1913 - 2013

UC Cooperative Extension will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2013. The service was established by an Act of Congress - the Smith-Lever Act of 1914. Lawmakers sought to boost agricultural productivity and enhance the lives of rural families by creating a service that channels research advances from college campuses to rural Americans.

Anticipating passage of the Smith-Lever Act, Berkeley Ag College Dean Thomas Forsyth Hunt brought B.H. Crocheron from Maryland in 1913 to organize California’s Agricultural Extension Service.

UC Cooperative Extension is now in the very early planning stages for celebrating this auspicious occasion
and is soliciting thoughts and ideas from all
Cooperative Extension staff and academics.

Submit your ideas below

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To whom it may concern, I would like to potentially offer my companies services in the production of a 100th anniversary publication for the UCCE. More importantly I can most likely produce at NO-COST to you?

Posted by Robin Jobson on April 13, 2011

I would like to be part of this planning process. 2013 is also the centennial for 4-H in California and the California 4-H Foundation has been hosting conversations for the past year with 4-H staff, volunteer and donor groups around a 4-H centennial project. We have also done some detailed preliminary planning around a centennial fundraising campaign.

Posted by Annette Leeland on February 24, 2011

I would like to be on the planning committee. Is a book documenting CE in California a part of the plans?

Posted by Stephen Vasquez on February 17, 2011

I would love to be a part of the process -- be it planning or assisting to carry out the ideas/work/tasks of the planning committee. I believe Cooperative Extension has something to offer everyone in our state. This celebration is a fabulous opportunity to reach those that may not be aware of our existence while furthering relationships with our existing clientele. Please contact me if you would like my help!

Posted by Chris Webb on February 16, 2011

We are beginning to make plans for our 100th anniversary in Humboldt. It would be good to coordinate with others in ANR. From reviewing the materials that we have from the 75th anniversary (before my time in extension), we are identified as having the first farm advisor in California. In Humboldt we are trying to coordinate with the Farm Bureau that was established in 1913 as well, and with 4-H.

Posted by Yana Valachovic on February 16, 2011

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