Volume 50, Number 3 (2012)
Feature Articles
Assessment of Bio-Security Risks Associated with 4-H Animal Science Exhibition Practices in California
Martin H. Smith and Cheryl L. Meehan
Home on the Range-Health Literacy, Rural Elderly, Well-Being
David Young, Calrann Weinert, and Amber Spring
Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies and Practices in Family Child Care Homes in Oregon: Baseline Findings from the Healthy Home Child Care Project
Katherine B. Gunter, Kelly R. Rice, and Stewart R. Trost
Jump Into Action
Stephen Ball, Ann Cohen, and Margaret Meyer
Extension Newsletters and Individual Counseling: Equally Effective in Changing Worksite Wellness Participants Dietary Intakes
Kristi Chipman and Ruth Litchfield
Identifying and Measuring Food Deserts in Rural Ohio
Francis Mulangu and Jill Clark
In Vermont, Se Habla Español: Using Occupational Spanish to Help Dairy Farmers Manage a Changing Workforce
Daniel Baker and David Chappelle
Evaluation of a Sustainable Green Living Expo Event: Attendees' Reports of Satisfaction, Learning, and Behavior Change
David Diehl, Shelley E. Swenson, and Jessica N. Wente
SWAT (Student Weekend Arborist Team): A Model for Land Grant Institutions and Cooperative Extension Systems to Conduct Street Tree Inventories
FD Cowett and NL Bassuk
Landowners' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Aspirations Towards Woody Biomass Markets in North Carolina
Jasmine Shaw, Dennis Hazel, Robert Bardon, and Jay S. Jayaratne
Research in Brief
Extension Professionals' Strengths and Needs Related to Nutrition and Health Programs
Ninfa Pena-Purcell, Elaine Bowen, Virginie Zoumenou, and Ellen R. Schuster
Factors Influencing Perceptions of Service Quality in Cooperative Extension Workers
Nwamaka A. Anaza, Brian N. Rutherford, and Richard Widdows
Participation in Volunteer-Driven Programs and Their Effects on Homeowners' Landscaping Practices
Tatiana Borisova, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Damian Adams, and Michael Smolen
The Need for Accurate Prediction Equations for the Carcass Lean Content of Pigs
Allan P. Schinckel and Clinton P. Rusk
Assessment of Pork Producer Educational Needs for Adoption of Group Sow Housing
Ronald O. Bates, Elizabeth Ferry, Thomas Guthrie, Gerald May, D W. Rozeboom, and Janice Siegford
Factors Considered When Making Corn Foliar Fungicide Application Decisions in Illinois
Carl A. Bradley
The Changing Interest in Organic Agriculture in Texas and Its Implications for Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Patrick T. Lillard and James R. Lindner
Ideas at Work
A Conceptual Process Model for Improving Youth Science Comprehension
Peter Skelton, Brenda Seevers, Tom Dormody, and Frank Hodnett
Parallel Volunteer Learning During Youth Programs
Marilyn K. Lesmeister, Jeremy Green, Amy Derby, and Candi Bothum
4-H and Forestry Afterschool Clubs: A Collaboration to Foster Stewardship Attitudes and Behaviors in Youth
Angela S. Gupta, Samantha Grant, and Andrea Lorek Strauss
Building Partnerships: Connecting Communities, Master Gardener Volunteers, Industry, and Extension Through Tree Surveys
Pamela J. Bennett
Tools of the Trade
Ensuring Data Quality in Extension Research and Evaluation Studies
Rama Radhakrishna, Daniel Tobin, Mark Bressman, and Joan Thomson
How Do You Successfully Start Out in a County Position?
Jefferson S. McCutcheon and LuAnn Duncan
The Cornell Cooperative Extension Statewide Data Collection System: An Online Data Collection Tool for Parent Education Programs
Kimberly Kopko and Rachel Dunifon
Farmland Assessment Through Multiple Regression Analysis
Todd H. Keuthe and Alison Borchers
Estimating Retail Development Capacity: Gap Analysis in Action
Aaron J. Nousaine and G Jason Jolley
Making the Case for Demographic Data in Extension Programming
Katherine J. Curtis, Daniel Veroff, Bill Rizzo, and James Beaudoin
Tea Time: Raising Awareness and Support for Extension
Nancy K. Franz and Chris Fahey
Extension Facilitated Scenario Planning to Direct a Preferred Agriculture Future
JE Rowntree, MR Raven, JP Schweihofer, and DD Buskirk
The Financial Education Tool Kit: Helping Teachers Meet State-Mandated Personal Finance Requirements
Eileen St. Pierre, Charlotte Richert, Susan Routh, Rachel Lockwood, and Mickey Simpson
How Do You Successfully Start Out in a County Position?
Jefferson S. McCutcheon and LuAnn Duncan
Commentary
Emergency Exercise Participation and Evaluation
Julie Smith, Lynette Black, and Linda Williams
