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![teen boy and girl study in library and smile for camera. The girl rests her chin in her palm.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/teens%20studying%20homework.jpg?h=04fe3d99&itok=8ytRvG_7)
Extension helps separated and divorced parents keep their children’s needs at the center of their relationship.
![Fifth grade girl holds up an apple with a bite out of it in a classroom. She has a sticker over one eye that shows an apple and says "Crunch"](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/20221013_145550-01.jpeg?h=802b7287&itok=SkwHe-ZI)
From purple coleslaw to crabapples, farm-to-school efforts harvest benefits for all.
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SNAP-Ed celebrates 30 years.
![Dean Bev Durgan](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Durgan_Bev_126-edit.jpg?h=19bd71b1&itok=OkfNthCm)
The awards were presented Oct. 4-5 by Extension Dean Bev Durgan.
![Food shelf looks more like a grocery store with good lighting, cleanliness, wide aisles, colorful signage and carts](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Watanwon%20food%20shelf%20Beth%20Labenz.jpg?h=51be62aa&itok=aex6FQEx)
Community champions from Extension’s SNAP-Ed program and La Convivencia Hispana shared a vision for a more vibrant and inclusive food shelf.
Compassion fatigue (or compassion stress) can be referred to as the cost of caring and describes when someone experiences higher levels of stress because they care deeply, and the people and/or animals they are caring for are going through a highly stressful experience.
![Two girls making fruit pizza at home.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/kids-eat-fruit-pizza.jpg?h=bcbc5a82&itok=xFKNDaca)
Maria Conchita Paez-Sievert and Leticia Rodriguez are helping their community of Worthington learn healthy habits and prevent diabetes.