Are you looking for a way to keep fruits and vegetables fresh for longer? Do you want to extend the shelf life of summer and fall foods from your garden? The webinar hosted in late September is now available for viewing online! Follow the link below to the webinar recording, and follow along with the […]
Author: Desch, Melanie
Novice or veteran, fishermen value safety & survival training
Participants in Safety at Sea training practice boarding a life raft. Story and photos by Judy Benson Dan Russell and Abraham Powell are at opposite ends of their fishing careers. While both work from vessels docked in New London, Russell is a boat captain who’s been fishing for 50 years. Powell is brand new, having […]
Virtual Invasive Plant Symposium, Thursday, November 3, 2022, 8:30 AM-4 PM
Virtual Invasive Plant Symposium, Thursday, November 3, 2022, 8:30 AM-4 PM This is the last week to register! The Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG) 2022 symposium will be a full-day virtual webcast on November 3, with some sessions directed to all attendees and other sessions in concurrent breakouts (recordings of all sessions will be […]
Community climate planning projects underway in four CT cities
Doreen Abubaker, of the Community Placement Engagement Network and West River Watershed Partnership, talks to a group at the New Haven Folk Festival about climate change impacts in New Haven and the upcoming Climathon. Photo: Steve Hamm. Four Connecticut cities have joined a pilot project to boost community participation in climate change planning. Community activities […]
4-H Annual Survey
Its that time of year again! Please make sure to check your email over the next few weeks as we send out links to the annual 4-H survey. We use this information to improve our programming!
FRTEP Field Trip to Holmberg Orchards
We had such a fun field trip to Holmberg Orchards last Friday with a group of Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Member youth! The children picked their own apples and went home with apple recipes and activity pages. They had a great time learning about apple production and were very excited to try the fruit they had […]
What are the current US Dietary Guidelines for salt intake and how do I lower my intake?
-Sharon Gray, Nutrition Education, EFNEP Associate Extension Educator The US Dietary Guidelines recommend a limit of 2300 mg for people ages 14 and up. That is a single teaspoon of salt. Most Americans consume 3,400 mg or more of sodium each day which equals 1.5 teaspoons of salt. About 70% of the sodium in […]
UConn Beef Cattle to Be Sold at Middlesex Livestock Auction
EDIT: Today’s sale of UConn Beef Cattle at the Middlesex Livestock Auction has been changed to next Monday, October 31, 2022. A select number of cows will still be sold at today’s auction (starting at 7PM) and a number of young stock will be for sale on the 31st. More details can be found at […]
Calling Master Gardener Alumni
Along with the changes in temperature and color brought with Fall, graduation season is upon us! As our new cohort of interns are joining the ranks of seasoned Master Gardener’s, we would love to hear from our Alums – even if you have not participated in Master Gardener events in a while. We encourage you […]
Encuesta del USDA para Agricultores Latin@ de habla hispana (estipendio de $200) // Latinx Spanish Speaking Farmers USDA Survey ($200 Stipend)
English message follows below the Spanish message // El mensaje en inglés sigue debajo de este mensaje en español. Estimada comunidad agrícola de CT y del noreste: Espero que todos hayan tenido un gran comienzo de semana. Mi nombre es Dra. Ivette Ruiz soy la fundadora de Healing By Growing Farms. Estoy muy […]