The Haywood County office of North Carolina Cooperative Extension is an educational partnership between North Carolina State University, North Carolina A and T State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Haywood County. Cooperative Extension provides community-based programs in five program areas:
- Building Quality Communities
- Conserving and Improving the Environment and Natural Resources
- Developing Responsible Youth
- Enhancing Agriculture, Forest and Food Systems
- Strengthening and Sustaining Families