

Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy: Sign — Free Fruit for Kids
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Small food retailers, encourage healthy eating by offering a free piece of fruit to children to eat while the adult with them shops. And offer more healthy food options with the help of this and other Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy resources.

Considerations in Drying Hardwood Lumber
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Our publication provides points to remember when considering hardwood lumber drying. Visit our site to learn the Considerations in Drying Hardwood Lumber.

Donating safe and nutritious food to food pantries and soup kitchens — Leader’s Guide
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Editor’s note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.

Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy: Loyalty Card — Milk
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Reward customers for buying skim or 1% milk. This loyalty card, which encourages healthy food purchases, was created for small food-retailers participating in the Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy program. Download, print, cut, distribute and punch on each use.

Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy: Retailer Resource — Creating a Healthy End Cap in Your Store
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End caps are a prime piece of real estate in a store. They serve two purposes: to highlight products and to boost sales. Be sure to use them to do both for your healthy food items to support your store’s Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy efforts.

Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy: Community Partner Resource — Taste Test Tips
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Taste tests give customers a chance to try a new product or produce item before buying it. Learn how to use this marketing strategy to increase sales and introduce new healthy products with the help of this Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy resource.

Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy: Retailer Resource — Employee Guide
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This Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy resource introduces employees of participating stores to the program, which aims to create healthier communities by encouraging stores to offer more healthy foods, working to build demand and providing nutrition education.

Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy: Retailer Resource — 4 P’s Marketing Strategies
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Marketing strategies are used to increase demand for products available in a store, increase sales, and gain new customers. Learn how the four P’s of marketing (pricing, promotion, products, placement) can help retailers better market healthy foods items.

Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy: Retailer Resource — Stocking Healthy Foods
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Stock your store with healthy foods and help your community eat right. Use this resource as a guide when ordering or selecting products to ensure your store is filled with healthy inventory — in the cooler, in the freezer, on the shelves.

Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy: Loyalty Card — Fresh Produce
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Reward customers for buying fresh produce. This loyalty card, which encourages healthy food purchases, was created for small food-retailers participating in the Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy program. Download, print, cut, distribute and punch on each use.

Starting a Fire in a Wood Stove
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Starting a fire in a wood stove can be difficult compared to starting a fire in a furnace. Visit our site to learn about starting a fire in a wood stove.

Donating safe and nutritious food to food pantries and soup kitchens — Fact Sheet
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Editor’s note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.

Preventing and Managing Plant Diseases
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The first and best defense against plant diseases is a healthy plant. Visit our site to learn about Preventing and Managing Plant Diseases.

Crop/Nutrient Considerations for Biosolids
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Applying biosolids to land benefits the land and provides an environmentally safe way to recycle waste. However, the benefits will be gained only by applying quantities of biosolids to supply nutrients, according to the plant needs.

Caring for Houseplants, Page 2
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Listen to audio clips on houseplant care.

Terrariums
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Preparing Wood for Your Wood Stove
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State and EPA Regulations for Domestic Wastewater Sludge and Biosolids
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Learn about Missouri and federal regulations for use and disposal of domestic wastewater sludge and biosolids (which can be used as fertilizer or soil amendment) in this guide. Sludge use and disposal operations include landfill and incineration.

Collections and Storage of Biosolids
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Caring for Houseplants
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To many people, a home is not complete without attractive potted plants. Proper care of houseplants helps increase satisfaction and enjoyment from them and extends the blooming period of many flowering plants.

Land Application of Septage
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Learn about regulations and standards related to biosolids from septage — biosolids land application, contract haulers, metals standards, lime stabilization, pathogen and vector requirements, and more — in this University of Missouri Extension guide.

Biosolids Glossary of Terms
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Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy: Large Shelf Talkers
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Small food-retailers participating in the Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy program, help your customers learn how to select and store healthy foods by posting these shelf talkers to present health information about various products. Download, print and hang!

Bacteria in Drinking Water
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Reducing the Risk of Groundwater Contamination by Improving Pesticide Storage and Handling
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This publication examines five areas of pesticide management practices on your farmstead: