The purpose to which we commit... We teach, learn, lead and serve, connecting people with the University of Wisconsin, and engaging with them in transforming lives and communities.
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Helping Older Adults Access Healthy Foods
FoodWIse has a long standing partnership with a low income senior housing site in Fond du Lac, Riverview Senior Apartments. FoodWIse works with the residents through a 6 week summer nutrition series and has recently added a strength training program for older adults, Strong Bodies, to the offerings. The residents form strong relationships with the FoodWIse educators throughout this education.
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What Happens to Your Crops in Flooded Fields?
Farming is a business that cannot avoid weather risks. This growing season has been a total switch from our dry spring of 2023, creating a significant challenge where farmers are dealing with excessive water and saturated soils. The impact of excess water on crop growth and yield is influenced by crop type, soil characteristics, duration of excess water or flooding, initial soil water and nitrogen status of the soil before flooding, crop stage, soil and air temperature, and other factors.
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Community Engagement Toolkit for Public Participation
As we plan our outreach and engagement efforts, we must be intentional with centering the community members we hope to reach. We must create authentic, sustainable relationships with community members to implement our programming successfully.
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We Are Hiring
The Fond du Lac County Extension Office is seeking a 4-H Associate Educator to be part of the team. This part-time position will be in addition to the 4-H Program Educator. The posting will be open now through July 12. Please share with anyone who might be interested.
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Building Culinary Skills
Fond du Lac County 4-H hosted a three-day Foodie Theme reaching 15 youth in June. The youth expressed an interest in learning and exploring culinary skills and the food and nutrition project.
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Restorative Justice Emphasizes Accountability, Making Amends
The U.S. has the highest per capita incarceration rate in the world, which quintupled from 1975 to 2005, representing a shift from rehabilitation to punishment. There has been a bipartisan transition in the past 15 years toward reducing both adult prison and youth justice populations, including in Wisconsin. Restorative justice repairs harm caused by crime. It emphasizes accountability, making amends, and—if both parties are willing—facilitated circles between victims, offenders, and other impacted parties. Click here to learn more about Extension’s response.
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Checking Your Credit Report Continues to be Important
Consumers can help stop scammers and strengthen their own financial future by checking their credit report. By law, everybody can obtain three free credit reports each year at AnnualCreditReport.com.
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Mooving Cows: Learn Basic Cow Handling Skills to Stay Safe and Keep Cows Calm
When cows are handled appropriately, their fear and stress levels are kept to a minimum. Calm cows produce more milk and behave more predictably, reducing the risk of injury to both themselves and their human caregivers. Mooving Cows™ is an educational game where you can practice mooving cows around a dairy farm. It’s time for milking, so the cows need to be moved from the pasture and barn and loaded into the milking parlor. Learn about cow behavior and practice basic cow handling skills to stay safe and keep cows calm.
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| Resilient Co-Parenting
Virtual Classes, Thursdays I August I 7:00 pm I REGISTER
Focus on Fathers
Tuesdays I July 9, August 13 I 6:00 pm I REGISTER
Rent Smart
Monday & Thursdays I August 12, 15, 19, 22, 26, 29 I 1:00-2:00 pm I REGISTER
Professional Development: Rent Smart Train the Trainer
Tuesdays and Wednesdays I July 9, 10, 16, 17 I 10:00 am - 1:00 pm I REGISTER
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| AGRICULTURE EVENTS
Badger Crop Connect - Midsummer Marketing Special
June 26 I 12:30 - 1:30 pm I REGISTER
Badger Crop Connect Webinar - Topics TBA
July 10; July 24 I 12:30 - 1:30 pm I REGISTER
Biological Nitrogen-Fixing Product Field Day - Marshfield, WI|
July 11 I 10:00 am - 12:00 pm I REGISTER
Clean Farm Families Soil Health Poker Run
July 16 I 10:00 am - 12:00 pm I REGISTER
Badger Dairy Insight: Digital Technology
July 16 I 11:00 am - 12:00 pm I REGISTER
Pollinator Habitat & Pasture Walk - Belmae Farm, West Bend
July 18 I 5:30-7:30 pm I REGISTER
Beef x Dairy Production & Management Roadshow - Green Bay
July 29 I 6:00 pm I REGISTER
Wisconsin Grazing Schools
August 9 & 10 - Marshfield, September 27 & 28 - Lancaster I REGISTER
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| 4-H Events
Cloverbud Day Camps
June 26, July 31, August 14 I 9:00 am- 3:00 pm I REGISTER
STEM Day Camp
July 23-25 I 9:00 am- 3:00 pm I REGISTER
Art Day Camp
August 5-7 I 9:00 am- 3:00 pm I REGISTER
Cardboard Day Camp
August 20-22 I 9:00 am-12:30 pm I REGISTER
LEGO Day Camp
August 20-22 I 1:00- 4:30 pm I REGISTER
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An EEO/AA employer, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title VI, Title IX, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act requirements.
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