Extension news and highlights

Keep yourself busy this winter by taking part in our weekly nature activity challenge. This week's activity shows you how to encourage birds to visit your yard.

Physical activity, especially outside, is a key factor in youth health and wellbeing. Minnesota 4-H offers youth of all ages a variety of opportunities to explore and develop healthy living practices outdoors.

Extension has released a five-year analysis of Minnesota farmland rental rates, indicating small drops in rental prices in most parts of the state.

Latino-owned businesses in Minnesota deal with added disparities in their access to state and federal COVID-19 relief programs. 

Here are a few easy-to-keep resolutions that are sure to help you keep your garden growing in 2021.

Youth of all ages can benefit from experiences that build healthy living practices. 4-H programs offer a variety of options for youth to be mindful with their food, feelings and relationships.

Changing temperatures and sporadic growing seasons threaten the iconic landscapes of the Northwoods, but a new market of climate-smart tree seedlings and research from a project supported by Northeast RSDP are helping the region’s forests and economy adapt.

A recent multilingual project led by Cooperativa Agua Gorda and supported by Central RSDP is connecting the immigrant-owned, organic produce farm in Long Prairie to new markets and University of Minnesota resources.

4-H youth pledge to keep fellow Minnesotans warm this winter.

Congress passed a new COVID-19 relief bill as part of a larger end-of-year federal appropriations bill. It was signed into law Dec. 28.