USA: Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08892
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Summary on pages 17-18 in Lucinda Crile, Review of Extension Research - January to December 1953, Extension Service Circular 493, January 1954. Involves a Master of Education thesis, Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College, Fort Collins. 1952. 73 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25905
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Report of a session, "Climate change and the spread of disease," at the 5th World Congress of Science Journalists in Melbourne, Australia, on April 16-20, 2007. 2 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05761
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Extension Methods 4. Online from AgroInsight, Ghent, Belgium. 1 page., Summarizes results of a project in Bolivia to teach women abut feeding their children. Findings suggest that other family members, especially fathers and grandmothers, need to be "broad on board" in the process.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 69 Document Number: D10732
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Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Item 42 located in ACDC Document D10726, Directory of written summaries of 80 items deposited in the Claude W. Gifford Papers, University of Illinois Archives. 4 pages., Provides a review of efforts to improve public understanding of agriculture, nationally. Author cites the 1950 book by Ed Lipscomb, Grassroots public relations for agriculture, formation of the Agricultural Relations Council, and Dan Murphy's book, Improving agriculture's reputation. Describes USDA efforts, including the PACER research project and staffing enhancements for that goal.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25907
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Posted at http://wesj2007.internetguruhosting.net/conference-program, Report of two related sessions at the 5th World Congress of Science Journalists in Melbourne, Australia, on April 16-20, 2007. 2 pages., Summaries of two sessions: "Climate change in ocean and how the media balance the reporting" and "Reporting climate change: the developing world perspective."
