EFNEP is running a new series for mothers with infants 6 months and older helping families learn to prepare homemade baby food. This program is in partnership with Walnut Hill Community Food Pantry. Each participating parent will receive a baby food making toolkit that includes a food processor and other essential cooking equipment. Each parent […]
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4-H Youth and Biotechnology Video Games!
UConn Extension has a new USDA-NIFA funded project will develop cohorts of 4-H youth and create biotechnology video games. The games will convey fun and science-based information about biotechnology such as genetic engineering. They will also build public confidence in the safe use of biotechnology in agriculture and the food system. The project will also […]
Contaminants of Emerging Concern Project
Manmade chemicals known as PFAS and microplastics emerged as the top concerns of the 646 people who responded to a survey conducted in late 2021 by the Contaminants of Emerging Concern Project. The project is being led by the Connecticut, New Hampshire and North Carolina Sea Grant programs along with Lighthouse Consulting Group. Learn more about […]
Spotted Wing Drosophila in Berry Crops
Evan Lentz of the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture discusses monitoring and trapping for Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) in berry crops. This video was made possible through the USDA NIFA CPPM Grant, Award Number 2017-7006-27201.
World Wetlands Day Seminar
Mark your calendars for World Wetlands Day on February 2nd! Register for an interesting seminar celebrating World Wetlands Day and the 50th anniversary of the CT Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act at https://ctdeep.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0rceuhrz0tGdFyah0EZvhyErYQ85LAbQ-t
2021 CT Trail and Active Living Program Accomplishments Report
In 2021, the UConn Extension Trails and Active Living Program focused on the development and launch of the Connecticut Trail Finder website and continued multi-use path data collection and interpretation through the Connecticut Trail Census project. Read more about their accomplishments in this newly released report here s.uconn.edu/trails2021
Seminar Given by Livestock Specialist
This Friday, January 28th, listen in to a talk given by UConn Extensions Livestock Specialist, Dr. Joe Emenheiser. The seminar will be an introduction to Dr. Emenheiser and about ideas for meat quality improvement. Listen in using this link: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=mba2ca53e15de5e744016d5f4c321d3f7
NOAA designates nation’s 30th NERR in southeastern CT
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s announced that a network of state-owned properties in Lyme, Old Lyme and Groton, CT and portions of the surrounding waters has been designated as the nation’s 30th National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) worked in close partnership with NOAA, the University […]
2022 CT Horse Symposium
The 2022 CT Horse Symposium will be happening on Saturday, March 26th, 9 am to 3 pm at Horsebarn Hill Arena. This event is sponsored UConn Department of Animal Science! For more information and to register visit: animalscience.cahnr.uconn.edu/horsesymposium
Master Gardeners Making a Difference!
Congratulations to UConn Extension Master Gardener Program Holly Kocet and Barbara Thomas out of Extension’s Bethel office for making a difference in their communities! Both women worked to address native plantings for commercial projects. Check out this article: https://www.primepublishers.com/voicesnews/news/top_stories/newtown-regulations-address-commercial-projects-plants/article_46aa7174-6d6e-11ec-b2df-038565fb4be5.html
Solid Ground Agro-Ecology series
The Solid Ground Agro-Ecology series is right around the bend! We’d love for you to join us as we explore On-Farming Composting, No-Till Farming, and Ecological Growing with expert farmers in our state. The first workshop, On-Farm Composting kicks off Tuesday, January 25th from 6:30-8PM over Zoom with Yoko and Alex of Assawaga Farm in […]
USDA Crop Insurance Webinar Series
This winter sign up for a webinar series about USDA RMA and USDA FSA crop insurance programs. Livestock and Dairy Insurance Programs webinar – 1/26/22 10-11am FSA NAP Program Update webinar – 1/27/22 11-12pm Multi-Peril Crop Insurance & the NEW Direct Market Tomato Insurance Program webinar – 2/1/22 12-1pm New WFRP Micro Provisions Crop Insurance […]
Converting Horse Manure into Heat
Looking for a unique and sustainable way to get rid of animal waste? UConn student Alexis Brown has found a cool way to turn horse manure into bricks that can be burned to produce heat. Check out this infographic for more information!
