Today's most pressing issues cross state and world boundaries, requiring strong partnerships, focused investments and diverse perspectives from multiple disciplines.
Extension researchers and educators engage individuals and organizations in asking the challenging questions to discover science-based answers that make a difference.
Joleen Hadrich, a U of M Extension specialist and CFANS associate professor funded by the Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Tech Transfer program, is finding ways to to help dairy farmers create more profitable and sustainable operations.
Brigid Tuck, U of M Extension economics analyst, values diverse contributions to each region’s health. She studies everything from manufacturing to agriculture, but the niche industries, too. Need an example? How about the sport called curling?
Do you have an idea to improve the sustainability of your community? Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships (RSDP) boards are now accepting project ideas, with deadlines in February and March. Your regional RSDP executive director would love to discuss your idea with you.
For the last six years, Susan Lick, Extension Master Gardener volunteer, has been preparing the soil at the Grand Rapids YMCA vegetable garden with the help of some unusual workers: Inmates in the Itasca County Sheriff’s Department Sentence to Serve program. They get the garden ready for Lick to share with 50 Y childcare youth who plant and maintain it all summer.
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