Montgomery County Cooperative Extension

Discover Montgomery County Cooperative Extension!

We'd like to introduce you to a remarkable office, located in the heart of Montgomery County, where you can obtain useful, practical, up-to-date information on many subjects. It's called the Montgomery County Cooperative Extension, and it acts as a countywide educational system. It's sponsored jointly by the University of Maryland, Montgomery County Government, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and has access to many of the University of Maryland's resources.

When people ask for help, Extension personnel respond in many ways. Crucial to the Extension's informal education system, they teach in settings far more diverse than the traditional classroom. You'll find they deliver valuable assistance by:

• answering telephones
• speaking one-on-one with visitors
• making on-site farm visits
• sponsoring public meetings, tours, demonstrations, and expos/fairs
• conducting seminars and speaking engagements
• publishing newsletters and writing newspaper columns
• making radio and TV broadcasts
• distributing accurate technical publications with solutions to specific problems
• computer networking

Montgomery County Cooperative Extension Serves the Community

Families

• Educational seminars regarding finances, ID theft, and record organization
• Nutrition and healthy lifestyles
• Master Gardener volunteers answer questions regarding landscape and plant problems
• Senior Health Insurance Program

• 4-H clubs and special interest groups
• School enrichment programs
• After-school food and nutrition programs
• Camping
• Helping to make their community a better place to live
• Teaching self-reliance

• Raising crops and livestock
• Protecting the environment
• Educating for water quality
• Marketing commodities
• Farm and business management
• Pest management

If you have any questions or would like to volunteer, give our office a call at 301-590-9638!