Minnesota rural grocery stores are finding ways to adapt such as by strengthening connections to the local food system. Learn key findings from Extension RSDP's latest statewide survey.
2020
How are partners in the Northwest region working to advance sustainability? We spoke with Sharon James to learn more about her work at 4-Directions Development and how entrepreneurship, food sovereignty and partnership are core ways the Red Lake Nation is strengthening its local economy and community.
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.
As the invasive emerald ash borer threatens and kills ash trees across Minnesota, finding sustainable uses for wood from these trees can be difficult. A creative parklet project in downtown Rochester is showing how communities can think outside the box to repurpose ash wood and address this challenge.
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.
The fall 2020 letter from Dean Bev Durgan.
Publication credits for the Fall 2020 edition of Source.
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.
Extension’s groundwork in food safety for cottage food producers meant speedy response during COVID-19.