Author: Donna Bowen

The Extension Operating Status webpage will continue to be updated weekly, and please remember to inquire with your DED if you have any questions. Many more people are finally following the safety protocols that we have heard repeatedly are effective. We hear more positive news across the board, not only in our state but across […]

This year, the Pee Dee District created their own Awards to honor the hard work of those in their district. They created three different awards, put out a call for nominations, and then awarded them at their yearly District Staff Retreat. The awards were developed by a committee made up of one representative from each […]

While 2020 brought new challenges that we have not faced in our lifetimes, Extension did not falter in its mission. Here is a glance at some of the accomplishments for the previous calendar year. Horticulture: March-December: Horticulture Agents delivered 164 virtual programs engaging 7,544 total participants. Master Gardener Mondays – Horticulture Team created a new […]

I hope that everyone was able to recharge over the break. We’ve all started to settle back in, albeit amid ongoing tumultuous times, and must steel ourselves for meeting the challenges 2021 will bring us. We stood firm during 2020 and set the bar high for ourselves. I am very proud of our Extension family, […]

Help Bud Webb’s Legacy Live On at Innovative School Clemson’s Extension agents, its agricultural teaching, and research staff and faculty have improved lives in this state for decades. But one of the largest recent legacies comes from Dr. Byron “Bud” Webb. In his final days, Bud left behind a gift that will continue to change […]

What is EFNEP? The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) offered by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service is aimed at providing practical, hands-on nutrition education. The mission of EFNEP is to assist limited-resource audiences in acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behavior necessary for […]

37th Annual SE Ag Lenders School The room was overflowing with ag lenders, farm consultants, extension agents, and farmers for the 37th SE Ag Lenders School (SEALS). There were no COVID-19 worries as the school was held in Cyberville for three days of learning how to make informed financing decisions for both farmers and ag […]

Situation: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 presented pragmatic and logistic challenges to conduct traditional face-to-face, hands-on, and interactive Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) workforce training. In order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and overcome the hindrance of social distance, the EFNEP management team developed a creative and strategic […]

As this year comes to an end, it is still a time to commemorate the annual traditions that we hold so dearly. These celebrations are meant to foster joy and gratitude for family and friends and encourage us to reflect upon the past year and memories from long ago. Who would have ever believed a […]

HGIC has another record-breaking month. October 2020 shows that the traffic to HGIC is not slowing down anytime soon. Total phone calls answered 928 (answered 665 calls in Oct 2019) Total emails answered 851 (answered 350 emails in Oct 2019) Website Pageviews 529,531 (pageviews 238,882 in 2019) Top 10 Topics for Calls and Emails: Lawn […]