GOAL 1
Through research and education, empower the agricultural system with knowledge that will improve competitiveness in domestic production, processing, and marketing.

	Operating Agri-Food Systems for Profitability and Sustainability
	Value Added Forest Products: Wood and Non-Wood
	Agricultural Productivity and Efficiency
	Improving Animal Health
	Animal Waste and Nutrient Management
	Forces of Change - Improving Public Understanding of the Food, Fiber, and Forest Products System
	Effective and Efficient Use of Technology

GOAL 2
To ensure an adequate food and fiber supply and food safety through improved science based detection, surveillance, prevention, and education.

	A Systems Approach to Food Safety

GOAL 3
Through research and education on nutrition and development of more nutritious foods, enable people to make health-promoting choices.

	Diet, Nutrition and Health

GOAL 4
Enhance the quality of the environment through better understanding of and building on agriculture's and forestry's complex links with soil, water, air, and biotic resources.

	Management of Land Resources and Wastes
	Watershed Management and Water Quality
	Soil Management to Protect and Enhance the Environment
	Sustaining Pennsylvania Forests
	Wildlife and Fisheries Management and Sustainability

GOAL 5
Empower people and communities, through research-based information and education, to address the economic and social challenges facing our youth, families, and communities.

	Strengthen and Support Family Well-being
	Management of Individual and Family Rescues
	Workforce Preparation
	Youth Development
	Building Leadership Capacity
	Volunteer Management and Development of Volunteer Skills
	Community Capacity Building and Decisionmaking
	Income and Business Generation and Enhancement
	Healthy People/Healthy Communities
	Urban and Community Forestry
	Home Horticulture/Consumer Horticulture

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