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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Financial insecurity, housing conditions and other social factors can have a significant impact on health. Community health workers (CHWs)—front-line public health workers who are trusted members of the communities they serve—are positioned to address social determinants of health…
A new statewide survey illustrates a growing substance use disorder problem in Missouri workplaces. According to the survey of 619 Missouri business owners and human resource professionals, more than 70% of Missouri employers surveyed say they are suffering consequences such as absenteeism,…
Join us to build the strength you need to enjoy good health as you age. Stay Strong, Stay Healthy (SSSH) is an eight-week exercise program that incorporates the latest research to help you develop the fitness, flexibility and balance that will enable you to live independently longer.
Missouri CourthousesContact and other information about this county is available on the National Association of Counties website.
Developed by Barbara Willenberg
Revised by Susan Mills-Gray
State Nutrition Specialist
Learn how to ensure your garden soil has the nutrients plants need. Start with a soil test, fertilize according to the report, and follow the other steps outlined in this guide to enhance your soil’s fertility.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Now is the perfect time to encourage people to demonstrate compassionate care to their neighbors.
Good neighbors doing good works leads to goodwill, which opens the door for good conversations according to David Burton, a community development specialist with University…
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Brown marmorated stink bugs are hunting homes for the winter.
Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy is a comprehensive, community-based program that enables communities to improve access to healthy foods by working with a small food retailer.
Editor's note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.
This toolkit contains Missouri-specific information. See publication No. DM274 for the non-Missouri version.
Editor's note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.
This toolkit is for use in states other than Missouri. See publication No. DM201 for Missouri use.
Small food-retailers participating in the Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy program and committed to stocking healthy foods can place this door hanger on area residents' doors to let them know. Download for free. Then print, fold, trim and hang!
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The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.
This Program Evaluation Toolkit describes various evaluation tools appropriate for gauging the success of a healthy small food retailer program. It addition, it provides four forms that can help you discover the effect of your efforts.
Try this Bean and Rice Burritos recipe (nutrition info included). Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy retailers can give them to customers to encourage healthy eating at a cooking demonstration or taste test or on a display with the ingredients.
Editor's note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.
This toolkit contains Missouri-specific information. See publication No. DM275 for the non-Missouri version.
Editor's note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.
This toolkit is for use in states other than Missouri. See publication No. DM202 for Missouri use.
Editor's note
This item is available for University of Missouri Extension internal orders only.
For more information about the starter kit, email Jollyn Tyryfter.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Stocker cattle make up just 12 percent of the 4.25 million head currently part of the beef industry in Missouri.
What would you do if nearly 2,500 people showed up for an art exhibit in your small county office?
Missouri CourthousesContact and other information about this county is available on the National Association of Counties website.
Missouri CourthousesContact and other information about this county is available on the National Association of Counties website.
Farmers and ranchers in southwest Missouri are invited to attend the 89th Annual Stone County Livestock and Forage Conference.
Charles D. Fulhage and Donald L. PfostDepartment of Agricultural Engineering
Charles D. Fulhage and Donald L. PfostAgricultural Engineering ExtensionJohn FeistnerNatural Resources Conservation Service
Marie SteinwachsOffice of Waste ManagementYour home may be an accident waiting to happenMany preventable accidents, injuries, illnesses and fires occur in homes due to unsafe storage of hazardous products.
Karla Hughes
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Marie SteinwachsOffice of Waste Management
Part of the National Weather Service and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, the Storm Prediction Center provides information dealing with severe weather across the United States.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – High-speed internet is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Most of us access the internet daily for health care, education, employment and social connection.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Digital storyteller and former TV anchor and reporter Sarah Hill will present at the 2018 FilmFest 4-H, July 29-Aug. 1 in Columbia.
This one-day program guides communities through exploring community economic development opportunities they have and taking them through a planning process that leads to a goal-oriented plan.
How heat stress negatively impacts all aspects of dairy cattle production. Decreased milk production and reproduction losses during the summer substantially impact the economic potential of dairy farms, from eXtension.org.
This guide discusses steps you can take to reduce phosphorus loss from your farm.
This course is designed to develop the management skills needed by company officers to accomplish assigned tactics at structure fires.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – You can’t grow turkey in the straw. However, you can grow side dishes and floral centerpieces for a turkey dinner in the straw.
Wray founded Creative Edge in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1999, largely as a real estate marketing agency. His primary goal was to build a company that helped businesses “create their edge in the marketplace.” The company now produces nearly 50 real estate TV shows across the country. Recently,…
As we age, many of us start to worry about our ability to perform everyday tasks like putting groceries a
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. – “Why not give it a try?” Sarah Kelly thought as she looked over the letter from her children’s Fredericktown middle school. The pressures of everyday life — and the easy escape that technology provides — make it harder for families to spend time together and connect.
