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Kevin Camm

Extension Agent, 4-H / ANR, Unit Coordinator

City of Lynchburg

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What Is the CooperativeExtension Service?

Premiere non-formal education

Part of a national educational effort

Administered by the Land-GrantUniversity system

Uniquely funded from federal,state, and local governments

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Why Did We Need anExtension Service?

Early universities in the U. S. taughtclassics / professionals

Harvard, Yale, William and Mary

In the mid-1800s science was gainingimportance

Efforts to provide a liberal, practicaleducation to all citizens

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The Land Grant UniversitySystem Is Created

Justin Smith Morrill

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The Land Grant UniversitySystem Is Created

On July 2, 1862 the Morrill Act wassigned into law by President Lincoln

Known as the Land-Grant Act

Each state was given public land to besold

Proceeds used to maintain a college

Virginia had 2 senators & 10

congressmen

Virginia Tech was founded in 1872

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The Land-Grant Mission

Original mission was to teach

agriculture

military tactics

mechanical arts

To promote the liberal and practical

education of the industrial classes

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Research Linked to Land Grant

Experimental farms focused science onthe problems of agriculture

Hatch Act passed in 1887

Resulted in growth of experiment

stations and related research to

agriculture

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The Land-Grant Mission Grows

A 2nd Morrill Act in 1890 Additional resources for the Land-Grants

Contributed to development of universities ratherthan colleges

Separate institutions for blacks were established inthe south

Hampton Institute was Virginias first 1890 land-grant institution, but the designation was

transferred to Virginia State University inPetersburg in 1929.

1994 legislation gave Land-Grant status to thetribal colleges

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Extending the University to thePeople

The Hatch Act

In 1887 this Act established AgriculturalExperiment Stations

A way was needed to spread new ideas and

practices Early efforts included Farmers Institutes and

Movable Schools

In 1898, USDA hired Seaman Knapp todemonstrate research results to local

farmers in Louisiana

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The Father of Extension

Seaman A. Knapp

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An Early History

Boys corn clubs formed at the turn of

the century

Started payment of premium money asprizes

First county agents appointed 1906

First home demonstration agentsappointed in 1910

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The System Grows

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The Official Beginning

May 8, 1914 President Woodrow Wilsonsigned the Smith-Lever Act

Extension Service became the educational

arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Established activities within a unique

nationwide system

Funded and guided by a national, state,and local government partnership

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The Smith-Lever Act did not kick-offExtension work!

In 1906, T. O. Sandy of Burkeville conducted farmdemonstrations on his farm under the direction of Dr.Seaman Knapp.

In 1907, Dr. Knapp appointed Mr. Sandy state agentand gave him authority to appoint 8 or 10 moreagents to assist with the demonstration work.

J.B. Pierce of Hampton Institute was the first blackagent appointed in Virginia. He was appointed to work

in Gloucester County in 1906.

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Local History

F. S. Farrar of Amelia County Began work October 1, 1907

Early in 1909, he organized about 100 boys in

Dinwiddie and Chesterfield Counties into "corn clubs." These boys soon averaged 65 bushels of corn per

acre on farms which had produced only 17bushels/acre.

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Local History

Girls' club work in Virginia started in Nottowayand Halifax Counties in 1910 under the directionof Miss Ella G. Agnew of Nottoway County.

This work was first known as "girls' canning clubwork." It gave the farm girls in their homes thesame type of instruction that was being given tofarm boys on their farms.

Within a few years, girls' canning club work hadgained so much favorable recognition that theagents directing it became known as homedemonstration agents.

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Local History

After the passage of the Smith Lever Act,the headquarters for work in Virginia wasmoved from Burkeville to Virginia

Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg.

This type of education became known asCooperative Extension Work in Agriculture

and Home Economics.

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The Old Image

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Extension Today in Lynchburg

Agriculture & Natural Resources Pesticide Programs

Home lawn, gardening, ornamentals

Insect & weed ID

Forestry, fisheries, wildlife

Agricultural business management and marketing

Disasters

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Extension Today in Lynchburg

Family & Consumer Sciences

Karen Tanner (Amherst) and Susan Prillaman(Bedford)

Nutrition, wellness Home financial management

Parenting & families

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Extension Today in Lynchburg 4-H Youth Development

Animal Sciences Careers & Consumer Education

Citizenship

Communications & Expressive Arts

Family Sciences Foods, Nutrition and Health

Leadership and Personal Development

Natural Resources and Environmental

Education Plants, Soils, and Entomology

Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics

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Extension Today in Lynchburg

Community Viability

to assess community needs, help design acommunity based plan of action, and help determineappropriate delivery methods suitable for variousprograms

Central Virginia Outreach Center, Danville

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Hill City Master Gardeners

Master Gardeners Over 135 volunteers, 17,000 avg. volunteer hours 50 hours classroom training, 50 hours volunteering

Help answer phone calls

Conduct programming In school Horticulture Programs (Lynchburg / Amherst)

Boys and Girls Club, Jubilee, DePaul, Fairmont, CompostEducation Center, Popular Forest Interpretive Garden

Home Visit Committee Speakers Bureau

Horticulture Hotline

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Current Programs

4-H In-School Enrichment STEM

4-H Camps Day Camps

Residential Camp

Specialty Camp

Pesticide Education Annual recertification

Registered Tech. program

Container Recycling

Disaster Drought declaration

Storm Damage

Other Cross-program area events

Sustainable Landscape Management

Homeowner topics

Lawns

Flower beds

Ornamental trees & shrubs

Insect & weed ID

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The Numbers

Adults who have taken advantage of LynchburgExtension Programming (2012) ~ 6500

Youth who have taken advantage of LynchburgExtension Programming (2012) ~ 3000

Volunteer Hours: Nearly 300 Extension volunteerscontributed 28,062 hours of program support (2011)

The Value: Based on the volunteer hours contributedand worth, that is the equivalent of 14 additional full timeemployees or $618,206 for the City. For an initial Cityinvestment of $29,163, the City is receiving a $589,043gain. (2011)

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VCEs Mission

Virginia Cooperative Extension enablespeople to improve their lives through aneducational process that uses scientific

knowledge focused on issues and needs.

Contact Info:

Kevin Camm

kecamm@vt.edu

(434) 455-3740

mailto:kecamm@vt.edumailto:kecamm@vt.edu

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