"They give us power!"

Dean Purnell, Extension Youth Development agent (center), tells children during the 2012 Farm Tour how farm machinery helps farmers plant and harvest food. The event is held each year at DSU's Hickory Hill Farm.

Cooperative Extension

Since the days of George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington and Seaman A. Knapp, the national Extension system has been delivering research-based education to rural communities throughout America. The Cooperative Extension Program at Delaware State University continues that legacy by targeting diverse audiences with special emphasis on those with limited resources to help them improve their quality of life.

DSU is among the 18 institutions in the U.S. providing research-based, outreach education through the 1890 land-grant system. In Delaware, the program is administered by Dr. Albert Essel.

As part of Delaware Cooperative Extension, state specialists and agents at DSU and the University of Delaware make research-based education available to all Delawareans.

Extension Mission Areas

DSU Cooperative Extension is comprised of three mission areas that reflect statewide and national outreach education goals:

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Center for Small Flock Research and Innovation

Family & Consumer Sciences

4-H & Youth Development

Cooperative Extension History

Learn how and why land-grant universities came to be.

Calendar of Events

Small Farms Program

April 4th– Value Added Beekeeping with Candles– DSU Outreach & Research Center, Smyrna, 6-8pm

April 12th- Value Added Beekeeping with Candles- Blackbird Community Center, Townsend, 6-8pm

April 18th- Value Added Beekeeping with Candles-Millsboro Fire Hall, 6-8pm

April 19th- Organic Series Part I- DSU Campus, Annex Building Room 111, 6-8pm

April 20th- Season Extension w/Penn State’s Bill Lamont, DSU Outreach & Research Center, Smyrna,1-4pm

April 26- Value Added Beekeeping with Candles- Western Sussex Boys and Girls Club, Seaford, 6-8pm

May 3rd- Organic Series Part II- Panel Discussion- Western Sussex Boys & Girls Club, Seaford, 6-8pm

May 4th & 5th– Goat Artificial Insemination Workshop– DSU Campus & Hickory Hill Research Farm, time TBD

May 8th- Intro to Quicken Workshop- Western Sussex Boys and Girls Club, Seaford, 6-8pm

May 9th- Pole Bean Workshop, DSU Outreach & Research Center, Smyrna, 12-3pm

May 15th- Intro to Quicken Workshop- Blackbird Community Center, Townsend, 6-8pm

May 19th- On-Farm Season Extension Field Day- Bridgeville, DE at the farm of Ed Zitvogel,10am-1pm

May 22nd- Intro to Quicken Workshop- DSU Outreach & Research Center, Smyrna, 6-8pm

May 24th– Quicken Advanced Workshop- DSU Outreach & Research Center, Smyrna, 6-8pm

May 31st- Aquaculture 101-Hatchery Methods, DSU Aquaculture & Demonstration Facility, 4-7pm

June 21st- Aquaculture 101-Cage Culture, DSU Aquaculture & Demonstration Facility, 4-7pm

Oct. 17th– Aquaculture 101-Aquaponics, DSU Aquaculture & Demonstration Facility, 4-7pm

Fall 2012- Aquaculture Research & Demonstration Facility Open House, date & time TBD

EFNEP Program

The First Expanded Food and Nutrition Program
Community Outreach Conference

May 18, 2012 @Dover Downs 12-2pm

Registration required for this event is required

Call Natasha Lamadieu 302-857-7926 or Stefanie Engram for registration details

DSU Cooperative Extension Publications

Below are publications on various areas of interest:

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Family & Consumer Sciences

4-H & Youth Development

Stakeholders

Below are links to agencies that help shape and implement the national Extension mission.

APLU (Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities)

1890 Extension System (Association of Extension Administrators site)

Delaware Department of Agriculture

eXtension (Research-based educational resource)

USDA-NIFA (National Institute of Food and Agriculture; formerly CSREES)

Cooperative Extension Education in Agriculture, 4-H and Home Economics, Delaware State University, University of Delaware and United States Department of Agriculture cooperating, Dr. Dyremple B. Marsh, Dean and Administrator. It is the policy of Delaware Cooperative Extension that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, sex, disability, age, or national origin.