Credits for the Spring 2023 issue of Source magazine.
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![Chef Emily stands in front of her brick oven, which has logs below it, holding out a very large pepperoni pizza.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Emily%20Knudsen%20Pleasant%20Grove%20Pizza%20Farm.jpeg?h=1dde08b6&itok=h_ekUkza)
Minnesota's showcase of rural innovation expands, yet has more potential for success.
Everyone can share in the anticipation of a tasty local nut crop
![Person pouring water into a testing machine.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Testing%20Water.jpg?h=2019dc2d&itok=Y4dPuNS4)
There are an estimated 980,000 privately owned wells in Minnesota. A new community-based approach to well water testing is gaining momentum, working to keep well-sourced drinking water safe for Minnesotans.
![Master Gardener Sally Jacobsen shows a group of children how to use a weaving loom.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Sally-Jacobsen-teaches-weaving.jpg?h=2b9607f0&itok=8N6wCOZ8)
Volunteers lead lessons on infusing fibers with plant dyes and journaling scientific observations.
![Smiling curly-haired boy shows off his green mustache. He is in a kitchen.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Liam%20Westbrock%20green%20smoothie.jpg?h=085c14ad&itok=pbi8aPkd)
Food and nutrition projects are growing, thanks to Extension’s judges, volunteers, donors and curious young minds.
![climate illustration shows all sorts of heat, flood, dry earth, lighting and rain](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Extreme-Weather-Collage-update.jpg?h=f975ad7e&itok=WKj8umow)
Equipped with communication skills and climate science knowledge, these Extension participants direct efforts toward communities.
![Woman leans over a table squeezing a tube in an aquarian filled with red dye while a small girl pumps from the other end to see how groundwater goes in and out of earth. Her big sister looks on.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/IMG-7961%20%281%29.jpg?h=8de28f43&itok=UgnTxrgK)
Improving how groundwater is understood makes initiatives to reduce contaminants and conserve natural resources more effective
With a variety of skills and experience, often hard-won through working for others, Latinos look for ways to lower barriers to ownership.
![teen boy and girl study in library and smile for camera. The girl rests her chin in her palm.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/teens%20studying%20homework.jpg?h=04fe3d99&itok=8ytRvG_7)
Extension helps separated and divorced parents keep their children’s needs at the center of their relationship.