Extension educators help low-income Minnesotans find food security.
2019
Credits and contact information for Source magazine, Fall 2019 issue.
Erin Cortus is working with livestock farmers to build an understanding of the environmental footprint of operations and develops tool to help producers and communities make decisions.
Teenagers in 4-H enjoy all that Minnesota nature has to offer, even in the coldest of times.
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.
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.