Health & Nutrition Programming

  • A Matter of Balance

    Falling doesn't have to be a part of aging. A Matter of Balance is an award-winning program designed to manage falls and increase activity levels.

  • Commercial Food Safety

    Food safety is critical for food producers, processors, distributors and restaurateurs to produce safe and wholesome food. MSU Extension offers several resources, trainings and certifications related to food safety for individuals in the food industry.

  • Cooking for Crowds

    Cooking for Crowds is a workshop for nonprofit groups that prepare food for fundraisers. Participants will learn how to prevent unsafe conditions that may cause foodborne illness when planning, purchasing, storing, preparing and serving food.

  • Cooking Matters

    Cooking Matters is a nutrition program where participants learn how to eat healthy, cook and grocery shop on a limited budget. This program is offered in the community for adults, families, and childcare providers.

  • Cottage Food Law

    Michigan adopted the Cottage Food Law in 2010, providing guidelines for individuals to prepare non-potentially hazardous foods in a home kitchen. Only certain foods can be prepared and sold directly to the consumer without a license under this law.

  • Dining With Diabetes

    Dining With Diabetes is a five-session series conducted by MSU Extension and community health partners. Participants have the opportunity to explore and taste foods prepared from diabetes-friendly recipes.

  • Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

    Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program news, programming and other resources from MSU Extension.

  • Extension Health Research

    Health Extension includes research, education, programming and interventions delivered by Cooperative Extension. This authentic land-grant university outreach and community engagement enhances community-based healthcare and public health interventions.

  • Falls Prevention

    Falling doesn't have to be a natural part of aging. MSU Extension’s falls prevention programs — A Matter of Balance and Tai Chi for Arthritis and Falls Prevention — can help you exercise and reduce the fear of falling.

  • Fight Lead Exposure

    Here you can find a range of resources and information that can help you and your family understand the issue of lead exposure as well as programs that focus on healthy eating and early childhood education.

  • Food Safety Training for Food Service Workers

    Food Safety Training for Food Service Workers news, programming and other resources from MSU Extension.

  • Home Food Preservation

    This low-cost online course is designed to increase knowledge and confidence in water bath and pressure canning, freezing, pickling and dehydrating techniques.

  • Making Healthy Choices

    MSU Extension's Making Healthy Choices newsletters and videos can help you make healthy choices that fit into your lifestyle.

  • Managing Farm Stress

    MSU Extension's farm stress management resources, news, programs, and more.

  • Michigan Fresh

    Michigan Fresh helps you find tips on growing, handling and preserving as well as healthful recipes to take advantage of the delicious Michigan-grown bounty from your backyard or your local farmer's market.

  • Parenting Education Classes

    Research-based parenting education programs that provide information on child development from infancy through the teen years, including ways to nurture attachment, support growth and use positive discipline.

  • PATH

    PATH (Personal Action Toward Health) is a six-week workshop designed to support individuals who face daily challenges of living with chronic conditions.

  • Peak Health and Performance

    Peak Health and Performance is a program designed to provide young athletes with sound nutrition education, so they can improve their athletic performance as well as their overall health.

  • Positive Discipline

    These workshops are designed to help adults learn how they can create appropriate environments and experiences to strengthen the development of discipline and self-control in young children.

  • RELAX: Alternatives to Anger

    Alternatives to Anger helps adults understand and manage anger and stress, and develop the communication and problem solving skills needed for healthy relationships.

  • Safe Food = Healthy Kids

    Safe Food = Healthy Kids is an interactive workshop designed for child care providers. Learn what the best practices are for food safety to help keep kids safe.

  • ServSafe

    MSU Extension has instructors in your local communities trained to deliver ServSafe, a national food and beverage safety training and certificate program.

  • Show Me Nutrition

    Show Me Nutrition is an educational program for pre-K through eighth-grade youth that promotes healthy eating, positive body image, physical activity and food safety.

  • SNAP-Ed

    For 30 years, SNAP-Ed helped people build healthy eating habits and be more active on a limited budget. Following a federal decision to end funding, the program was discontinued after July 4, 2025.

