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Virginia has two land-grant universities, the Virginia State University in Chesterfield County and Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. There is at least one land-grant institution in each U.S. state and territory and in the District of Columbia.

ABCs of Agriculture informs about Virginia's farming community and how it affects you. ABCs of Agriculture are produced by the Virginia Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) - an educational program which encourages and enhances agricultural literacy in Grades K-5 and 6-8.

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Hello, and welcome to the ABC’s of Agriculture! Today we'll be talking about the letter U which stands for land-grant universities…

Virginia has two land-grant universities, the Virginia State University in Chesterfield County and Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.

There is at least one land-grant institution in each U.S. state and territory and in the District of Columbia.

Virginia Tech was founded as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1872. VSU was founded as the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in 1882.

Legislation passed in 1914 created Cooperative Extension associated with each land-grant institution. Extension provides information related to the university’s research to the public.

For more information on Land-grant Universities… you can look on-line at
The National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges website
at www.nasulgc.org

Happy surfing!! For the ABC’s of Agriculture, I’m Professor Brad… see you next month!

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