Extension news and highlights

Car-sharing programs incorporating EVs are typically found in warmer climates, but research supported by the Northwest RSDP suggests such a program could also work in northern Minnesota, providing a sustainable option for those who lack transportation access.

Minnesota’s small and medium-sized livestock producers lacked access to meat processing even before the pandemic, and COVID-19 magnified the issue. RSDP and partners are working on sustainable solutions.

Opioids continue to be the driving cause of drug overdose deaths. For the past three years, University of Minnesota Extension and the College of Pharmacy have led work on community-based solutions to the opioid crisis in rural Minnesota.

It is finally time to cover your strawberries for winter. Before snow covers the ground, cover your strawberry patch with 2 to 3 inches of straw or leaf mulch.

Questions that go beyond a yes and no response make conversations pop. Learn about the "what, so what, now what" questioning approach to better engage with others.

Leaders from each of the five RSDP regions share lessons learned on how communities across Greater Minnesota have adapted and demonstrated resilience, giving them hope for the future.

If you want to start a bee lawn, November is a good time of year for that task.

Conversations attract tribal economic development professionals, entrepreneurs, tribal college leaders and small-business service providers.

Extension’s employees, participants, volunteers and friends all have been supportive as changes have been made, often on short notice, in response to COVID-19 and its associated issues. This edition of Source includes many stories about Extension’s impact in recent months.

Shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic, Extension and partners conducted research focus groups with 37 directors, staff and clients for five rural food shelves to learn what makes the efforts successful and what barriers still exist.