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Cooperative Extension Service

By: Betty J. Glass
In: The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Marilyn J. Coleman & Lawrence H. Ganong
Subject:American Studies, Family Studies (general)
Keywords:agriculture; cooperatives; farming; Four-H; home economics; land; nutrition

The Cooperative Extension Service (CES) is the unit of the Department of Agriculture responsible for educational outreach in collaboration with the U.S. land-grant university system. With cooperative funding from federal, state, and county governments, the CES was created to share ...

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  Glass, B. (2014). Cooperative extension service. In M. J. Coleman, & L. H. Ganong (Eds.), The social history of the American family: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 285-287). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n129
  
  Glass, Betty J. "Cooperative Extension Service." In The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, edited by Coleman, Marilyn J., and Lawrence H. Ganong, 285-87. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n129.
  
  Glass, B. 2014. Cooperative Extension Service. In: Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong Editors, 2014. The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 285-287 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n129> [Accessed 14 May 2021].
  
  Glass, Betty J. "Cooperative Extension Service." The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 285-87. SAGE Knowledge. 14 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n129.
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