People in Your Community…Knowledge at Your Doorstep
Welcome to the Hancock County Office of the West Virginia University Extension Service. Our office and this Website are here to help you.Our office provides many local educational programs to area families, businesses, and communities. These include agricultural knowledge, horticulture with the Master Gardeners, and 4-H programs, which are the most well-known aspects of the Extension Service. However, the organization today covers most aspects of rural and urban life in West Virginia. So, our county programs include Meet the Plants, Bank at School, and Bubbleology. We are also your link to other WVU Extension offices and to West Virginia University colleges and offices. WVU’s Hancock County Extension Office is part of the national land-grant system. Each office has the same mission as its foundation: to help people put knowledge to work.
Part of the National Cooperative Extension System
With more than 3,000 county offices in the USA, the National Cooperative Extension System is the local front door for many citizens to their state land-grant institutions.All universities engage in research and teaching, but the nation’s more than 100 land-grant colleges and universities including WVU, have another critical mission: Extension. Extension means reaching out, and along with teaching and research land-grant institutions extend their resources, solving public needs with college or university resources through local programs. To meet and support the needs of local people and communities, county faculty and staff involve local residents in developing and leading specific programs and activities.
Weirton and Follansbee Farmers Market Information
Fresh Produce and baked goods. Locally Grown by the farmers that sell it! Visit this portion of our web site to lean more details.
