University of Minnesota Extension 4-H educator Nicole Pokorney is a champion of outdoor adventures. Pokorney provides leadership for several 4-H outdoor adventure programs: a 4-H hiking club in Fillmore County, and the 4-H Outdoor Wilderness Leadership (OWLS) program for teens statewide.
Master Naturalists make a difference by volunteering for nonprofits, state agencies, nature centers and University research programs. One project they are working on is researching native mussels.
Extension serves low-income audiences in Minnesota towns throught wo federally funded programs: Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed).
In April, Dean Bev Durgan formed the Extension Rural Stress Task Force to work with Greater Minnesota to address challenges faced by farmers and their communities.
In a tough year for crops, Minnesota farmers are turning to cover crops with the help of Extension educators.
CJ Holl of Wells, Minn., makes award-winning smoked nuts that he sells online and in stores throughout southern Minnesota. He’s also a city administrator there, and has worked with University of Minnesota Extension to help keep all businesses strong.
“We want the focus to be on the 235,000 people buried here and their families,” says Trevor Blake, assistant gardener at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Blake took the Master Gardener core course taught by U of M Extension in order to better understand challenges facing the 436-acre resting place for U.S. military veterans.
Karen Terry, Extension water resources educator, talks to Brian Whittemore of ICTV and Itasca Waters about how you can best maintain and protect the habitat surrounding your shoreline.
What you don't know about pumpkins may surprise you.
This fall, identify and remove noxious and invasive plant species on your property.
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