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Miami-Dade Cooperative Extension

The University of Florida / Miami-Dade County Cooperative Extension is the liaison between research conducted by scientists at the University of Florida and other universities and end users in Miami-Dade County. Our clientele includes growers (agricultural and horticultural), homeowners, youth, people interested in family issues or food and nutrition, and marine industries.

The University of Florida / Miami-Dade County Extension receives direct funding from the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) and Miami-Dade County. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the third partner in this cooperative agreement. The Miami-Dade offices are part of a nationwide system of information, outreach, and education offered by county governments and land-grant educational institutions in each state.

The focus of the University of Florida / Miami-Dade County Cooperative Extension is on educational outreach through the following methods:

• workshops
• seminars
• phone consultations
• group meetings
• office visits
• educational materials
• field demonstrations
• work site programs
• newsletters
• training programs
• websites
• plant clinics
• mass media
• learn-by-mail
• video conferences
  

Miami-Dade Cooperative Extension website