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A teen girl standing next to her cream and brown colored llama outside at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.

Minnesota State Fair 4-H llama exhibitors Lucy O. and Leighton P. found more than books at their local library; they discovered the 4-H llama-alpaca project and haven’t looked back.

Adult minute pirate bug on a flower.

What are these tiny, biting bugs? Why are there so many this year? And what can be done about them?

 Laura Wangsness Willemsen and Musa Kamaika Meng’arana at Oxford.

A Fulbright scholar and global engagement researcher, Laura Wangsness Willemsen has spent over 30 years bridging Minnesota and the global community.

Winifred Sylvah pulls a box labeled 'tomatoes' out of her car trunk.

Before Winifred Sylvah delivers produce to schools, she carefully follows her food safety plan, informed by training from University of Minnesota Extension.

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