Mission:

While honoring the Fa’a-Samoa (the Samoan Way), we will serve American Samoa’s diverse community by providing research, extension, and educational programs in agriculture, natural resources and wellness to enhance the quality of life and preserve our fragile ecosystem. In 1972, ASCC was designated as a Land Grant College as a result of an amendment to the Morrill-Nelson Act of 1862. In 1981, the ASCC Land Grant Program started serving the people of American Samoa in the areas of agriculture, family and consumer sciences, 4-H Youth Development, and Forestry. The three major components of ACNR are Research, Extension, and Education/Instruction.