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.
Milan is a tight-knit community with rich cultural diversity, an active art scene and a very special 4-H Club, the Milan Navigators. They are first-generation Americans, many whose families came from Micronesia beginning in 2000.
Many things draw a community together. In northern Minnesota communities, add carrots, beans and tomatoes to the list. In 2018, University of Minnesota Extension nutrition educators helped sponsor the One Vegetable, One Community program in 18 communities.
In 2015, the Minnesota Legislature approved the Agricultural Research, Education, Extension and Technology Transfer Program (AGREETT). Funding has been used to hire new faculty in University of Minnesota Extension. Melissa Wilson, soil scientist, is one of them.
Today nearly half of all Minnesota’s 65,000 4-H participants live in suburbs and cities, growing stronger right along with rural and tribal 4-H youth. All of them learn that there are many ways to be a Minnesotan, together in 4-H.
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