest Management Workgroup: Leveraging Partnerships Across Large Geographic Regions
Ronda E. Hirnyck and Catherine H. Daniels
Developing an Innovative Team Approach to Address a Newly Introduced Disease of Soybeans in the United States
Edward J. Silkora, Dennis P. Delaney, and Mary A. Delaney
Outreach to the Woody Biomass Industry in Minnesota
Mike Demchik, Diomedes S. Zamora, and Dean Current
Energy Education Ideas that Work
Sarah D. Kirby, Amy G. Chilcote, and Autumn H. Guin
Visualizing and Querying Community Survey Data with Google Maps®
Christopher J. Seeger and Craig Hertel
Training Teenagers as Food and Fitness Ambassadors for Out-of-School Programs
Chad Ripberger, Annette Devitt, and Sharon Gore
Integrating Economics, Management, and Human Relationship Issues into Training for Successful Farm Family Businesses
Charlotte Shoup Olsen, Rodney Jones, Jerry Jost, and Charles L. Griffin
Old-School Extension Programming: A Simple User Survey Provides the Impetus to a New and Successful Regional Program Opportunity
Fred Fishel, Ken Langeland, and Jason Ferrell
Tools of the Trade
Using Appreciative Inquiry to Advance Extension
Joey Peutz and Michael Kroth
Planning Aids: Tools to Ensure Volunteer and Event Successes
Ken Culp III, Glenda Sherrill Bentley, Chad Conway, and Diane Kelley
Web Soil Survey: A New Horizon in the Use of Site-Specific Soil Data
D Keith Morris and Gary C. Barbee
Financial Incentive Programs for Non-Industrial Private Forest Owners Web Site
Michael A. Kilgore, Steven E. Daniels, Michael G. Jacobsen, and John L. Greene
Implementing Water Conservation Education for University Campus Facilities and Grounds Managers
Rose Mary Seymour and Ellen M. Bauske
The Death of the Professor: Dialogue Education's Learning Focus
Debra Minar Driscoll
The Conservation Reserve Program: A Tool for Public Participation in Biodiversity Management and Conservation
John D. Gerlach II
A Review of Children in the Middle: Divorce Education for Parents
Christina L. Collins and Robert J. Fetsch
De-Stress Your County Fair—Let Technology Do the Work!
Carole A. Smith
Using Bubble Plots to Aid in Extension Program Planning
Aaron J. Patton
Commentary
Program Integrity: A Powerful Organizing Construct or Just More Jargon?
Michael W. Duttweiler and Sarah F. Dayton
