Volume 55, Number 5 (2017)
Feature Articles
Using Standardized Evaluation Metrics to Demonstrate Collective Statewide Impacts of Diverse Water Conservation Programming
Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Laura A. Warner, Tatiana Borisova, Michael D. Dukes, Sebastian Galindo-Gonzalez, Amy Harder, and Wendy Wilber
A National Framework for Urban Extension
Julie M. Fox, Marie A. Ruemenapp, Patrick Proden, and Brad Gaolach
Usefulness of Delivery Methods for Climate Change Programming: Perspectives of Extension and Research Faculty
Kaila Thorn, Daniel Tobin, Rama Radhakrishna, Allison Chatchyan, Joana Chan, and Shorna Allred
The Farming Population and Health Insurance: Educational Needs and Approaches of Extension Professionals
Shoshanah Inwood, Emily Portman, Bonnie Braun, Scott Loveridge, Sarah Heiss, and Alana Knudson
Supporting the "Archstone of Democracy": Cooperative Extension's Experiment with Deliberative Group Discussion
Timothy J. Shaffer
Research in Brief
Characteristics of Home Irrigation Users: Implications for Encouraging Landscape Water Conservation in the United States
Amanda D. Ali and Laura A. Warner
Ready or Not? UConn Extension Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
Robert M. Ricard, Stacey Stearns, and Mary-Ellen Welch
Perceptions of Crop Consultants and Crop Producers on Grazing Corn Residue in Nebraska
Jordan L. Cox-O'Neill, Kristen M. Ulmer, Manbir Rakkar, Lisa Franzen-Castle, Humberto Blanco-Canqui, Mary E. Drewnoski, James C. MacDonald, and Richard J. Rasby
Ideas at Work
Life Skills at a Tribal College: A Culturally Relevant Educational Intervention
Jill F. Keith, Sherri N. Stastny, Wanda Agnew, Ardith Brunt, and Pat Aune
Repurposing Video Documentaries as Features of a Flipped-Classroom Approach to Community-Centered Development
Douglas Arbogast, Daniel Eades, and L. Christopher Plein
Bringing Farm Advisors into the Sustainability Conversation: Results from a Nitrogen Workshop in the U.S. Midwest
Julie E. Doll and Adam Reimer
Straight from the Horse(man)'s Mouth: Innovative 4-H Camps
Fawn Kurtzo, Leslie D. Edgar, Donna L. Graham, and Mark Russell
Double Play: The Need for 4-H to Partner in Youth Sports
Perry D. Martin and Eric K. Kaufman
Tools of the Trade
Tools for Addressing the Skills of a Communication-Challenged Extension Agent
Tamara Pellien and Rachel Lyons
Guiding Local Tourism Entrepreneurs Interested in Ecotourism: A Tool for Extension Facilitators
Megan Butler, Elizabeth Gering, and David Wilsey
Maximizing Use of an Extension Beef Cattle Data Set: Part 3—Weights and Growth
Jennifer M. Ramsay, Lauren L. Hulsman Hanna, and Kris A. Ringwall
Using Videoconferencing to Create Authentic Online Learning for Volunteers
Jennifer Lobley and Kristy L. Ouellette
FB-BRAG: A Tool for Assessing Family Business Functioning
Renee Wiatt and Maria I. Marshall
Modifying and Supplementing Annie's Project to Increase Impact in New Jersey and Beyond
Robin G. Brumfield, Jenny S. Carleo, Laura B. Kenny, Meredith Melendez, Barbara O'Neill, Nicholas Polanin, and Kenesha Reynolds-Allie
Getting Your Message Across: Mobile Phone Text Messaging
Constance C. Beecher and Lori Hayungs
Living Shoreline Design Charette: A New Twist on the Charette Technique
Juliana Barrett, Miriah Russo Kelly, and Bruce Hyde
A Beginner's Guide to Local Meat Processing
Lauren Gwin and Kathryn Quanbeck
Commentary
Emphasizing Extension's Unbiased, Research-Based Recommendations Is Critical
C. Dale Monks, Austin Hagan, and Kassie Conner