John Garlisch
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County Program Director/Ext. Ag. Agent (4H/Natural Resources), Bernalillo County Extension Office
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| Office Location | 1510 Menaul Ext. Blvd NW, Albq. NM 87107 |
| Office Phone | 505-243-1386 |
| Cell Phone | 505-750-1882 |
| FAX | 505-243-1545 |
| garlisch@nmsu.edu | |
| Associations | CES |
| Personal Bio | John is originally from rural Central Illinois where he grew up on a family farm. He was actively involved in 4-H representing Illinois at National Junior Horticulture Judging and at the National Club Congress. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he earned a BS in Horticulture (2002) and an MS in Agriculture Consumer Economics (2008). He served in various leadership capacities with the Hort Club, Collegiate 4-H, and Beta Sigma Psi (National Lutheran Fraternity), and he was a member of Pi Alpha Xi (Honorary Horticulture Fraternity) and Alpha Zeta (Honorary Agriculture Fraternity). During his schooling, he studied for a semester at Wageningen Agriculture University in the Netherlands and interned in Germany with the Deutsche Bauern Verband (German Farmer's Union) working at an arboretum and a rhododendron nursery. John joined the Bernalillo County staff in Spring 2010. He is working with 4-H youth, assisting local farmers with business and production planning, facilitating agricultural educational programs and outdoor classroom projects with area schools, and answering questions from the public concerning the identification of plants and their culture, production, diseases, and pests. |
| Education | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.S. in Horticulture 2002 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign M.S. in Agriculture and Consumer Economics 2008 |
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