With winter season in full swing, winter injuries are on the rise. University of Minnesota Medical School expert Mahmood Gharib talks about common winter injuries and how to avoid them.
With a variety of experience often hard-won through working for others, Minnesota Latinos are looking for ways to lower barriers to ownership. An outreach program for new farmers was started by Wayne Martin, an Extension livestock educator who retired in June.
For two years, community champions from University of Minnesota Extension’s SNAP-Ed* program and La Convivencia Hispana partnered around a shared vision for a more vibrant and inclusive food shelf in Watonwan County.
For the past 25 years, University of Minnesota Extension has helped make the experience of divorce better, especially for children, by supporting family resilience during divorce, separation and custody change through Parents Forever program.
Vietnam veteran Jim Rowe was just shy of 70 years old when he retired from his career with the University of Minnesota. He enjoyed his work so much that he recently came back to the U — as a participant in a University of Minnesota Extension program — to attend a beekeeping field day near his home in Owatonna.
Middle River Veterans Outdoors (MRVO) is a northwest Minnesota organization that organizes free outdoor recreation opportunities for veterans. And now, the organization has invested in solar power to light its building and keep its all-terrain off-road wheelchairs charged.
November 08, 2022 09:33 AM
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By Emily Haeg Nguyen, University of Minnesota Extension
