M. Ray McKinnie of Virginia State University on Agricultural Extension

Virginia State University’s M. Ray McKinnie shares his thoughts on the goals of the 1890 land-grant university extension system, the impact of COVID-19 on the work of Virginia Cooperative Extension, and the perspective of African-American farmers. This video features material from Agricultural Productivity in a Time of Pandemics: Stories from the Front Lines by the Virginia Tech Global Agricultural Productivity Initiative. To see the film, visit: https://globalagriculturalproductivity.org/2020-gap-report/productivity-in-a-time-of-pandemics-stories-from-the-front-lines/

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