County Resources
Russell County Annual Report 2020-2021
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Resource Areas Serving Russell County
4-H & Youth
- Summer Camp
- In school
- Photography Club
- Animal Clubs
- Cool Kids
- Cooking Club
Agriculture
- Home Grounds
- Commercial Ag
- Agronomic Crops
- Livestock and Poultry
Family & Health
- Food Safety
- Money Management
- Nutrition Education
Natural Resources
- Wildlife
- Pond Management
Economic Development
Russell County Education Events
- ServSafe Food Safety/Cottage Foods Permitting Program
- Farm-City
- Forestry Program
- Eat Smart Be Active/Today’s Mom Master Gardener
- Diabetes Cooking School
- Farm Succession Planning
- Arbor Day
- Virtual Programming
- Bugs On Broad
- Native Trees of Alabama
- Classroom in the Forest Commercial Landscape Safety and Maintenance Training
- Alabama Department of Agriculture
- Private Pesticide License
- Training and Certification
- Beef Quality Assurance Certification
- Lunch and Learn Series
- Agronomic Crop Tour
- Hurtsboro Rolling Store
- First Time Home Buyer
- Nutrition Programs
Ongoing Partnerships and Community Education Outreach
- Russell County Homemakers Association
- Russell County Farmers Market
- Russell County Cattlemen’s Association
- Extension Monthly CTVEA
- Russell County Farmers Federation
- Annual Community Health Fairs
Increasing Quality of Life for Alabamians with Research-Based Information
- 4-H’ers are four times more likely to give back to their communities and two times more likely to make healthy choices.
- Students who participated in the Nutrition Education Program ate 57 percent of the fresh fruits and vegetables through the school lunch program.
- Russell County Farmers Market estimated return on investment: $48 to $1.
One Year by the Numbers
- 700 Soil Samples FY 2019-present
- 1,100 4-H’ers Enrolled
- 48 In Expanded Food and Nutrition Education 160 Served
- 50 Nutrition Education Participants (WeCare)
- 1,129 Face-to-Face Educational Contacts
- 353 Food Safety/ServSafe and Cottage Food Training Contacts
For more information:
Russell County Extension
Jennifer Davidson
County Extension Coordinator
508 14th Street
Phenix City, AL 36867
Phone: (334) 298-6845
Fax: (334) 298-4970
Revised July 2021, Russell County Annual Report 2020-2021, ACES-2426