Explore 5 Extension Regions and Tribal College Resources

The ECOP Monday Minute will be on hiatus on July 4, 2022. Have a safe and enjoyable Independence Day.

Explore 5 Extension Regions and Tribal College Resources - As a refresher for seasoned Extension Directors and Administrators and a reference for newer Extension leaders, the Cooperative Extension Section, a unit of the APLU Board on Agriculture Assembly, is structured in 5 regions, partnering with our 1994 Extension colleagues. Membership on ECOP committees and task forces is distributed across the regions to assure balanced representation. Take some time to explore each region, along with the 1994 Tribal College resources and learn about the unique work we do across Extension.

· 1890 Region - Association of Extension Administrators (AEA)

· North Central Region - North Central Cooperative Extension Association (NCCEA)

· Northeast Region - Association of Northeast Extension Directors (NEED)

· Southern Region – Association of Southern Region Extension Directors (ASRED)

· Western Region – Western Extension Directors Association (WEDA)

· Map of 1994 Tribal Colleges and organizational resources AIHEC and FALCON

NCFAR Virtual Lunch-n-Learn Co-sponsored by ECOP Focuses on Climate Change - A virtual lunch-n-learn presentation designed to educate Congressional staff, The Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Production and Rural Communities, will take place on Tuesday, June 28, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. ECOP is co-sponsoring the event to help highlight the work of the ECOP Program Action Team (PAT) on Climate and to leverage ECOP’s membership in NCFAR to the fullest. The National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research (NCFAR) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, consensus-based, and customer-led coalition that brings together food, agriculture, nutrition, conservation, and natural resource stakeholders to serve as a forum and unified voice supporting increased federal investment in USDA Research, Education, and Economics (USDA REE). Please share the opportunity to register here with relevant parties.

Seeking Nominations for the 2022 Hatch Lecture - Each year NIFA joins APLU to sponsor a lecture presented at the  2022 APLU Annual Meeting. The lecture honors one of the three most important historical figures of the Land-grant University System, William Henry Hatch for research, Seaman A. Knapp for extension, and Justin Smith Morrill for whom the Morrill Act, which created the Land-grant University System, is named. This year on rotation, nominations for the prestigious Hatch Lecture are sought. The lecture commemorates the efforts of William H. Hatch, Congressman from Missouri who championed the Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887, or Hatch Act, and celebrates the accomplishments of the Experiment Station System. Nominations are encouraged from all sources. Recommendations should include the name of the nominee, title, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and topic that could be discussed. Please submit on or before July 29, 2022 to Davida Vanderpuye Tengey at Davida.tengey@usda.gov.



HHS and USDA Announce Public Call for Nominations to the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee - The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and USDA have announced the public call for nominations to the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee). The committee will review scientific evidence to help inform the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030 (Dietary Guidelines). The Departments will seek to appoint a committee that is balanced in expertise, experience, and education, and is reflective of the racial, ethnic, gender, and geographic diversity within the United States. Members of the public are invited to submit nominations for themselves or other qualified experts by July 15, 2022 at 11:59 PM ET.



Getting Started with the Extension Foundation - With a mission to help Cooperative Extension make a greater impact on local issues, the Extension Foundation has an interactive website to help Cooperative Extension professionals become familiar with tools, national funded programs, services, and to learn how the Foundation can partner. Explore here.