Are you concerned about the H1N1 flu (swine flu) outbreak? Read more about the virus, how to prevent it, and what to do if you think you or someone in your family has it. 
Approximately one of every two divorces in Missouri involves children. Schools can play an important role in helping children adjust positively to their parents' divorce. 
Career check-up
Health-care professionals: Solidify your value to your employer and patients by keeping up your continuing education units in medicine, nursing or other health professions topics.
Sixty Missouri 4-H'ers learned about eating healthy and staying fit at Camp Food and Fitness on the MU campus, Nov. 14-15. Eating healthy, local foods was just one focus of the event. 
Gardening with others can be both rewarding and challenging. Use the Community Gardening Toolkit to plan, enhance and sustain your community gardening project. 
When Samuel needed new braces, Shelly Fender called on Lynne Snyder. MO SBTDC's Virgil Woolridge counseled Snyder on leasing an office and developing a business plan for her orthotics business. 
Working families will see a boost in their Earned Income Tax Credit when they file their 2009 tax return. This boost will be a welcome relief to families struggling through the economic crisis. 
Chestnuts can be a healthy, low-fat addition to your diet. Choose them carefully and store them correctly so you and your guests can enjoy warm chestnuts on a cold winter's night. 
During holiday meals, apple slices will adorn many dinner tables. The problem is that fresh-cut apples turn an unappealing brown color within minutes. There are several ways to prevent browning. 
Easy to re-bloom holiday plants
Poinsettias are popular this time of year, but two other relatively easy to rebloom flowering plants preceded them as holiday favorites: amaryllis and holiday cactus.
University of Missouri researchers spent the past 12 years refining and testing a new soft red winter wheat line released this summer and expected to be widely available as certified seed next fall. 
While roses steal the show on Valentine’s Day, many plants produce heart-shaped leaves that can be a part of a bouquet or gift. 
If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1910, you can apply to have it recognized as a Missouri Century Farm. 
Calcium in wood ashes raises soil pH. 
Using algae, brine shrimp and tilapia, researchers have designed a novel system that extracts oil for use as biofuel, potentially reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a proposed electric power plant. 
If you pay someone to do your taxes, be careful. 
MU Extension near you