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Federal
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
- Land Grant Universities - 103 Land Grant Universities, at least one in each state, set up under the Morrill Acts of 1862, 1890 and 1994
State
Cornell University (1865) - New York's Land Grant University, Martha E. Pollack, President
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), Benjamin Z. Houlton, Dean of CALS
- CALS Extension Faculty
- Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, NY, Margaret Smith, Director
- Cornell Agritech, Geneva, NY, Jan Nyrop, Director
- College of Human Ecology (CHE), Rachel Dunifon, Dean of CHE
- Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, Anthony Burrow, Director
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Administration, Andy Turner, Director. CCE Administration provides leadership for statewide Extension and administers Smith-Lever federal formula funds for Extension programs.
Local
County Extension Associations provide educational programs based on Cornell research and resources
- Professional Staff
- Statewide and regional programs
- Programmatic linkages to Cornell faculty
- Volunteers
- Board of Directors provide local direction, program assessment, and fiduciary responsibility
- County Legislatures provide local appropriation
- State Legislature authorizes associations as subordinate governmental agencies under oversight of Cornell University and provide appropriation if matched by County Legislatures