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![Tomatoes are among the many vegetables grown in the high tunnels owned by Fue Yang and his family. Photo courtesy of Farmers Market Coalition.](/sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full_no_crop_300x200/public/wysiwyg/Extensiondata/NewsAdmin/Photos/yang1.jpg?itok=dubO2UNu)
MU Extension and partners grow knowledge among Hmong farmers
ROCKY COMFORT, Mo. – More than vegetables grow in Fue Yang’s high tunnels. It is where opportunity grows for area Hmong farmers.Yang runs a teaching farm for University of Missouri Extension, Lincoln University and the Webb City Farmers Market. The collaborative effort is part of a grant from the Missouri Department of Agriculture.
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Zinnia: From eye sickness to eye candy
COLUMBIA, Mo.
![Lois Rodriguez, president of Better By Design, a construction firm she founded in 2009. The firm is a client of the MU Extension Business Development Program.Photo by Phil Leslie](/sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full_no_crop_300x200/public/wysiwyg/Extensiondata/NewsAdmin/Photos/BBD3825a.jpg?itok=2iFvxk5W)
Government contracting improves prospects for Brookfield construction firm
BROOKFIELD, Mo. – Her portion of the work is a little piece of a big project, but construction business owner Lois Rodriguez is making the most of it. As president and CEO of Better By Design LLC, Rodriguez is doing her part to make the long-awaited East Locust Creek Reservoir a reality.
National 4-H film festival comes to Kansas City July 23-26
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Youth from across the nation will travel to Kansas City this July to attend FilmFest 4-H, the national 4-H film festival.Now in its seventh year, FilmFest 4-H brings youth together with working members of the film industry. “It’s a chance to learn and ask questions,” said festival organizer Bradd Anderson, University of Missouri Extension state 4-H youth specialist. “FilmFest is not a convention where you stand in…
![Winners of the first-place Championship Flight included, from left, Kory Niesen, Ben Gallup, Steve Ball and Trenton Monnig. Photo by Marta Payne](/sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full_no_crop_300x200/public/wysiwyg/Extensiondata/NewsAdmin/Photos/CloverClassic2017.jpg?itok=6CBAzFx-)
Golfers tee off in support of Missouri 4-H
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Golfers hit the greens in support of Missouri 4-H youth at the eighth annual 4-H Clover Classic Golf Tournament on June 6 in Columbia, Mo. Co-presenting sponsors were The Climate Corp., a division of Monsanto, and Great American Insurance Group’s Crop Division.
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Yoga: An ancient form of exercise is more popular than ever
COLUMBIA, Mo. – For some, the idea of yoga might conjure images of young and unusually flexible people folding themselves into human origami. But yoga has more to do with breathing—something everyone can do—than extreme postures, says Lynn Rossy, health psychologist for Healthy for Life, the University of Missouri System’s employee wellness program.
MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute director to retire in October 2017
COLUMBIA, Mo. – David E. Hedrick, director of the University of Missouri Fire and Rescue Training Institute (MU FRTI), has announced that he will be retiring in October 2017. Hedrick joined MU FRTI as director in 2007.