Volume 48, Number 5 (2010)
Feature Articles
Drawing Upon the Wisdom of Merlyn: Using the Logic Chain to Guide Vision-Based Community Planning
Myra Moss and Cindy Bound-Zielinski
WOWnet: A Communication and Networking Model for Women
Lauren E. Redmore and Joanne F. Tynon
Engaging Emerging Populations of Adults with Interactive Activities in a 3D Virtual Learning Environment
Kristin Woods
Dissemination of Outreach Education Programs: In-Person and Computer-Mediated Strategies
Alex Kudryatsev, Marianne E. Krasny, and Joseph B. Walther
Enhancing Cluster Effects to Reduce Regional Labor-Supply Gaps: An Example in South Carolina
Lori A. Dickes and Kenneth L. Robinson
Using a Market Segmentation Approach to Better Target Agricultural Extension Programs—Aligning Learner Needs with Learning Programs
Margaret Brown and Denise Bewsell
When the Quick Fix Doesn't Work: Evaluating the Effect of Parent Education on Child Abuse
Karen DeBord, Susan Jakes, and Autumn Guin
We Listen to Them: Assessing Natural Resource Perspectives and Priorities in a Tribal Community
David Wilsey and Susan Beaulieu
Research in Brief
Community Education Programs Serving Couples in Stepfamilies: A Qualitative Study of Format, Content, and Service Delivery
Francesca Adler-Baeder, Anne Robertson, and David Schramm
Community Leaders' Knowledge and Perceptions About Obesity: Implications for Outreach Educators in Designing Interventions
Norma L. Dawkins, Tryan McMickens, Henry J. Findlay, and Ralphenia D. Pace
The Influence of Parenting Stress on Mealtime Behaviors of Low-Income African-American Mothers of Toddlers
Dawn A. Contreras and Mildred A. Horodynski
Rural Tourism Development: A Case Study of the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail in Southern Illinois
Sylvia Smith, Nicole Davis, and John Pike
Precision Farming Information Sources Used by Cotton Farmers and Implications for Extension
Margarita Velandia, Dayton M. Lambert, Amanda Jenkins, Roland K. Roberts, James A. Larson, Burton English, and Steven W. Martin
Dairy Modernization Works for Family Farms
Mark W. Mayer and David W. Kammel
Ideas at Work
Nutrition Education Program Assistants: A Leverage Point for Collecting Authentic Program Data
Mary McFerren, Nancy Franz, and Michael Lambur
Speaking the Same Language in Paraprofessional Staff Development
Susan S. Baker and Meredith Pearson
Advance Directives in Extension Services
Keydron K. Guinn
Promoting Dairy Intake in Rural Wisconsin by Empowering Youth
Margaretha McLean, Kristina Penniston, and Sherry Tanumihardjo
Reducing Home Heating Costs in One Maine County
Louis V. Bassano and Debra Eckart
Tools of the Trade
Tips to Create Biodiverse, Urban Communities
Mark E. Hostetler and Martin B. Main
Ready-to-Go Exhibits Expand Consumer Food Safety Knowledge and Action
Sandra M. McCurdy, Shelly Johnson, Carol Hampton, Joey Peutz, Laura Sant, and Grace Wittman
Team Development and Beyond
Mary P. Wilson, Jamie A. Benedict, Gwenn Snow, and Mike Havercamp
Volunteer Middle Managers: Human Resources that Extend Programmatic Outreach
Heather Cassill, Ken Culp III, Jay Hettmansperger, and Marla Stillwell
Five Social Media Tools for the Extension Toolbox
Joanne Kinsey
Spider Plots: A Tool for Participatory Extension Learning
Tara P. Gareau, Richard G. Smith, Mary E. Barbercheck, and David A. Mortensen
Have You Used Clickers in Programming?
Carolyn Bird and Jacquelyn McClelland
Commentary
Native Landscaping vs. Exotic Landscaping: What Should We Recommend?
Mark E. Hostetler and Martin B. Main