Online 4-H Record Book using ZSuite
Have you started your 4-H record book for 2021-2022? This year you can record keep on your mobile device or computer through ZSuite, use printed sheets, and handwrite or download and type into the sheets. Please check with your club leader or local 4-H Office for more information on how record sheets will be reviewed […]
Welding Class offered by SOLID GROUND
Hey farmers- You heard right. The time is coming for our ever popular welding class. Sign up to join us as we go through the ins and outs of using Metal Inert Gas Welding techniques and get ready to suit up and put that welding torch to use- in the class, and eventually on your farm! […]
UConn CLEAR Special Edition Fall Newsletter
UConn’s CLEAR program has released its Special Edition Fall 2021 Newsletter. Learn about program updates and the retirement of Chet Arnold. Read it here: https://clear.uconn.edu/publications/newsletters/clear_newsletter_f2021.pdf
Computer Science Education Week
UConn 4-H is celebrating Computer Science Education Week by hosting special events throughout the week of Dec 6th- 10th. Youth over the age of 7 can participate in fun experiences virtually throughout the week! Contact your county 4-H office with any questions and for more info.
Take survey on Contaminants of Emerging Concern
A partnership of the Connecticut, New Hampshire and North Carolina Sea Grant programs is conducting a survey as part of a federally funded project announced in September 2021. Survey responses, which will be kept confidential, are due by Dec. 31. Contaminants of Emerging Concern are not well regulated and their impacts on human health and ecosystems […]
Welcome Emely to the UConn CT Trails Team
UConn Extension is excited to welcome Emely Ricci to the UConn Connecticut Trails team as an intern focused on supporting the Connecticut Trail Finder. Emely is a first-year graduate student in UConn’s MPA program. She hopes to go on and work in environmental policy in the future. She takes a keen interest in climate justice, […]
CT Sea Grant Fall-Winter Magazine
Connecticut Sea Grant has published their Fall-Winter 2021-2022 issue of Wrack Lines magazine. The theme is “Discovery, Rediscovery and Rebirth”. It can be found in print and online here. The lead article package describes the Connecticut Estuarine Research Reserve (CT NERR), a collection of the waters and lands at the lower Connecticut River and the […]
Winter Riding Program with Department of Animal Science
The Department of Animal Science is offering the Winter Riding Program to the UConn community and public beginning December 13th and registration is now open! Space is limited so reserve your spot today and share with anyone who may be interested! Please visit https://animalscience.cahnr.uconn.edu/winter-riding/ for more information including registration forms.
CT Sea Grant Research Projects
Connecticut Sea Grant has selected six research projects for the 2022-2024 funding cycle. Focuses of these grants include gaining an understanding of marine life amid changing environmental conditions, community’s perception and behaviors in response to flood risks, and human relationships with the marine environment and individuals’ “ocean identity”. The projects are slated to receive a […]
AG Mechanics Workshop Series hosted by Solid Ground
Solid Ground is excited to Announce our 2021-2022 Ag-Mechanics Workshop Series! (COST PER WORKSHOP $25 – Lunch included | SPACES ARE LIMITED! If the cost is prohibitive, you may request a stipend for lost wages and/or travel, by emailing Rebecca.Toms@UConn.edu Please contact us 2 weeks in advance with special needs (dietary, translation, accessibility, etc.) We’ll […]
Common Ground Farm & Garden Conference
Registration is now open for the Farm & Garden Conference in partnership with The Solid Ground Urban Farmer Training Program featuring the “I Got Next Urban Farmer Coalition”! This event will be happening on Saturday, Nov. 13th from 9am – 3pm at 358 Springside Ave. New Haven CT. You can register by clicking HERE and pay […]
CT Sea Grant Upcoming Talk
Connecticut Sea Grant is offering an upcoming talk titled “The New Lawn: Landscaping for Long Island Sound” on Nov. 6 at 10:30 a.m. at the Bill Library in Ledyard. Admission is free. The talk will be given by Judy Preston, the Long Island Sound outreach coordinator for Connecticut Sea Grant. For more information reach out […]
Faces of Extension
“What I find rewarding in my role as an Extension Educator is working with stakeholders to not only address barriers they encounter but to create resources to better inform various audiences,” Anoushka says, one of our Connecticut Sea Grant educators that specializes in seaweed. Learn more at https://seagrant.uconn.edu/. Meet Shuresh Ghimire, one of […]
Department of Animal Science UConn Beef Cattle to be Sold at Middlesex Livestock Auction
UConn beef cattle will be sold at the Middlesex Livestock Auction (488 Cherry Hill Road, Middlefield, CT 06455) on Monday, October 25, 2021. Sale animals are available for public viewing at the Cattle Resource Unit on Horsebarn Hill Road in Storrs, CT Monday through Friday between 10 AM and 4 PM. All animals will receive a […]
Interested in joining 4-H?
