Brazoria County Texas AgriLife Extension Service offers practical, how-to education based on university research to help your quality of life. We have relevant outreach and diverse educational programs that are here to serve your needs.
Agricultural and Natural Resources is vital part of the economy for farm and ranch based businesses. We assist with Land owner education based on your issues and have programs including Urban Rancher, and Pesticide Training.
Corrie Bowen: As an Extension Agent, Corrie provides consultation and educational programs in the areas of livestock, crops, and forage production. Agent Bowen also provides six annual certification training and testing sessions for the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Private Pesticide Applicator License. A number of recertification opportunities (CEU credits) are also made available through the Brazoria County Extension Office for current TDA license holders. The Urban Rancher Landowner Education Series is made available to new landowners – January through April each year. For more information, contact Corrie at (979)864-1558 ext. 110
4-H is a youth development community of more than 6 million young people across America learning leadership, citizenship and life skills.
Caleb Wendt: 4-H teaches participants not only about agriculture and the world around them, but also about themselves and their own leadership abilities. Focuses of the 4-H program are leadership skills building, self-esteem enhancing, and public speaking programs in addition to the livestock and horse programs offered for members. To get involved contact Caleb at (979)864-1558 ext 114
Courtney Latour: Family and Consumer Sciences and 4-H Youth Development Agent. In addition to self-esteem, public speaking, and livestock programs, 4-H still has more to offer. Young women and men have a chance to be part of fashion competitions, which include construction, design, and buying, as well as other home economic type projects. These projects can be entered for competition of simply made as a hobby.
A growing issue in society today is the improper use of child safety seats. 72% of adults do not know how to properly secure a child in a safety seat. Correctly used seats reduce risk of infant death by 71% and toddler death by 54%. The Brazoria County Texas AgriLife Extension Office can come out to accurately use safety seats. Contact Courtney at (979)864-1558 ext. 115 for more information or to schedule an appointment for a presentation.
Family and Consumer Science or FCS offer programs to help your family raising children, housing and Environment, eating well, managing money and all around staying healthy.
Sharon Trower: Needing information in the area of nutrition or related areas? The Family and Consumer Sciences Agent will be able to provide you with needed information in the area of nutrition, health and wellness, healthy food preparation, diabetes education and family emergency preparedness. Other areas of educational programming include; food preservation, resource management and cancer education and awareness. For more information contact Sharon at (979)864-1558 ext. 125.
Delia Hernandez: Better Living for Texans (BLT) is part of the Food Stamp Nutrition Education program. The goals of the BLT program are for clients to improve dietary quality according to the Dietary Guidelines and Food Guide, adopt food resources management skills (which include meal planning and comparison shopping), reduce out of pocket food expenses and improve food safety practices. For more information contact Delia or Sharon at (979)864-1558 ext. 120.
Coastal & Marine Resources or CMR is part of Texas Sea Grant or TXSG who supports research, education and outreach programs. We have a unique partnership that unites the resources of the federal government, the State of Texas and universities across the state to create knowledge, tools, products and services that benefit the economy, the environment and the citizens of Texas.
John O’Connell: Our marine resources are vast and impressive. With more than 27 miles of coastline and two major rivers, we are blessed with the bounty of the sea and an abundance of fresh water. More than 100 active Master Naturalists have been trained and annually contribute over 12,000 hours to educate more than 3,000 students about these vast resources. If you have questions about water, fresh or salt, please contact John at (979)864-1558 ext. 116.
Master Gardeners Volunteer Hotline is open for your lawn and garden planting needs. It’s just one more way to help out the citizens of Brazoria County.
Whether you’ve got a green thumb or not, gardening in Brazoria County poses real challenges to area gardeners. The Brazoria County Master Gardener volunteer training program is an opportunity to learn the latest tips and tools from garden experts who know how to deal with these problems, and do it well. Call (979)864-1558 ext. 119 for any of your Horticulture needs.
You may read it in the newspaper, hear it on the radio, attend an Extension workshop, or just call us today, we are available to any resident of Texas so ask us about:
Riders Safety – Child Car Seat Education
Twogether in Texas – Marriage Counseling
Walk Across Texas
Diabetes Education
Monofilament Recycling Program
Drought and Water
Water Quality and Conservation
Disaster Preparedness and many other programs.
Extension Programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, religion, disability or national origin. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the County Commissioners’ Court of Texas Cooperating. Individuals with disabilities, who require an auxiliary aid, service or accommodation in order to participate in any Extension activity, are encouraged to contact the County Extension Office for assistance 5 days prior to the activity.
Upcoming Events:
Pond Management Seminar 05-10-12
Preserving the Season’s Best 5-19-12
TDA Pesticide Applicator Training Flyer 6-1-12 & 8-3-12
ABC Child Care Conference 06-09-12
ABC Child Care Conference Registration Form
FCS Program Information: Please see our Healthy Living Web page for Passenger Safety Programs and for our Twogether in Texas Certification Programs.
Ag Program Information:
Livestock-Hurricane Preparedness Guide
Additional Links:
Hurricane Preparation – Brazoria County Emergency Management