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UVM Extension brief to Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry committee highlights funding risks and launches statewide needs assessment
Summary
Chris, interim director of UVM Extension, told the committee that flat capacity funding, rising costs and shifting federal priorities threaten core programming; UVM Extension will lead a Vermont‑wide needs and assets assessment that will pair a large language model analysis with traditional literature review and local advisory committees.
Chris, interim director of extension and associate dean for extension at the University of Vermont College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, told the Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry committee that UVM Extension remains a bridge between the university and communities but faces financial uncertainty.
"We engage with about 29,000 people a year directly," Chris said, and added that the extension’s materials and online resources reach “about 2,700,000 people annually” indirectly. He described extension’s four program areas—capable communities; healthy families (including 4‑H); the natural environment (forestry, Lake Champlain Sea Grant); and…
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