About the LAN Community of Practice

The group was the recipient of the 2022 National Extension Award for Diversity, co-sponsored by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities' Extension Committee on Organization and Policy, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The award was presented during the association’s annual meeting November 6, 2022 in Denver, Colorado.

A strategic planning group at Penn State seeks to enhance engagement and continue to provide support to Pennsylvania’s Latinx agricultural community.

The Latinx Agricultural Network was created at Penn State to further improve the already ongoing efforts to reach out to the Pennsylvania Latinx agricultural community. Latinx is a gender-neutral term to refer to people with a Latin American heritage.

2021 Northeast Integrated Pest Management Center IPM Toolbox Presentation by Maria Gorgo-Gourovitch, Horticulture Extension Educator at Penn State.