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Top 5 tips in keeping youth safe in virtual environments

Published on April 2, 2020
As youth spend more time engaging with others in virtual environments, parents and volunteers need to consider youth safety.
Options for controlling volunteer potatoes

Published on April 2, 2020
Volunteer potatoes can be hard to manage. Here are a few options for control and daughter tuber suppression.
John C wins the Russell B. DuVall Award!

Published on April 2, 2020
Congrats to MMG grad student John Chodkowski! He has been recognized as with the Russell B. DuVall MMG Award, which is given to honor a student who "shows exceptional motivation and capacity to achieve his educational and professional goals".
Vegetable growers: This could be the year for cover crops

Published on April 2, 2020
Reduced planting acres provides windows for a wide variety of beneficial cover crops.
FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Tribal Forests and Forest Carbon: Activity and Interest in North America

Published on April 1, 2020
Speaker Bryan Van Stippen of The National Indian Carbon Coalition (NICC) will present "Tribal Forests and Forest Carbon: Activity and Interest in North America"
COVID-19 in the Developing World: Can the Global Community Muster the Political Will to do What is Needed?

Published on April 1, 2020
FSG Co-Director and PRCI Director David Tschirley Speaks to the Unprecedented Nature of the Crisis and the Response Needed by the Global Community
Agriculture support labs still open for business, with modifications

Published on April 1, 2020
As the pandemic of COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by novel coronavirus, impacts farmers’ ability to get ready for planting season, labs and other support aids remain open with limitations.
Importance of positive parenting in times of crisis

Published on April 1, 2020
New research indicates parents’ financial concerns, worries and sadness are getting in the way of parenting during the novel coronavirus pandemic, the virus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
Forestry Graduate Student Spotlight – Clarice Esch

Published on April 1, 2020
Clarice Esch, PhD candidate works with soils in both Michigan and Hawai'i.
Feeling cooped up? Now may be an egg-cellent time to raise your own chickens

Published on April 1, 2020
Raising chickens for eggs and meat can be a rewarding activity while practicing social distancing.