Tuesday Morning Notes, 10/30/12 Edited Version

[Jeff Silvertooth]

Following is the correct version of Dr. Silvertooth's TMN article. 
Apologies - mea culpa. pattiB.


Tuesday Morning Notes (TMN)
Jeffrey C. Silvertooth
Associate Dean
Director for Economic Development and Extension
30 October 2012

Last Friday morning, 26 October, I was delighted to find a very nice 
article written by Stephanie Innes on the front page of the Arizona 
Daily Star featuring the Garden Kitchen, a CALS Pima County 
Cooperative Extension program.  The Garden Kitchen is a relatively 
new venture directed by Pima County Cooperative Extension that 
includes outdoor vegetable gardens and an indoor kitchen for healthy 
cooking demonstrations.  This venture is spearheaded by Dan McDonald 
and Cheralyn Schmidt.  It is great to see one of our outstanding 
programs receiving this kind of recognition and it also clearly 
demonstrates several fundamental aspects of our Cooperative Extension 
programs in CALS.

First, the Garden Kitchen illustrates the community engagement that 
is both central and essential to the Cooperative Extension programs 
that we direct in all program areas including 4-H and youth 
development; agriculture and natural resources; and family, consumer, 
and health sciences across the entire State.  In addition to the 
expertise that we provide and the technical capacities that we may 
have, direct engagement with the communities and stakeholders with 
whom we work is an extremely important feature of what constitutes 
effective Extension programs.

Secondly, the Garden Kitchen is an excellent example of the 
partnerships that Cooperative Extension forms with the counties 
providing that critical linkage between the university and the 
public.  This is at the heart of what a land grant institution is 
intended to provide and the third component in what the "Cooperative" 
Extension title actually means in terms of federal, state, and county 
elements working together in a cooperative venture.

A third element that I see clearly demonstrated by the Garden Kitchen 
is that of horizontal integration in the program effort.  This 
program brings good science to bear on at least four major fronts: 1) 
gardening, 2) nutrition and dietary principles, 3) healthy cooking 
practices, and 4) food safety.  The good information that provides 
the foundation for a program like this is delivered effectively 
through a strong Extension education program.  This requires talent 
and commitment among the Extension professionals that develop and 
deliver the program.  In CALS we value and recognize these unique 
skills and the contributions they provide to our efforts to address 
our mission.

A fourth component of this program that is important to recognize is 
the economic impact that it provides.  Due to the talents and 
expertise of the faculty involved in this program they were able 
write the proposals, compete for and secure the grant dollars to 
support the project, and then infuse these funds directly into this 
program and the community at large.  The capacity to secure external 
funding to support our programs is important in every phase of the 
CALS Cooperative Extension System and these funds also represent a 
direct source for economic development as well.

Thus, I offer my sincere congratulations and thanks to Dan, Cheralyn 
and all of the Pima County Cooperative Extension personnel that 
direct and deliver the Garden Kitchen program.  Similarly, I offer my 
thanks to all Cooperative Extension personnel across the college and 
the State that provide the valuable programs in all of our very 
diverse program areas that incorporate community engagement, 
partnerships with counties and local groups and agencies, integrated 
programs with strong science foundations, and the capacity to secure 
external funding that serves to drive economic development in the 
communities across Arizona.

-- 
Jeffrey C. Silvertooth, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Director for Economic Development and Extension
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)
Forbes 301
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0036
520-621-7205



pattiB.
Administrative Associate, Extension Programs
Office of the Director
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
301 Forbes Bldg, PO Box 210036
Tucson, AZ 85721-0036
520.621.5308 (v)
520.621.1314 (f)
pattib at ag.arizona.edu
   
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