The Roanoke office of Virginia Cooperative Extension is your local connection to Virginia's land-grant universities, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University.
Through educational programs based on research and developed with input from local stakeholders, we help the people of Roanoke improve their lives.
We provide education through programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, 4-H Youth Development, and Community Viability.
3738 Brambleton Avenue SW
Roanoke, VA 24018-3639
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Main Office: (540) 772-7524
Fax: (540) 776-7136
Living Well with Diabetes
Monthly meetings to get education and support to help you with diabetes self-management and improve your health. Discussion topics will include diet, monitoring, medicine, exercise, stress and preventing complications. No advance registration required - family support people are welcome.
When: Choose from the following meeting times each month:
1st Wed. 6-7:00pm or 3rd Wed. 11-12 noon
Where: New Horizons Healthcare - Lee Education Center
4910 Valley View Blvd.
Inclement weather cancels.
Contact Deb - 772-7524, dchappel@vt.edu or Melinda - 362-5158 with questions or for updates.
Growers Academy
VT EarthWorks – a Business Acceleration Program for Agriculture and Natural Resource Businesses – Offers the Growers’ Academyfor Small-Scale Vegetable and Flower GrowersThe Growers’ Academy is an 8-week learning series offered on Tuesday nights starting January 19, 2010, from 6 – 9 pm, at the VT Roanoke Center in the Roanoke Higher Education Building in Downtown Roanoke. The learning series is designed to build a peer cohort of producers, to help new and transitioning vegetable and cut-flower businesses succeed. The Growers’ Academy is offered through VT EarthWorks in partnership with Virginia Cooperative Extension.
Growers’ Academy topics include goal setting, production planning, vegetable production, soils and cover crops, pest and weed management, business plan development, rotational plantings, equipment, marketing, and more. Each weekly session is presented by subject matter experts, including successful producers. Some key speakers include Mark Schonbeck, Jason Rutledge, Alan Straw, Scott Sink, and many more.
Graduates of the Growers’ Academy receive a preliminary membership to VT EarthWorks. Graduates who do not have access to land will be eligible to gain access to land through VT EarthWorks at the Catawba Sustainability Center in Catawba, VA.
Registration for the Academy is $215 per person for the 8-week series.
You can register online at http://www.cpe.vt.edu/grac/. Registration is requested by January 12, 2010.
Contact Christy Gabbard, Director of VT Earthworks, at 540-767-6114 or cgunnels@vt.edu, for more information on VT EarthWorks, or to receive a Growers’ Academy flyer and/or registration form. Click here to download flyer.
Winter 4-H Events
The fun never stops with Roanoke Valley 4-H! January will bring Achievement Night, the Natural Resources Weekend, and our first Teen Meeting of the year (1/26, 6:00-8:00 p.m.). February promises another outstanding Share-the-Fun talent show; try-outs are February 5, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Go to "Programs" and click on 4-H to find out more!