Wheat webinar series features Facebook live option
February 11, 2021
Facebook live options added to 2021 Wheat Wisdom Webinar Series, with first speaker Angie Setzer focusing on marketing.
Angie Setzer will talk about wheat marketing at the first Wheat Wisdom Webinar on Feb. 17. Photo by Dennis Pennington, MSU.
Michigan State University Extension and the Michigan Wheat Program’s six-part Wheat Wisdom Webinar Series kicks off Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 at 8 a.m. via Zoom with a focus on wheat marketing for 2021 and beyond. Each Wednesday webinar begins at 8 a.m. and runs 90 minutes. The webinars will also be available via Facebook for live viewing and interaction. Check in through your Facebook account and watch at Michigan Wheat or MSU Extension Field Crops. Thanks to our partnership with Terry Henne and WSGW, you can also watch by viewing the Facebook pages of WSGW Radio, Farm Service 790 and 94.5 The Moose.
<h4>Feb. 8-12, 2021 - 12-1 p.m. EST</h4>
<h3>This is a free class offered online via Zoom</h3>
<p>Stress Less With Mindfulness introduces participants to the experience and practice of mindfulness, with a goal of reducing stress. Mindfulness can be defined as paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment and nonjudgmentally. Research has shown that practicing mindfulness is effective in reducing stress-related symptoms such as worry, depression and physical tension, and may be helpful in managing chronic conditions.</p>
<p>Stress Less with Mindfulness teaches and encourages the use of mindfulness self-care skills to help one feel better and enjoy life more. The program covers mindful breathing, mindful eating, physical processes in the brain and body and mindful laughter.</p>
<p>Stress Less with Mindfulness is a program authored by West Virginia Extension.</p>
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Agricultural professionals in extension services worldwide build new relationships between culturally diverse systems
February 9, 2021
Michigan State University and India’s National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management collaborate on a new book, “Innovations in Agricultural Extension.”
Jeff Dwyer, MSU Director of Extension, speaking with women working in agriculture outside of Hyderabad, India.
One of the key principles of extension services is to encourage people to take action through education. At a jointly organized conference in 2019, International Conference on Agricultural Extension: Innovation to Impact, extension programming staff and leaders from Michigan State University Extension and India’s National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, or MANAGE, proposed the idea to write a collaborative book. In our age of information, extension services everywhere face a shared grand challenge: How to disseminate information and reach the people they s
Cabin Fever Conversations
Virtual
Every Friday
Starting at 12:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom
Cabin Fever Conversations is back! This FREE series aims to help connect you to your garden and fellow gardeners, even when we are stuck inside. Each week will feature a conversation to help get your mind outside and into the garden, highlighting the passion and wisdom of featured speakers. This year s series will explore ways of being conscious stewards in the garden and uplift work being done locally to increase inclusion and access to growing food. Sessions will be under one hour, including time for questions from the audience.
Cultivating student leadership through farm to school in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
January 21, 2021
A collaboration between community partners and MSU will build from existing farm to school partnerships and develop high school student leadership.
MSU Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center offers educational experiences in careers in agriculture.
Schools purchasing more local foods and advancing student leadership and career training are at the core of a new grant awarded to a team at the MSU Department of Community Sustainability (CSUS) and the MSU Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center (UPREC).
The project, “Locally-Integrated Food Teams in the Upper Peninsula (LIFT-UP): Using Land-Based Learning to Establish Farm-to-School Markets in Rural Michigan,” is funded by a two-year, $60,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.