Learn what to do during a boil water advisory, including safe drinking water, food preparation, household hygiene, and flood-related food safety precautions from USU Extension food safety specialist Jose Brandao.
Learn how parents and trusted adults can recognize warning signs of youth substance use, start age-appropriate conversations, and support healthy decisions through education, communication, and prevention.
Stress and trauma can affect young people in different ways, and the signs aren't always easy to see. Cara Murray, assistant professor with USU Extension, shared with Channel 5 ways adults can support young people who have experienced stress, adversity, o...
Quick, practical answers to everyday questions about home, garden, food, family and more, backed by USU research.
Learn how to prevent gardening injuries with tips from USU Extension. Discover safe lifting, digging, and raking techniques, ergonomic gardening tools, stretches, and ways to reduce back, neck, and joint pain while gardening.
Learn how to talk to your kids about drugs, vaping, and substance use with tips from USU Extension. Discover age-appropriate conversation starters, warning signs of substance use, fentanyl safety information, and ways to build trust and support your child...
Learn how to protect peach trees from common pests and diseases in Utah with tips from USU Extension. Identify and manage peachtree borers, peach leaf curl, gummosis, powdery mildew, and shot hole disease to keep your tree healthy.
Learn how to prune a peach tree in Utah with tips from USU Extension. Discover when to prune, how much growth to remove, and how to train young and mature peach trees into an open-center shape for healthy growth and better fruit production.
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This issue highlights how Extension is preparing the next generation for life and work, advancing resilient and sustainable agricultural systems, and improving well-being for individuals and families across the state.
E-commerce Extension Program in Rural Utah; Sustaining Community Health Through Impactful SNAP-Ed Initiatives in Utah; Enhancing Personal Safety Through Self-Defense Educationl; Pilot Results of the Teens Lifting Teens: A Statewide Youth Development Progr...
Pathways to higher education: expanding college and career access for rural youth; evaluating online naloxone trainings targeting rural and tribal communities; from insight to action: advancing extension; evaluating the “what’s up down south” economic sum...
Evolution of the USU Extension Farm and Ranch Succession Program; The Untapped Power of Citizen Science; An Agricultural Needs Assessment in the Tri-County Area of Utah; The Climate Adaptation Intern Program
