Brown County Extension is now hiring - Secretary II |
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Extension Brown County is seeking an organized, detail oriented individual with experience in communications and administrative support to join our support staff team in the Secretary II role! Secretary II provides comprehensive and varied receptionist duties and administrative support to Brown County Extension programs and their staff or volunteers.
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Welcome Allen!
Allen R. Pyle is a new UW-Madison Extension Horticulture Outreach Specialist as of August 28th. Allen’s focus is on the state’s Green Industry, with emphasis on herbaceous ornamental perennials and pollinator support.
Allen brings a unique background and experience set to his Extension role. His education includes degrees in both horticulture (BS) and entomology (MS) from Michigan State University and Permaculture design certification. He has a strong understanding of plants, including perennials, natives, vegetables, weeds, and the beneficial and pest insects associated with them. He has worked in a range of roles for both wholesale and retail focused companies. His previous duties included trialing, research, marketing, and perennial product support for C. Raker & Sons (now Raker-Roberta’s Young Plants), a large wholesale plant propagation greenhouse in southern Michigan; educational material development, supporting customer service and growing staff, and addressing customer questions for J. W. Jung Seed in Randolph, WI; and most recently overseeing Research and Development efforts for Encap, a Green Bay based lawn and garden company focusing on innovative natural-based products for the home gardener.
Allen is an accomplished public speaker and has presented to groups ranging from students to Green Industry professionals.
Allen enjoys photography, the outdoors, and gardening. In his no-till Lake Largo Community Garden plot, he grows unusual plant varieties and oddball species and trials new growing techniques, soil amendments, and fertilizers.
Connect with Allen at allen.pyle@wisc.edu or 608-265-1177
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Community Resource Handbook Updates |
The Community Resource Handbook provides information for ~200 agencies and organizations that serve Brown County. Professionals will find this booklet helpful for identifying resources for those they serve.
This August edition includes contact information updates and several new listings. The full handbook is available on the Brown County Extension website:
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| Lighthouse Launch Workshop |
The Kewaunee County Economic Development Corporation, Door County Economic Development Corporation and UW-Madison Extension Kewaunee County will be providing the Lighthouse Launch Pitch contest!
Participants have the opportunity to win funds to advanced their proposed business idea based on a short pitch of the business. Attend one of two workshops to learn what to include in a pitch. The Lighthouse Launch Event will be November 15 at 6 p.m. in Algoma, WI.
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Calling all Gardeners: Planting for a Purpose |
Planting for a Purpose is a program for gardeners- any gardener- to donate fresh produce from their harvests to local food pantries in Brown County.
Fresh fruits and vegetables are essential to leading a healthy life, but buying produce can be a challenge for some. Two-thirds of Brown County food pantry users say they would like to eat more fruits and vegetables, but name cost as the top reason they do not. To meet this need, local food pantries would like to offer pantry consumers more fresh produce. Donations from your garden help make this possible!
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| Brown County 4-H Kicks Off 2023-24 Afterschool Program |
Brown County 4-H is excited to start the 4-H Afterschool Robotics program in twelve of the Green Bay Area Public Schools elementary schools. Our program provides 4-H hands on experiential learning opportunities to youth in the afterschool program, in grades K-5.
With two afterschool instructors, Jennifer Bartkowski and Valerie Jeanquart, students will learn the basics of coding, programming, conditional thinking, and robotics, but moreover, will learn the skills of communication, critical thinking, problem solving and teamwork, by using Lego WeDo robotics.
The goal of the 5 week program is to spark an interest in learning more about the topic of robotics, but also connect young people to long term participation in the Brown County 4-H program.
An example of one of the builds in the 4-5th grade program - a praying mantis that can open and close its mouth.
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2023 FEED Summit in Green Bay- Registration Open |
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Registration is open for the FEED Summit Conference (November 13 – 14).
Join the Food Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development Project for the only statewide conference to support early-stage Food and Farming Businesses in Wisconsin! This year's theme is “Adding Value to your food or farming business!”
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| Nonprofit Leader Conversation |
Leader conversations take place over Zoom on 2nd and 4th Thursdays from 9-10 am, September - December. Each session offers an expert discussant who engages in a Q&A with attendees while offering expert insights. Registration required.
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10/12: A Funder's Take on Grantmaking
10/26: Positive Organizational Culture
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| Green Thumb Gardening Webinar Series |
Join Lisa Johnson, Horticulture Educator of Dane County, for a wide variety of Autumn themed gardening classes for both experienced and beginning gardeners.
Registration for the entire series ends today, but you can still register for individual classes until the day before each session!
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