How does University of Idaho Extension bring research to communities across Idaho?
Meet Barbara Petty (go.uidaho.edu/4fiU4h8), associate dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (go.uidaho.edu/4vxAG6a) and director of University of Idaho Extension (go.uidaho.edu/4yoGkdA). In this episode, she explores how Extension has connected research with Idaho communities for more than a century and why its mission remains just as important today.
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Chapters
(0):00) What is Extension?
(01:12) Meet Barbara Petty
(02:15) How Extension began in the US
(03:34) Idaho Extension early days
(04:45) What Extension looks like today
(06:24) Helping Idaho communities solve problems
(08:27) Real-world impacts across Idaho
(11:28) Why Extension matters