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Missouri 4-H

Engaging youth as valued, contributing members of their communities in partnership with caring adults.

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Research-based programs and tips on nutrition, recipes, food safety, food preservation, exercise and health.

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Research-based programs and tips on housing, parenting, relationships, divorce, senior living and personal finance.

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Diabetes Self-Management - Zoom Session

Event date: May 27, 2020 - July 1, 2020

The Diabetes Self-Management program is comprised of weekly 2 hour sessions for six weeks, in community settings such as churches, community centers, libraries and hospitals.Cost: FreeContact: Brandi Sutherland, sutherlandb@umsystem.edu, ...

May 27-July 15 Taking Care of You - Zoom Session

Event date: May 27, 2020 - July 15, 2020

Presented by Liz Harrison, County Engagement Specialist in Nutrition and Health Education, Howard County and Tina Edholm, Field Specialist in Human Development and Family Science“Taking Care of You” is a multi-session program offering practical ...

Lunch and Learn: Healthy Living for Brain & Body (Alzheimer's Association) - Zoom Session

Event date: May 28, 2020

Event time: | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

We've known that the health of the brain and the body are connected. But now, science is able to provide insights into how to make lifestyle choices that may help you keep your brain and body healthy as you age. Join us to learn about research in the ...

Boosting the Immune System - Zoom Session

Event date: May 28, 2020

Event time: | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

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Teach children farm safety

Published: Thursday, May 14, 2020

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Agriculture-related incidents injure 33 children every day, and every three days a child dies from one, says University of Missouri Extension safety and health specialist Karen Funkenbusch.“Protecting our future generation needs ...

Helping Missourians cope with COVID-19 and beyond

Published: Thursday, May 14, 2020

Some mental health professionals predict that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will reverberate for years to come — a concern that has prompted clinicians across the University of Missouri System to adapt quickly to serve already vulnerable ...

MU Extension offers free financial health webinar series

Published: Thursday, May 14, 2020

COLUMBIA, Mo. – If you missed the first session of the University of Missouri’s free webinar series on financial health, registration is still open for the May 15 and May 29 sessions. “Your Financial Health in the COVID-19 Era” is available ...

Podcast offers relationship advice during social distancing

Published: Thursday, May 14, 2020

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Coronavirus has changed our lives one way or another, including our ability to have and maintain relationships during social distancing. A podcast on “Managing Relationships While Social Distancing” features a panel of four ...

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MyPlate Food Poster

Publication date: March 15, 2020

$33.59

This 24- by 36-inch, four-color poster includes the MyPlate graphic released by the United States Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services in June of 2011 to promote healthy food choices. At the bottom of the poster, images of the ...

Preserve It Fresh, Preserve It Safe: January/February 2020

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2020

GoulashRemember when goulash was the go-to dish for families? It’s popular again – many social media posts reminisce about moms, grandmas and school cooks who served traditional goulash. If you’re considering home canning your own, here is a ...

E3A Micro-hydro: Regulations

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2019

This guide is one in the Exploring Energy Efficiency and Alternatives (E3A): Micro-hydropower for the Home, Farm or Ranch series. Water use is often a contentious issue. Relative to other renewable energy technologies, micro-hydro faces heavy ...

E3A Micro-hydro: Site Assessment

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2019

This guide is one in the Exploring Energy Efficiency and Alternatives (E3A): Micro-hydropower for the Home, Farm or Ranch series. Missouri residents are fortunate to possess two important pieces of a viable hydropower resource: water and elevation. ...

E3A Micro-hydro: Understanding Micro-hydro

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2019

This guide is one in the Exploring Energy Efficiency and Alternatives (E3A): Micro-hydropower for the Home, Farm or Ranch series. Micro-hydro involves a large range of system sizes, from a 50-watt system powering an electric fence to a 100-kW system ...

E3A Biodiesel: Economics

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2019

This guide is one in the Exploring Energy Efficiency and Alternatives (E3A): Biodiesel Applications for the Home, Farm or Ranch series. Biodiesel may be derived from oilseed feedstock, known as virgin oil, or recycled vegetable oil. When feedstock is ...

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Tackling the Tough Skills Training 2020

online $0.00

Tackling the Tough Skills is a self-paced course designed with you in mind. This course is about where you've been, what you've learned from experiences, and how to use this information to build a better life. Explore topics that will help you ...

Performance Nutrition-2020

online $30.00

This is a six-module series designed to give you the knowledge you need about performance nutrition and why it is so important for athletic performance. In this course, we will discuss the topics of: hydration: how much to drink and when; ...

Food Preservation-2020

online $30.00

This self-paced course provides research based information needed to safely and successfully preserve food at home. Participants of all levels of food preservation experience are welcome, including individuals with little or no previous food ...

Family Style Meals in Child Care-2019

online $20.00

Family Style Meals in Child Care is a 2-hour, self-paced course that focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to make meals and snacks an enjoyable part of the day. The class combines brief lecture segments with photos and videos of effective ...

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eXtension Climate, Forests and Woodlands

The Climate, Forests and Woodlands eXtension Community of Practice (CoP) focuses on keeping forests sustainable on private and public lands, and providing information to private owners of forested land and the extension professionals who serve them.

Missouri Consulting Foresters Association

MCFA is an organization of professionally trained foresters that provide competent forest management advice or assistance to landowners. Each member is self-employed and offers services on a fee or contract basis.

Missouri Department of Conservation

To protect and manage the fish, forest, and wildlife resources of the state. MDC has resource foresters available to help landowners manage their woodlands. Their availability depends on demand for landowner assistance in your area.

Missouri Forest Management Guidelines

This Missouri Department of Conservation reference provides science-based guidance to help professional foresters, private land managers and forest landowners improve and sustain Missouri’s forests.

Boone's Lick Chapter

Columbia chapter of Missouri Master Naturalists.

Chert Glades Naturalists

Joplin chapter of Missouri Master Naturalists.

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Featured programs

Missouri 4-H

Providing hands-on learning and education so youth can build habits of responsibility, resiliency and hard work to succeed in life.

Focus on Kids

Program to help parents learn how to nurture, support and co-parent their children during and after divorce.

Garden ’n Grow

Summer volunteer gardening program for children ages 9 to 13.

Healthy Homes

Helps participants ask important questions to learn if their homes have hidden health dangers from indoor pollutants.

Master Gardener

Provides in-depth horticulture training for Missourians who wish to spread their knowledge of gardening.

Missouri Master Naturalist

A community-based natural resource education and volunteer service program sponsored jointly by the Missouri Department of Conservation and MU Extension.

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