4-H provides youth with the opportunity to develop lifelong skills including civic engagement and healthy living. Programs are based in all eight Connecticut counties with clubs, after-school programs, and other opportunities. Learn more and enroll your child in the UConn 4-H program by reaching out to your local Extension Educator at s.uconn.edu/locations Almost any interest […]
Danbury Farmers’ Market YouTube Page
SNAP-Ed has been a long standing community partner of the Danbury Farmers’ Market Community Collaborative (DFMCC) providing on-site indirect or direct nutrition education for the past 12 years. In the past 5 years, SNAP participants have benefited from direct nutrition education via a 30-minute bilingual nutrition presentation and cooking demonstration. This year given COVID-19, only farm […]
Domestic Seaweed 101
The Sea Grant Seaweed Hub has released a new infographic that provides a guide to where seaweed is grown and current market outlets. The infographic can be found here. For information on the Sea Grant Seaweed Hub, visit: www.seaweedhub.org. Posted originally by: CT Sea Grant
Sweet Potato Tater Tot Recipe
UConn Extension Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program has made an easy-to-follow video on how to make sweet potato tater tots. They are yummy and nutritious!
CT Sea Grant publishes guidebook on Long Island Sound
In the early 1990s Connecticut Sea Grant published popular guidebooks of Long Island Sound called Living Treasures: The Plants and Animals of Long Island Sound and Tesoros Vivientes: Las plantas y animales del Long Island Sound. Accompanying the books, the Sea Grant educators also developed slide presentations, which provide a great overview of the plants and animals that live […]
Key questions about environmental contaminants to be addressed by CTSG, partners
Connecticut Sea Grant, in partnership with the New Hampshire and North Carolina Sea Grant programs, has been awarded an $850,000 federal grant to help unravel the complex problem of contaminants of emerging concern, or CECs, in coastal and freshwater environments. CECs are residues of products commonly used by people and businesses, including pharmaceuticals, personal care […]
Cooking Citrus Vegetables with UConn EFNEP
Citrus vegetables are a healthy meal choice. Make some with us using the easy-to-follow recipe: https://www.myplate.gov/recipes/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap/citrus-vegetables Heather Peracchio and Juliana Restrepo Marin walk us through the recipe for this delicious meal.
USDA Encourages Ag Producers, Residents to Prepare for Tropical Storm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses in the path of tropical storms that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in the regional, state and county offices stand ready and are eager to help. USDA partnered with FEMA and other disaster-focused organizations […]
UConn Native Plants and Pollinators conference
The third biennial Native Plants and Pollinators conference will be held Friday, November 5, 2021, beginning at 9 a.m., virtually via Zoom. Register at s.uconn.edu/NPPC2021Register! Early Registration $30.00, by Thursday, September 30, 2021 $35.00, after September 30, 2021 Students, $15.00 with valid school ID Join us for 4 hours of presentations featuring current science-based research and […]
Making Waldorf Salad with Angie Surowiecki from UConn EFNEP
Angie Surowiecki from our UConn Extension Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) walks us through making a Waldorf salad. The directions and ingredients can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbf_KFbBL9Y
Simple Stuffed Peppers with UConn EFNEP
Ready to make simple stuffed peppers with us? The recipe is available at: https://www.myplate.gov/recipes/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap/simple-stuffed-peppers. Heather Peracchio and Juliana Restrepo Marin walk us through the recipe for these peppers!
Everyone’s Earth: Voices of National Leadership in Anti-Racism in the Outdoors
UConn Extension has been collaborating with partners at Cornell and UW Madison to host “Everyone’s Earth: Voices of National Leadership in Anti-Racism in the Outdoors”. This is a collaborative national event held on September 30 from 12:30 – 2 PM that will feature a panel discussion with three national leaders in outdoor equity. Join us […]
“Right Trees for the Right Time” workshop offered
Forest resources managers, land trust members and land owners are invited to a free workshop, “Right Trees for the Right Time,” focusing on New England forests. Organizations are encouraged to gather a team of two to four core participants who can participation in all four sessions of the workshop. The three-part workshop, on Oct. 1, 8 and […]