  • Tai Chi for Arthritis and Falls Prevention

    Tai Chi for Arthritis and Falls Prevention combines slow movement, deep breathing, and focused intention to help people improve strength, balance and posture while helping prevent falls.

  • Today's Mom

    Today’s Mom aims to improve the dietary and physical activity habits of moms-to-be in ways that are sustainable before, during and after pregnancy.

Community, Food & Environment Programming

  • Communicating Through Conflict

    Communicating Through Conflict workshops provide participants with tools and techniques to handle heated situations and interpersonal conflict more effectively.

  • Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities

    A small-town conference for small towns in a small town. In 2026, the communities of Newaygo and Fremont will host CEC on May 28-29; register today!

  • Conservation Stewards Program

    Registration for the 2026 Conservation Stewards Program will open in late May. Sign up for the CSP email list to be among the first to know when registration opens.

  • Current Issues Affecting Michigan Local Governments Webinar Series

    A free bi-monthly webinar series covering issues affecting local governments in Michigan.

  • Eyes on the Forest

    Linking research, outreach and communication activities to create a network of volunteer “citizen scientists” who select and monitor healthy trees, across the state, and help identify future outbreaks of invasive pests.

  • First Impressions Tourism Assessment

    A comprehensive community assessment conducted by unannounced visitors in a host community Overall, First Impressions Tourism (FIT) helps communities learn about their strengths and weaknesses through the eyes of first-time visitors.

  • Fiscally Ready Communities

    MSU Extension and the Michigan Department of Treasury are providing a joint training on best practices for fiscal and operational planning for Michigan communities.

  • Home Buyer Education

    As a HUD certified counseling agency, MSU Extension helps potential, current and future home buyers/renters to understand the complex home buyer/renter process and learn the true costs of responsible homeownership.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Michigan ArtShare

    ArtShare believes in Michigan’s creative talent and works to promote ways to keep artists working throughout Michigan.

  • Michigan Fresh

    Michigan Fresh helps you find tips on growing, handling and preserving as well as healthful recipes to take advantage of the delicious Michigan-grown bounty from your backyard or your local farmer's market.

  • Michigan Lake & Stream Leaders Institute

    An intensive, multi-session statewide leadership development program, held biennially. Participants develop their technical and people skills in an atmosphere of openness, trust, friendship and camaraderie.

  • Michigan MarketMaker

    Connecting willing markets and quality sources of food from farm and fisheries to fork.

  • Michigan Sea Grant

    Michigan Sea Grant helps to foster economic growth and protect Michigan’s coastal, Great Lakes resources through education, research and outreach.

  • Michigan Wood Energy

    The Michigan Wood Energy Team promotes analysis, dialog, understanding, and deployment of wood energy systems in Michigan. Email questions or comments to miwoodenergy@anr.msu.edu.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • PFAS Contamination in Agriculture

    MSU Extension and statewide partners are working together to support agricultural producers and communities impacted by PFAS contamination. PFAS are a class of chemicals widely used in fire retardants, consumer products, and some manufacturing facilities.

  • Product Center

    The MSU Product Center can help you develop and commercialize high-value products and businesses in the food, agricultural and natural resource sectors.

  • Real Colors Personality Instrument

    A user-friendly, practical way for participants to better understand their own personalities and the most important traits. Participants learn skills that allow them to better communicate their thoughts and ideas to clients, friends and family.

  • Septic System Education

    Septic System Education news, programming and other resources from MSU Extension.

  • Tools for Effective Facilitation

    Tools for Effective Facilitation (formerly Facilitative Leadership) can help build the capacity of groups or organizations to use the collective talents of its members to coordinate actions, strengthen relationships, and enable the group to meet its goals.

  • Water School

    Michigan Water School is an online video series program to help elected and appointed officials increase their knowledge about water management and gain access to tools and resources to help impact their local economy.

  • Working with Groups in Conflict

    Tools for Effective Facilitation (formerly Advanced Facilitative Leadership) is an experiential workshop focused on deepening and enhancing facilitation skills geared toward those who facilitate groups around “high-heat” issues.

  • Zoning Administrator Certificate Program

    Teaches zoning administration techniques in ways that reduce legal risks to the zoning administrator and their community.