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State |
South West Region Organizations (SWRO) |
Geographic Service Areas |
Contact |
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Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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AR |
University of Arkansas System at Pine Bluff |
Arkansas |
Henry English |
(870) 575-7246 |
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AR |
East Arkansas Enterprise Community |
Counties: Crittenden, Lee, Monroe, Phillips, St. Francies |
Robert L. Cole |
(870) 630-2005 |
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AR |
Arkansas Land and Community Development Corporation |
42 Counties throughout Southern, Central, & Eastern Arkansas |
Calvin King |
(870) 734-3005 |
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AZ |
University of Arizona |
Arizona, New Mexico |
Dr. Russell Tronstad |
(520) 621-2425 |
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AZ |
Developing Innovations in Navajo Education |
Counties in Arizona: Coconino, Navajo, Apache. Counties in New Mexico: San Juan, McKinley, Cibola |
Kyril Calsoyas |
(928) 714-9422 |
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LA |
Southern University Agricultural & Mechanical College |
Louisiana with special emphasis on parishes/census tracts identified as opportunity zones. |
Dawn Mellion-Patin, Zanetta Augustine |
(225) 771-3532 (225) 771-2591 |
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NM |
New Mexico State University |
Counties: Cibola, San Juan, McKinley Northern and Eastern Navajo Nation Agencies. Towns: Taos, Picuris, Okay Owingeh (San Juan), Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Pojoaque, Nambe, Tesuque, Chochiti, San Felipe, Kewa (Santo Domingo), Sandia, Santa Ana, Zia, Jemez, Isleta, Laguna, Acoma. |
Michael Patrick, R. Edmund Gomez |
(575) 646-5682 (505) 852-2668 |
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NM |
Hispanic-American Institute, Inc. |
47 contiguous municipalities in Central & Western Puerto Rico |
Bruce Young-Candelaria, Luis Valderrama |
(505) 385-8494 (787) 502-7436 |
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NM |
New Mexico Acequia Association |
Northern New Mexico |
Serafina Lombardi |
(505) 995-9644 |
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NM |
Taos County Economic Development Corporation |
Northern New Mexico |
Mercedes Rodriquez |
(575) 758-8731 |
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NM |
Indian Nations Conservation Alliance |
Arizona, Montana, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Nevada |
Delane Jeffery Atcitty |
(505) 252-5340 |
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NM |
Not Forgotten Outreach |
Toas County, New Mexico, United States |
Don Peters |
(575) 224-1503 |
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NM |
Issachar Calling |
San Juan County focusing on Navajo Nation Native American Reservation in Shiprock, New Mexico |
Anna Tyler |
(520) 250-4140 |
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OK |
Learning Center at Euchee Butterfly Farm |
Counties: Okfuskee, Hughes |
Jane Elliot Breckinridge |
(651) 343-8951 |
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OK |
Langston University |
Eastern, south-central, north-central, and western parts of Oklahoma |
Joshua Ringer, Dr. Vernon Jones |
(405) 466-610 |
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OK |
Oklahoma Assoc of Conservation Districts |
Counties: Caddo, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Muskogee, Wagoner, McIntosh, Creek |
Sarah Blaney |
(517) 763-8609 |
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TX |
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service |
Counties: Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Willacy. Southernmost part of Texas |
Samuel Zapata |
(956) 968-5585 (956) 968-5581 |
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TX |
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
36 persistent poverty counties in rural South Texas. 105-county region of Texas & New Mexico |
Aisha Cruz-Reyes, Carlos Lago-Silva |
(956) 298-0709 (956) 343-8435 |
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TX |
H.O.P.E. for Small Farm Sustainability |
Gulf Coastal Plains of Texas. Lower Rio Grande Valley, Harlingen. Counties along Mexican border & designated as USDA StrikeForce Counties |
Diana Garcia Padilla |
(956) 412-4916 |
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TX |
Prairie View A&M University |
East, Southeast, Central valley counties. Southeast Central Texas & Southern Texas (Valley) regions |
Dr. Clarence Bunch, Dr. Kesha Henry |
(936) 261-5117 (936) 261-5030 |
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TX |
Texas State University |
Texas, Central Texas |
Pratheesh Omana Sudhakaran, Dr. Ken Mix |
(512) 245-2130 (512) 245-6621 |
USDA Liaisons serve as a key representative of USDA in communities across America. USDA Liaisons advise and assist communities, students, faculty, universities and colleges, farmers, ranchers, foresters, and others on USDA programs and initiatives. USDA liaisons develop and maintain partnerships with key USDA stakeholders in order to enhance greater outreach between USDA stakeholders and USDA agencies, mission areas, and staff offices.
|
State |
USDA Liaison East Offices |
Contact |
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Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bryan J. Zulko, National Outreach Coordinator (Western) |
(202) 604-5976 |
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AR |
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff |
Belinda D. Bell |
(202) 510-6301 |
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OK |
Langston University |
Shalonda Guy |
(202) 536-6441 |
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TX |
Prairie View A&M University |
Horace D. Hodge |
(202) 302-4712 |
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TX |
University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley |
Ruby De La Garza |
(956) 665-7436 |