Extension’s programs, from Grand Marais to Mankato, use education, mentoring, assessments and a variety of other tools to help communities envision a future full of engaged and happy workers and leaders.
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Extension research shows that the most successful farm businesses are run by operators who keep up with farm management education, work together on record-keeping, and keep an eye to the future in their marketing.
University of Minnesota Extension brings plant science to youth wherever they live, while keeping it hands-on.
Because the rusty patched bumble bee is so uncommon, researchers haven’t been able to observe nesting behaviors for over 25 years. But that has begun to change.
Heidi Roop brings her expertise from studying climate change to the University of Minnesota, plugging into and building on a rich foundation of climate change work.
Driven, the University of Minnesota’s decade-long fundraising campaign, is coming to a close in a few months. Donors’ investments have provided new funding that will help strengthen the impact of programs across Extension.
From nutrition programs, to youth and families, to agriculture and leadership, participants in University of Minnesota Extension education find strategies that bring them to their own optimum state of mental health.
University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener volunteers help elders and people with memory disorders — and their caregivers.
As part of its solar winter greenhouse initiative, RSDP and community partners recently released new farm-scale winter greenhouse designs that build and improve upon the success of the program’s deep winter greenhouse technology.
U of M student Kate Stower knew she wanted to carve out a path to support small towns in her graduate program. This led her to working with 100 Rural Women and Northwest RSDP in a community-engaged project supporting women’s leadership in rural areas and small towns across the state.