• Winter on the Farm and the Mystery of Energy

    Join us for this interactive school and community program at MSU Tollgate Farm in Novi, Michigan as we explore the questions: How are heat and light energy conserved, transferred, and used in times of cold? How do living organisms on the farm stay warm when it’s so cold outside?

  • Plants and Their Partners: Plants and Pollination Structure and Function

    Join us for this interactive school and community program at MSU Tollgate Farm in Novi, Michigan as we explore the question: How do plants depend on their parts and on other living things to help them survive?

  • Spring into Farming: Follow Nutrient Trail

    Join us for this interactive school and community program at MSU Tollgate Farm in Novi, Michigan as we explore the question: How are all the creatures and plants on the farm connected?

  • Plants and Their Parents: Heredity and Traits

    Join us for this interactive school and community program at MSU Tollgate Farm in Novi, Michigan as we explore the questions: How are plants and animals alike and different from their parents? What do plants and animals need to survive?

  • From Sheep to Sweater

    Join us for this interactive school and community program at MSU Tollgate Farm in Novi, Michigan as we explore the questions: How does wool keep us warm? Why have humans chosen wool as an effective fiber for producing sweaters?

  • Embryology

    Join us for this interactive school and community program at MSU Tollgate Farm in Novi, Michigan as we explore the question: How does a chicken grow from an egg to a chick to a chicken? How does the life of the egg, chick, and chicken develop?

  • The Story of Maple

    Join us for this interactive school and community program at MSU Tollgate Farm in Novi, Michigan as we explore the question: How does maple sap become maple syrup?

  • Business Development

    MSU Extension and the MSU Product Center—Food Ag Bio focus on assisting entrepreneurs who develop and commercialize high-value, consumer-responsive products and businesses.

  • Entrepreneurship

    Fostering entrepreneurship and community support are key strategies for creating jobs and transforming the state’s economy and global presence. MSU Extension addresses entrepreneurship from both a community and individual perspective.

  • Conflict Resolution

    MSU Extension offers hands-on educational opportunities that help people build the skills needed to manage a range of potential conflict situations—from one-one-one interactions to large public meetings with a possible wide array of conflicting viewpoints.

  • MI Money Health

    MSU Extension provides resources and education on money management, foreclosure prevention, buying your own home, retirement planning and more to help you and your family be more financially healthy.

  • Public Policy

    Through education of newly elected and incumbent officials, MSU Extension helps Michigan’s 1,858 municipalities, 14 multi-county regions, 12 federally recognized tribal nations and state agencies with information that informs public policy decision-making.

  • Fiscal Management

    MSU Extension works to provide training to local elected leaders in Michigan’s 1,858 townships, villages, cities and counties; 608 school districts, 456 special purpose authorities, 14 multi-county regions, and 12 federally recognized tribal nations.

  • New Commissioner School

    Teaches county commissioner roles and responsibilities and the structure of county government; Explore the basics of county finance; Learn best practices for leading and participating in public meetings; Network with other elected officials.

  • Michigan FoodCorps

    Making schools healthier places for kids to eat, learn and grow.

  • Land Use Education Services

    MSU Extension Land Use Educators offer a broad variety of training courses and presentations on topics related to local planning and zoning tools and techniques, land use and environmental issues, local government, leadership development and more.

  • Money Management

    This unbiased education presents best practices to help people at any stage in their financial lives. Topics include Making Money Decisions, Creating and Managing a Spending Plan, the Importance of Saving and Investing, and Credit/Debt Management.

  • MSU Extension Citizen Planner Program

    Land use education and training to locally appointed and elected planning officials throughout Michigan. Teaches the fundamentals on roles, responsibilities and best practices for planning and zoning in Michigan.

  • Government

    Through education of newly elected and incumbent officials, MSU Extension helps ground Michigan’s 1,858 municipalities and 12 federally recognized tribal nations with trusted information that helps in sound governance.

  • Facilitation

    A facilitator is someone who helps a group of people understand common objectives and assists in planning and achieving objectives without taking a position in the discussion. Facilitators can help those groups come to a consensus on their best ideas.