The Fort Bend County Office of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Cooperative Extension Program (CEP) educates Texans in all areas of agriculture, youth & adult life skills, human capital & leadership, and community economic development.
Extension offers the knowledge resources of both Texas A&M and Prairie View A&M Universities to educate Texans for self-improvement, individual action, and community problem solving. We are part of a statewide educational network and a member of the Texas A&M University System linked in a unique partnership with the nationwide Cooperative Extension System and Fort Bend County Commissioners’ Court.
Extension values and promotes principles of citizen & community involvement, scientifically based education, lifelong learning, and volunteerism.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office provides access to all citizens and works cooperatively with other Texas A&M System agencies and a host of governmental and external organizations to achieve our goal of educating the citizens of Fort Bend County in every subject matter possible.
Extension offers Fort Bend County residents information and education through a variety of opportunities such as:
- Publications on a wide variety of useful topics
- Workshops, seminars and exhibits
- Individual consultation
- Volunteer training and opportunities
- Community coalition building for problem solving
- Information on the web site
The members of Texas A&M AgriLife will provide equal opportunities in programs, activities, education, and employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, sex, (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating
The Cooperative Extension Program of Fort Bend County does not discriminate against anyone regardless of their race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity.
The final TCFF report is available! To get more information visit HERE. The Texas Community Futures Forum (TCFF) conducted in Fort Bend County provides guidance for Extension programming efforts in the next 3 to 5 years. We are well-poised to address most issues, however some issues we can only support while more appropriate organizations take the lead. We are here to serve Fort Bend County with innovative solutions at the intersection of agriculture, natural resources, youth and health, thereby improving the well-being of individuals, families, businesses and communities through education and service. We are committed to helping Texans thrive. We are moving forward with purpose.