Protecting yourself with a flu vaccine is more important than ever this year
Health officials want to prevent the spread of the flu during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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4-H Week a Time to Create Opportunities for All
To the Wisconsin 4-H community, I want to send a message to wish a Happy National 4-H Week to all of our members, leaders, volunteers, clubs, and staff across Wisconsin! This week allows us to celebrate the leadership of volunteers and the hard work of members to make this year’s theme #Opportunity4All a reality. As […]
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Edible Startup Summit 2020
Entrepreneurs from around the state will gather virtually for a two-day summit November 9 and 10. The Edible Startup Summit focuses on food businesses who are in the early stages of business development.
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Menominee County Adopts Innovative Food, Beverage and Healthier Work Environment Policy
Menominee County has adopted a Food, Beverage and Healthier Work Environment Policy that prioritizes community values, including healthier food choices, environmental sustainability and physical activity in the workplace.
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Local Government Leadership Academy graduates succeed, 2020-style
This year’s graduates learned more than anticipated when COVID-19 necessitated moving the Academy online. Eighteen participants were able to complete the work, enhance their leadership skills, and graduate despite the additional challenges of the last few months.
Read More...Current Conversations is Listening
Current Conversations began as a creative solution to the cancellation of 4-H International programming. It initially took on a workshop format in which staff participants piloted the opportunity to explore terms like stigma, xenophobia, and racist nativism.
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What Farmers Need to Know About Payroll Tax Deferral
Information to assist farmers as they make decisions about updates to payroll tax deferral.
Read More...SWIGG Study Update – Well sampling completed; analysis still ongoing
The Southwest Wisconsin Groundwater and Geology Study (SWIGG) of Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette Counties completed its fourth and final round of private well sampling to identify fecal sources of contamination. The study began in late 2018 to assess private well water quality in southwest Wisconsin and determine probable sources of any contamination found.
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Extension launches new podcast about new and alternative crops
Agricultural diversification is a hot topic right now. The Cutting Edge: A Podcast in Search of New Crops for Wisconsin focuses on a single crop by interviewing researchers, growers, and movers and shakers behind each crop. Current episodes include information about hazelnuts, hops, industrial hemp, Kernza, malting barley, and prairie STRIPS.
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National Farm Safety & Health Week 2020: Every Farmer Counts
National Farm Safety and Health Week is September 20-26, 2020 with a theme of “Every Farmer Counts.” We understood this clearly in early 2020 as we began to see lines at grocery stores and occasional shortages of food and other supplies as a result of challenges to our agricultural, food, manufacturing and distribution supply chains. We also witnessed the impact unique workplace health exposures had among migrant, immigrant, and other workers on farms and in related food and meat processing facilities and how illness connected to workplace exposure could affect all of us!
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