Demo Article Listing - One Column Vertical

Considering a job or career in formal or informal education? – Part 1

Published on January 25, 2021
Michigan After-School Partnership and MSU Extension are working together to inform and support new and needed opportunities.
New book: Lands of the Future

Published on January 22, 2021
LANDS OF THE FUTURE Anthropological Perspectives on Pastoralism, Land Deals and Tropes of Modernity in Eastern Africa
Consumers desire local dairy products

Published on January 22, 2021
If you bottle it, make it, or package it, will they come? New research indicates a demand and willingness to pay extra for locally produced, high-quality dairy products.
Being prepared for a farm crisis

Published on January 22, 2021
Crisis planning is about looking ahead at the potential for events that could seriously disrupt your business. This time of year is a good time to develop a plan and access the resources available to help you.
Persevering Through the Pandemic

Published on January 22, 2021
Joy Johnson was able to continue her hands-on horticulture education with an summer internship in 2020 and then awarded the 2021 GPN/Nexus Intern of the Year.
Be a smart gardener and protect lakes, streams and wetlands

Published on January 22, 2021
Check out our new Smart Gardening for Shorelands tip sheets to learn how you can landscape with water quality in mind.
Should we be feeding transition milk to dairy heifer calves?

Published on January 22, 2021
New research from Michigan State University provides insight into the impacts of providing transition milk to calves early in life.
Extension Master Gardeners receive recognition for many hours of volunteering in Upper Peninsula communities

Published on January 22, 2021
Extension Master Gardeners contributed over 1,000 volunteer hours in 2020 amounting to nearly $29,000 to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula communities.
10 Cents a Meal Grants Awarded to 138 Statewide Applicants

Published on January 21, 2021
138 Michigan schools, school districts, and early childhood centers serving over 406,000 children have been awarded grants from the 10 Cents a Meal program to improve daily nutrition and eating habits for children.
Cultivating student leadership through farm to school in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Published on January 21, 2021
A collaboration between community partners and MSU will build from existing farm to school partnerships and develop high school student leadership.
Food bank gardening with surprising yields

Published on January 21, 2021
Kalamazoo County’s Giving Garden provides fresh produce to the food-insecure population.
Many circumstances during 2020 affected Michigan’s commercial fishing industry

Published on January 20, 2021
Pandemic and restaurant closures, fishing regulations and legislation among challenges faced.
AFRE senior learns the business side of the dairy industry

Published on January 20, 2021
Agribusiness management student Lynn Olthof builds on her experiences from her grandparents’ dairy farm, 4-H and FFA.
Imagine Michigan Household Faucets Never Running Dry

Published on January 19, 2021
Imagine our community water systems providing sustainable and continuous access to affordable and clean drinking water for their service area population. We will examine institutions, rules, and processes that govern community drinking water systems.
MSU Economists Develop New Agricultural Policy Research Institute in Malawi

Published on January 19, 2021
Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (AFRE) faculty, Dr. Thomas Jayne and Dr. Milu Muyanga have led the development of a new policy research institute.
Meet our Staff and Volunteers January 2021

Published on January 19, 2021
Meet our Staff and Volunteers January 2021
MSU researchers investigate changes in the composition and structure of western forests

Published on January 19, 2021
Forestry doctoral student Hunter Stanke is leading a team of researchers investigating how forests of the western United States have changed in response to recent shifts in disturbance regimes, climate and other environmental drivers.
FCWG Membership Knowledge Transfer Special Session: Biochar

Published on January 18, 2021
This is a special knowledge sharing session for the FCWG membership on opportunities and barriers to scaling up biochar production and utilization for climate adaptation and mitigation.
FCWG Membership Knowledge Transfer Special Session: Forest Product LCAs

Published on January 18, 2021
This is a special knowledge sharing session for the FCWG membership on Life-cycle Analysis (LCA) of forest products and their use.
Breastfeeding: Milk expression

Published on January 18, 2021
Breastfeeding can be wonderful, once you learn what works for you and your baby.