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It is easy to get caught up in the events of the past or the future. However, doing so only brings worry and causes you to miss out on the present.
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Tribal Opioid Wellness Summit: Bridging Harm Reduction and Recovery
The Utah State University Extension Tribal and Rural Opioid Initiative Resource Center in Roosevelt announces the 2021 Intermountain Tribal and Rural Opioid Wellness Summit: Bridging Harm Reduction and Recovery in Rural Communities.
Fill your garden with bees and hummingbirds! Attract pollinators by planting the right flowers
Pollinators are key to a thriving outdoor landscape. They don’t usually come into your garden of their own accord. Bees, hummingbirds, and even some beetles need a reason to come and enjoy your space. Sheriden Hansen shares how to attract pollinators into...
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Highlights from 4-H program impacts for the past year, including: statistics for 2020, 4-H program for refugees and new americans, adult volunteer training, health and wellness, 4-H mentoring and 4-H university.
Crops
The USU Extension crops team has built upon and synchronized existing programs to develop several new and exciting efforts to help better inform, educate, and assist the agriculture industry in Utah.
COVID-19
With the many disruptions caused by COVID-19, Extension stepped in to provide important resources to families and individuals as they worked to navigate this new, often challenging way of life.
Create Better Health (SNAP-Ed)
Through comprehensive programming that addresses the needs of both individuals and communities, Create Better Health (SNAP-Ed) makes the healthy choice become the easy choice.