Ensuring a vibrant and sustainable agricultural industry and food supply
Are you drowning with questions about agricultural water? Join us for our water webinar on March 30!
Topics include compliance dates, new assessment tools, and harvest/post-harvest water.
Speakers:
Indu Upadhyaya, Food Safety Extension Specialist
Diane Wright Hirsch, Emeritus Faculty Food Safety
Click/tap here or on the flyer above to register!
The Department of Extension is seeking applicants for three full-time (11-month), non-tenure track Assistant/Associate Extension Educators. One position will target Food and Agricultural Literacy, one on Environmental Literacy, and the other will focus on Healthy Lifestyles Literacy. These three vacant positions are not specifically designated to an assigned location. Final placement will be negotiable, with one educator primarily based in each of the following locations: (a) the Fairfield County Extension Office in Bethel, (b) the New Haven County Extension Office in North Haven, and (c)the Windham County Extension Office in Brooklyn.
See the full position description by visiting s.uconn.edu/4-hjobs2023
Applications will only be accepted through Academic Jobs Online academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/24541
Screening of applicants will continue until the position is filled.
The application deadline for our summer internships has been extended to March 26th.
Get paid while learning and working in a career-oriented role. We offer internships in the following disciplines:
Click here to view internship descriptions.
Most of these roles are for an average 18-20 hours per week over the 10 week summer period with some requiring a bit of weekend and/or evening hours, although these circumstances vary by position. Some of these positions for employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to intern with us this summer!
Along with Narragansett artist, farmer and educator, Dawn M. Spears, Put Local On Your Tray is pleased to announce a new campaign series called, “From This Land: Honoring Native Foods“. The first installment of the series looks at native foods of winter, including maple syrup!
You can find more information about artist Dawn M. Spears, Tray’s goal with the campaign, and many resources for educators including online readings, maps, recipes, and downloadable handouts (original materials created by UConn Extension’s Put Local On Your Tray and Dawn M. Spears).
Are you interested in learning how to enhance your poultry skills? Our Extension educators are hosting a Poultry Workshop to help you achieve your poultry goals.
The workshop will be held on Wednesday April 26th, from 10 am – 2pm at the Tolland Agricultural Center (TAC),
24 Hyde Avenue Vernon, CT 06066. For more information contact Heather Goodman at heather.goodman@uconn.edu
Our 2022 Highlights of Extension report shows how UConn Extension continues innovating to meet audiences and partners around the issues identified in the strategic initiatives set forth by the UConn College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources.
Youth programs, water quality, and geospatial education are all part of the sustainable landscapes and climate portfolios and featured throughout this issue. In agriculture, we continue partnering with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, innovating aquaculture production in the state, and serving new and beginning farmers.
The work of our financial literacy program is needed now more than ever and aligns with our other health programming. All programs center diversity, equity, inclusion and justice, and this work is ongoing. UConn Extension educators and volunteers continue to improve the lives of residents in all 169 cities and towns. Extension is steadfast in our commitment and will continue evolving alongside those we serve.
We invite you to explore the progress made over the past year and join us in future programs.
Read our report online at s.uconn.edu/highlights
March 16–17, 2023UConn Student Union
The University of Connecticut has been a leader nationally in developing the first series of courses offered at a U.S. academic institution on cannabis production. Join us on March 16-17 as expert speakers cover topics related to cannabis such as: plant production, biochemistry and genetics, clinical impacts, law and policy, and the future of the industry. The UConn Cannabis Symposium will be a premiere event for students, scientists, educators, and members of the cannabis industry to network and share information in the emerging cannabis field. This is an event that you will not want to miss!
