"Those extension teams that the review team learned about were highly productive and able to respond rapidly to clientele. A review team member who has recently reviewed extension programs in several other North Central states observed that Ohio State

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• "Those extension teams that the review team
  learned about were highly productive and able to
  respond rapidly to clientele. A review team
  member who has recently reviewed extension
  programs in several other North Central states
  observed that Ohio State University was the only
  one of these institutions where extension
  personnel were moving boldly ahead with creative
  programs...There are some other departments and
  colleges in the country that have a strong
  relationship with their industry clients, but
  Ohio is near the top of the list."
• - CSREES review of the HCS Dept. in 1997.

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TEAM JAZZ
"The high degree of individuality, together with
the mutual respect and co-operation required in
a jazz ensemble carry with them philosophical
implications that are so exciting and
far-reaching that one almost hesitates to
contemplate them. It is as if jazz were saying
to us that not only is far greater
individuality possible to man than he has so far
allowed himself, but that such individuality,
far from being a threat to a cooperative
social structure, can actually enhance society."
- Stanley Crouch.
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I wondered how it was possible, to walk for an
hour through the woods and see nothing of note.
I who cannot see find hundreds of things The
delicate symmetry of a leaf, the smooth skin of a
silver birch, the rough, shaggy bark of a pine.
I who am blind can give one hint to those who
see Use your eyes as if tomorrow you will be
stricken blindSmell the perfume of flowers,
taste with relish each morsel, as if tomorrow you
would never taste or smell again. Make the most
of each sense.- Helen Keller
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HCS Programming

• Farm Science Review
• Ohio Crop Production Conference
• Ohio Forage and Grassland Conference
• Ohio Fruit, Vegetable and Potato Congress
• Ohio International Florist Short Course
• Ohio Turfgrass Conference and Show
• OSU Nursery Short Course

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HCS Programming

• Floricultural Workshops
• Forage Production Short Course
• Fruit Grower Tours
• Master Gardener Volunteer Programs
• Ohio Vegetable and Small Fruit Research and
  Development Fund
• Professional Turfgrass Programs
• Regional Agronomy Meetings

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Key HCS Electronics Communications

• Horticulture and Crop Science in Virtual
  Perspective
• Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine
• Corn Newsletter
• Drought Web site (1999)
• Florinet

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Examples of Plant Evaluations

• Poinsettia Trials
• Alfalfa Resistance to Potato Leafhoppers
• Vegetable Germplasm and Variety Development
• Forage, Corn, Soybean Trials
• Crabapple Evaluations for The New Mal-enium

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Key HCS Electronics Communications

• Fruit ICM Newsletter
• High Oil Corn Production Marketing Web Site
• Midwest Small Fruit and Grape Web Site
• Ohio Floriculture onLine
• Vegnet

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HCS Publications

• Agronomy Guide
• Asparagus Production Marketing Bulletin
• Bramble Bulletin
• Corn Soybean and Alfalfa Field Guide
• Management of Turfgrass Pests
• Midwest Small Fruit Guide

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HCS Publications

• Midwest Small Fruit Pest Management Bulletin
• Ohio Vegetable Production Guide
• OSUE Fact Sheet Series
• Strawberry Manual
• Weed Control Guide

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OSU Extension Commodity Teams

• Agronomic Crops
• Floriculture Industry Roundtable
• Integrated Forage Management
• Nursery, Landscape and Turf
• Small Fruits
• Sustainable Agriculture
• Tree Fruits
• Vegetables
• Waste Management

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HCS Challenges Issues

• Alternatives for Extension Teaching
• Commodity Team Development
• Coordinating HCS Extension Communication
• Funding for Extension Activities
• Relationship with Soil Scientists
• Tyranny of the Urgent

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• There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a
  farm. One is the danger of supposing that
  breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other
  that heat comes from the furnace. To avoid the
  first danger, one should plant a garden,
  preferably where there is no grocer to confuse
  the issue. To avoid the second, he should lay a
  split of good oak on the andirons, preferably
  where there is no furnace, and let it warm his
  shoes while a February blizzard tosses the trees
  outside. If one has cut, split, hauled and piled
  his own good oak, and let his mind work the
  while, he will remember much about where the heat
  comes from, and with a wealth of detail denied to
  those who spend the week end in town astride a
  radiator.
• - Aldo Leopold
• - A Sand County Almanac

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Que lindo essonar despierto
How beautiful it is to dream while you are awake.