Volume 50, Number 5 (2012)
Feature Articles
A Model for Evaluating eXtension Communities of Practice
Kathleen D. Kelsey and Eric T. Stafne
Evidence-Based Programming: What Is a Process an Extension Agent Can Use to Evaluate a Program's Effectiveness?
Robert J. Fetsch, David MacPhee, and Luann K. Boyer
A Look Inside: Self-Leadership Perceptions of Extension Educators
Kristina G. Ricketts, Hannah S. Carter, Nick T. Place, and Teresa McCoy
Flexible Training Program Builds Capacity for Diverse Challenges
Martha C. Monroe and Lauren McDonell
Converting Face-to-Face Curricula for Online Delivery: Lessons Learned from a Biomass Harvesting Guidelines Curriculum
Diomy S. Zamora, Charles R. Blinn, Dave T. Chura, Eli S. Sagor, Larry D. Coyle, and Grant M. Domke
The Influence of Extension on Team Success of a Milk Quality Improvement Program
Kathryn J. Hohmann and Pamela L. Ruegg
Eating Green: Coverage of the Locavore Movement
Amanda Ruth-McSwain
Iowa Consumer Motivations and Preferences for Agritourism Activities
Melissa S. Norby and Michael S. Retallick
Research in Brief
North Dakota Leadership Training Boosts Confidence and Involvement
Lynette Flage, Marie Hvidsten, and Rachelle Vettern
Using Extension Phosphorus Uptake Research to Improve Idaho's Nutrient Management Planning Program
Steven Hines, Amber Moore, Brad Brown, Mireille Chahine, Richard J. Norell, Mario De Haro Marti, Christi Falen, Tianna Fife, Stuart C. Parkinson, and James A. Ippolito
Family Resource Management Needs Assessment in New Mexico
Fahzy Abdul-Rahman
An Unexplored Direction in Solid Waste Reduction: Household Textiles and Clothing Recycling
Celia Stall-Meadows and Cynthia Goudeau
Equine Owner Knowledge and Implementation of Conservation Practices
Jennfier M. Marriott, Amy Shober, Paul Monaghan, and Christine Wiese
Women Farmers: Pulling Up Their Own Educational Boot Straps with Extension
Nancy Ellen Kiernan, Mary Barbercheck, Kathryn J. Brasier, Carolyn Sachs, and Anna Terman
Information Sources and Farmers' Attitudes Toward Switchgrass Production as a Biofuel Feedstock
Adrienne E. Marra, Kimberly L. Jensen, Christopher D. Clark, Burton C. English, and R Jamey Menard
Assessing Extension Educators' Needs for Homeowner Pesticide Use and Safety Information
Colleen S. Church, Wayne G. Buhler, Lucy K. Bradley, and Ronald E. Stinner
The Potential of Other Crop and Livestock Enterprises to Replace Tobacco: Perceptions of U.S. Burley Producers
Maria Paula Mendieta, Margarita Velandia, Dayton M. Lambert, and Kelly Tiller
A Case Study Involving Pocket Gopher Damage Abatement in Alfalfa
S Nicole Frey and Rory Wilks
Ideas at Work
Planting the Legal Seed: The Benefit of Agricultural Law Education for Extension Professionals
Ryan Conklin and Michael Olexa
Evaluation of a Cooperative Extension Service Curriculum on Empowering Older Adults with Assistive Technology to Grocery Shop, Prepare Food, and Eat
Janice R. Hermann, Jan. H. Johnston, Whitney A. Brosi, and Linda Jaco
4-H Teen Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Lynette Black and Pamela Powell
Tools of the Trade
Mobile Applications for Extension
Sabrina L. Drill
Educating Idahoans to Make Their Own Estate Planning Decisions
Lyle Hansen, Beverly Healy, Karen Richel, and Marilyn Bischoff
A Feasibility Template for Small, Multi-Species Meat Processing Plants
Rodney B. Holcomb, Kyle Flynn, and Philip Kenkel
Consumer-Centered Extension Education Website Increases Usage
Sarah L. Francis, Peggy Martin, and Kristin Taylor
FlowersOnTime: A Computer Decision-Support Tool for Floriculture Crop Producers
Paul R. Fisher, Erik S. Runkle, Matthew G. Blanchard, John E. Erwin, and Bruce MacKay
Testing a New Generation: Implementing Clickers as an Extension Data Collection Tool
Sondra M. Parmer, Greg Parmer, and Barb Struempler
Ripple Effect Mapping: A "Radiant" Way to Capture Program Impacts
Debra Hansen Kollock, Lynette Flage, Scott Chazdon, Nathan Paine, and Lorie Higgins
Using Discussion Methods to Inspire Diversity: Harnessing Social & Cultural Capital
Brian Raison and Beverly Gordon
The Fall of the Faculty and the Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why It Matters: A Book Review
Steven B. Johnson
A Statewide Train-the-Trainer Model for Effective Entrepreneurship and Workforce Readiness Programming
Nia Imani Fields, Manami Brown, Alganesh Piechocinski, and Kendra Wells
Commentary
JOE's Niche in the Extension Scholarship Movement
Nancy K. Franz and Celia E. Stovall