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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.
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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.
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Donating safe and nutritious food to food pantries and soup kitchens — Leader’s Guide
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The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.
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Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy: Shelf Talkers
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Small food-retailers participating in the Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy program, help your customers make the healthier choice by posting these shelf talkers to educate them on how to select and store various healthy products. Download, print and hang!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Collections and Storage of Biosolids
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Caring for Houseplants, Page 2
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Ensure your houseplants thrive with audio guidance on watering, lighting, temperature, humidity, fertilizing, repotting, pest control, and plant selections.
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Terrariums
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Preparing Wood for Your Wood Stove
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Guidance on efficiently cutting, splitting, and preparing firewood for wood stove use, aiming to enhance stove performance and minimize creosote buildup.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Crop/Nutrient Considerations for Biosolids
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This publication discusses applying biosolids to land, emphasizing nutrient supply based on plant needs and Missouri crop requirements.
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Understanding Your Home Water Treatment Systems
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Learn about home water treatment methods, including disinfection, filtration, and reverse osmosis, to enhance water quality and address common issues.
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Reducing the Risk of Groundwater Contamination by Improving Drinking Water Well Conditions
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Learn how to maintain your well and protect drinking water from contamination by proper location and upkeep.
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MyPlate: Be an Active Family—10 Tips to Help Adults Include Physical Activity
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Editor's note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.
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Bacteria in Drinking Water
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Learn about waterborne bacteria, health risks, testing methods, and disinfection techniques to ensure safe drinking water for humans and animals.
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How to Size a Farm and Home Water System
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A farmstead water system should be able to supply the peak flow rate continuously for two hours. A home water system should be able to supply peak demand continuously for one hour. If the peak use rate exceeds the maximum well yield, provide intermediate storage.
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Horn Fly Trap Blueprint
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The following abstract describes a downloadable PDF. Please see the link to the PDF file. The PDF is 50 percent the size of the original blueprint.
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Exhibiting and Judging Garden Vegetables
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Learn how to set up a vegetable exhibit, the factors vegetables are judged on, and conditions that could result in disqualification.