Nine Specialists (5.35 FTE)
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Food crops (fruits, vegetables, nut crops)
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Sustainable cropping systems
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Irrigation technology/landscape management
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One Extension Associate
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Horticulture Rapid Response Center
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Coordinates Advanced Master Gardener training
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Approx. 225 Extension Master Gardeners. Thirty-five classes will be offered including pruning; diagnosing plant problems; identifying plants; photographing gardens; manning a horticulture hotline; and writing columns, books, and blogs.
Horticulture Program Focus Team
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36 members
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Kansas Healthy Yards initiative, more than 100 videos (www.kansasgreenyards.org)
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Recently completed a climate change training
Master Gardener Program
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Trained 175 new Master Gardeners in 2011
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1,205 Master Gardeners donating time
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88,770 hours donated (average 73.7 hours/Master Gardener)
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$1.6 million (points of light valuation $18.05/hr)
Program efforts:
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Advanced Master Gardener training
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Kansas turfgrass conference
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Great Plains vegetable conference
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Grounds maintenance workshops
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