At North Carolina State University, Cooperative Extension provided local solutions and empowered people to make better-informed decisions in communities across the state. In 2017, extension professionals and volunteers provided 13,000 educational programs to 1.9 million residents, improved the health and well-being of 115,000 North Carolinians through food and nutrition programs, prepared more than 263,000 youth through 4-H programs, and provided $300 million of economic impact to the state.

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