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“RECOGNIZING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF PENN STATE COOPERATIVE” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1104 on July 3, 2014.
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RECOGNIZING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF PENN STATE COOPERATIVE
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HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK
of pennsylvania
in the house of representatives
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, one hundred years ago, the Cooperative Extension was established by Congress as a nationwide transformational education system that would operate through Land-Grant universities. We acknowledge the good work of the Penn State Cooperative Extension in this anniversary year. This successful program advocates healthful lifestyle choices, community vitality and a safe and abundant food supply, while dedicated to protecting our natural resources. It engages rural and urban learners through practical, community-based and online approaches, with topical classes available to children as well as adults, such as business, health, family, youth, food, animals, plants, pests and master gardener classes. Like all Cooperative Extensions, the Penn State Cooperative is funded through the United States Department of Agriculture, state and county government. We congratulate the Cooperative Extension and its dedicated staff on a century of outstanding service to the communities they serve and look forward to interesting and exciting programming through the 21st century.
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