Volume 47, Number 2 (2009)
Feature Articles
Designing a Regional System of Social Indicators to Evaluate Nonpoint Source Water Projects
Linda Stalker Prokopy, Kenneth Genskow, Jeremiah Asher, Adam Baumgart-Getz, Joseph E. Bonnell, Shorna B. Allred PhD, Cynthia Curtis, Kristin Floress, Karyn McDermaid, Rebecca Power, and Danielle Wood
A Model of Employee Satisfaction: Gender Differences in Cooperative Extension
Richard P. Vlosky and Francisco X. Aguilar
Agricultural and Natural Resources Awareness Programming: Barriers and Benefits as Perceived by County Extension Agents
Roslynn G. Brain, Tracy A. Irani, Alan W. Hodges, and Nicholas E. Fuhrman
Community Health Advisors' Perceptions of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines and MyPyramid
Jamie Zoellner, Wendy Bounds, and Carol Connell
Toward a Model of Empowering Practices in Youth-Adult Partnerships
Kimberly S. Anderson and Lorilee Sandmann
Teaching Leadership and Communications Skills and Responsibilities: A Comparison of 4-H and other Youth Organizations
Rama Radhakrishna and Prosper Doamekpor
Uncovering What Helps Entrepreneurs Start Businesses: Lessons from Indiana
Whitney O. Peake and Maria I. Marshall
Farm Transition and Estate Planning: Farmers' Evaluations and Behavioral Changes Due to Attending Workshops
Gary A. Hachfeld, David B. Bau, C Robert Holcomb, James N. Kurtz, J William Craig, and Kent D. Olson
From Climate Variability to Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities to Extension
Clyde W. Fraisse, Norman E. Breuer, David Zierden, and Keith T. Ingram
Research in Brief
Organizational Restructuring and Its Effect on Agricultural Extension Educator Satisfaction and Effectiveness
Michael A. Schmitt and Tom Bartholomay
The Resilience Factor: What Extension Can Learn from Adolescents Coping with Parental Cancer
Kerri L. Ashurst PhD, Jason D. Hans, and Donna R. Smith
Helping Children by Educating Their Caretakers: An Evaluation of Knowledge Gain and Practice Implementation
Leanna Cathey, Rebecca White, Emily Braud, and Cheri Gioe
Water-Conserving Landscapes: An Evaluation of Homeowner Preference
Tony A. McCammon, Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt, and Kelly L. Kopp
Conservation Tillage: Repackaging the Message for Farmers
Alan Sundermeier, L. Fleming Fallon Jr., and Hans D. Schmalzried Dr.
The Economic Impact of Intensive Commodity Price Risk Management Education
Dean A. McCorkle, Mark L. Waller, Steve H. Amosson, Stanley J. Bevers, and Jackie G. Smith
Improved Understanding of Fiber Digestibility in Ryegrasses
Troy Downing and Patrick French
Ideas at Work
Practical Tips for Evaluators and Administrators to Work Together in Building Evaluation Capacity
Heather H. Boyd
Making Communities More Viable: Four Essential Factors for Successful Community Leadership
Kristina Ricketts and Nick T. Place
Health and Safety Events for Latino Families: Collaborating to Create El Día de los Niños Celebración
Andrew O. Behnke, Christine Falk, and Julia Storm
A New Model of 4-H Volunteer Development in Science, Engineering, and Technology Programs
Bradley S. Barker, Neal Grandgenett, and Gwen Nugent
A Long-Established Extension Education Course Goes On-Line
Glenn Applebee, Kerry R. Martens, and Paul Treadwell
Tools of the Trade
Riskometer—Voting with Your Feet
Robert Bardon, Nate Meyer, Susan Moore, Gail Overholt, Georgia Peterson, Viviane Simon-Brown, Sanford S. Smith, and Peter J. Stortz
FORVAL: Computer Software Package for Agricultural and Natural Resources Investment Analysis
Thomas Straka and Steven H. Bullard
Use of an Internet-Based Hay Directory in Beef Cattle Extension Programming
Jane A. Parish and Justin D. Rhinehart
New England Workshops Increase Participant Knowledge of Farm Transfer Issues
Debra Heleba, Robert Parsons, Michael Sciabarrasi, and Gary Anderson
Pedometers Are Perceived as Useful Tools for Weight Loss
Ashley R. Valentine, Leah Whigham, and Sherry Tanumihardjo
Review of The Art and Science of Love: A Workshop for Couples
Christina L. Collins and Robert J. Fetsch
Commentary
Extension: A Modern-Day Pony Express?
Ben C. Ward, David Drake, and Andy Londo