With assistance from the Clean Energy Resource Teams, districts across Greater Minnesota are exploring how solar can save money on energy bills, demonstrate leadership in sustainability and provide educational opportunities to students.
How can community members across Greater Minnesota work collectively to ensure their towns are welcoming to all residents, regardless of their race, ethnicity, language or other characteristics? The new Creating a Welcoming Community toolkit shares ways to meaningfully and inclusively engage with immigrants, refugees and Black, Indigenous and people of color, so that all feel welcome.
Extension podcasts have become a routine yet engaging way to connect in Minnesota and beyond.
4-H reaches Minnesota youth in kindergarten through one year past high school. During the COVID-19 era, 4-H educators and volunteers have innovated to keep kids learning and growing.
Learn about how food shelves provide healthier options and a better overall experience when they connect with community partners and build relationships with Extension educators.
Extension’s groundwork in food safety for cottage food producers meant speedy response during COVID-19.
Antonio Alba Meraz, an Extension educator with the Latino Financial Literacy Program, has been helping to fill in the gaps for Minnesota’s Latino audiences.
Pigs without a market — and farm family children at home to feel the tension — made 2020 a difficult time.
Even young college students need opportunities to get involved. When the U of M Twin Cities campus became a certified Bee Campus, freshman Lillian Prybil got to represent students on the Bee Campus committee.
Read an analysis of the regional impacts of COVID-19 unemployment reports for Minnesota.
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