Source

Credits and contact information for Source magazine, Spring 2019 issue.

Cora Rost was one of 7,400 Minnesota youth who studied photography through 4-H last year.

2,400 Extension Master Gardeners volunteer across Minnesota, but like a caterpillar morphing into a butterfly, it’s a process to become one. Master Gardeners bring a lot of experience with them and are hungry for more.

More than 23,000 youth participate in University of Minnesota Extension’s 4-H creative and performing arts experiences across Minnesota each year. Performing arts programs in particular build confidence, leadership skills and friendships that last a lifetime.

University of Minnesota Extension helps Minnesota’s child care providers make meals and snack time yummy, nutritious and affordable

When University of Minnesota Extension was founded in 1909, Extension educators were often immigrants or children of immigrants themselves. They shared farmed techniques that worked for Minnesota’s soil, climate and farm-family needs.

There is no reason to believe the next 50 years will be less dramatic for the dairy industry than the past 50 years. The pace of change is high in consumer demands, climate, genetics, robotics and other technology.

If you notice your lake or pond smells swampy and looks like pea soup this summer, it may be from an algal bloom.

In 2015, Minnesota lawmakers approved legislation that created the Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Tech Transfer program (AGREETT). With AGREETT funding, in 2017 Extension hired Jared Goplen, a University of Minnesota Extension crops educator based in Morris.