Specialty Crop

Provides workshops, classes, and education based on community interest, including horticulture, nutrition, community vitality and health, Wyoming outdoor recreation, tourism and hospitality, and small-acreage management; offers in-person University of Wyoming Master Gardener classes; tests pressure canners; hosts the Natrona County Master Gardeners Farmers Market and a spring plant sale, Meryl Selby Community Garden, and  Agricultural Resource and Learning Center Outdoor Classrooms (see listings above); is a partner in the Grow A Little Extra Program (see Statewide section); offers pesticide applicator license testing and training; organizes and facilitates 4-H club programs; and coordinates the Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP), teaching individuals and families with limited resources to get the most for their food dollars and health (the CNP program across the state will experience significant changes starting October 1, 2025, as most of the funding was eliminated under the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act).

Program contacts: Donna Hoffman (horticulture), Joddee Jacobsen (county Extension coordinator, and community vitality & health), Joshua Bliss (4-H and youth development), Ziphorah Starkey (4-H administrative assistant), Terry Kipp (4-H & rural living), Hailey Sorg (Wyoming outdoor recreation, tourism, and hospitality), Ami Willadson and Samantha Maxwell (CNP), and Rose Jones & Ann Cormican (administrative assistants)