The Mercer County Cooperative Extension Office serves as a link between the county and the state’s land grant universities to help people improve their lives through an educational process focusing on their issues and needs. We emphasize:
Valuing diversity and capitalizing on its potential to strengthen programs;
Being locally-driven, flexible, and responsive;
Identifying and supporting high priority statewide programming thrusts;
Educating people to solve problems, make decisions, and embrace change;
Applying knowledge and research-based information;
Accomplishing work through collaboration, volunteerism, and leadership development;
Fostering an empowered and contributing people;
Developing youth, adults, families, and communities; and
Fostering effective lifelong use of personal and natural resources
For more information about the Cooperative Extension Office, click on the link to go to their
website.