Publication credits for the Spring 2021 edition of Source.
Source
![Natalia Díaz portrait outdoors in town](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Natalia%20Diaz%202.jpeg?h=e5998496&itok=x39vL8my)
Over the course of four weeks of mentorship by an Extension educator, young professionals from around the Americas sharpen their business skills, build upon their intercultural competencies and develop their professional networks.
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A 4-H’er from Scandia is the youngest of six winners in the Star Tribune’s annual garden contest.
![Three female community leaders talking outside.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Northfield-community-leaders.jpg?h=4ecf5194&itok=BTLbx8W5)
Extension’s programs, from Grand Marais to Mankato, use education, mentoring, assessments and a variety of other tools to help communities envision a future full of engaged and happy workers and leaders.
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Extension research shows that the most successful farm businesses are run by operators who keep up with farm management education, work together on record-keeping, and keep an eye to the future in their marketing.
![Illustration of 4-H educator presenting online learning about plants](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/potato-vine-illustration.jpg?h=3329d969&itok=Z0zVk71X)
University of Minnesota Extension brings plant science to youth wherever they live, while keeping it hands-on.
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Because the rusty patched bumble bee is so uncommon, researchers haven’t been able to observe nesting behaviors for over 25 years. But that has begun to change.
![Portrait of Heidi Roop](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/heidi-roop.jpg?h=499f1f64&itok=HhMKWTLv)
Heidi Roop brings her expertise from studying climate change to the University of Minnesota, plugging into and building on a rich foundation of climate change work.
Driven, the University of Minnesota’s decade-long fundraising campaign, is coming to a close in a few months. Donors’ investments have provided new funding that will help strengthen the impact of programs across Extension.
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From nutrition programs, to youth and families, to agriculture and leadership, participants in University of Minnesota Extension education find strategies that bring them to their own optimum state of mental health.