ST. PETERS, Mo. – Manufacturing is a key segment of Missouri’s economy, representing 12%, or nearly $40 billion, of Missouri’s gross state product.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A new partnership between the University of Missouri Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security (ICFS) and MU Extension will make it easier to access information about local and regional food systems and food security.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative number 13 states: “Firefighters and their families should have access to counseling and psychological support.” Stress First Aid (SFA), an important component of fulfilling this Life Safety Initiative, is a set of supportive actions designed to help emergency…
Lisa Wallace
Regional Specialist, Human Development and Family Science
If you think you don't have satisfactory balance in your life, you're not alone. One of the most stressful parts of life is balancing work and family. Stress is often the unhealthy result of those efforts.
One of the best ways to protect your health is to reduce the unhealthy stress in your life. Research continues to show us that too much stress robs us of sleep, causes us to gain or lose too much weight, causes headaches, etc. Too much stress also destroys emotional ties with the people we live and…
The “MU Certified” Strip Trial Program is a grower-focused program to help Missouri farmers and crop advisors compare on-farm management decisions and practices in a low-cost, low-risk setting.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – On-farm strip trials are an effective way for farmers to test their nitrogen fertilizer rate on corn.
Every year more than 600,000 Americans experience a stroke. Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of serious, long-term disability in adults. Like heart attacks, brain attacks can be preventable, and quick treatment can reduce death and disability.
STOCKTON, Mo. – There was a strong showing at the Southwest Missouri All Breeds Performance Test Bull Sale on March 25 at the Springfield Livestock Marketing Center in Springfield, says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist.
This course is designed to prepare emergency response personnel to initiate rescue operations in structural collapse emergencies.
This course is designed to prepare emergency response personnel with basic knowledge of shoring principals, and equipment usage to initiate rescue operations when dealing with light frame construction collapse.
This course is designed to prepare emergency response personnel to initiate rescue operations in structural collapse emergencies.
Technical rescues that involve differences of elevation may require the use ropes to access and evacuate victims. Special skills and equipment are required for these types of incidents.
The Structural Fire Fighting Series comprises the second edition of three manuals: Initial Response Strategy and Tactics, Truck Company Skills and Tactics, and High-Rise Fire Fighting.
This course will explain, demonstrate, and provide hands-on skills training in fire ground operations necessary in interior structural fire attack. Topics include ICS, size-up, search and rescue, ventilation, forcible entry and hose stream management.
This manual provides an overview of historical high-rise fires, construction features, fire behavior, water supply, fire protection systems, elevators and escalators, evacuation procedures, preincident planning, incident command, strategy and tactics, and special situations.
This curriculum covers all 14 chapters of the Structural Fire Fighting: Initial Response Strategy and Tactics, Second Edition Manual. The components are designed for use in traditional face-to-face and hybrid classroom environments.
This manual provides strategy and tactics for the incident commander arriving at structure fire incidents using the available responding resources. Learn to assess the fire situation, initiate a command structure, and deploy resources until the transfer of command or termination of the incident.
This curriculum covers all nine chapters of the Structural Fire Fighting: Initial Response Strategy and Tactics, Third Edition Manual.
This manual prepares the reader to serve as the incident commander who must evaluate an incident, assign resources and coordinate the incident plan. It encompasses decision-making during emergency response, especially initial decisions upon arrival, and incident planning.
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If needed, see the MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute extpubs@missouri.edu for instructions.
CREVE COEUR, Mo – In November 2023, almost three dozen students in grades 6-8 and their teachers from Marian Middle School in St. Louis joined Missouri 4-H and Bayer professionals for a day camp focused on STEM and agriculture careers.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Over the next decade, Missouri’s food, agriculture and forestry industries are projected to generate 13,000 job openings each year. Deliberate statewide planning and action will ensure a globally competitive workforce for employers in these industries that are foundational to…
ROCK PORT, Mo. – A four-year study by University of Missouri Extension seeks to find how cover crops can best benefit soils after flooding and prevented planting.
KEYTESVILLE, Mo. – Farmers need more research showing cover crops increase yields, reduce erosion and add nutrients back to the soil in corn-soybean rotation before they adopt the practice, says University of Missouri researcher Ranjith Udawatta.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – New forage research gives reason to not graze toxic fescue grass too short. The bottom 2 inches of infected grass holds highest levels of the alkaloid causing problems for grazing livestock.The findings guide ways to manage fescue’s toxic impact, says Craig Roberts, University of…
MARSHFIELD, Mo. –Buyers trying to reduce winter heating costs should closely examine claims by manufacturers of infrared space heaters, said a University of Missouri Extension natural resource engineering specialist.
Study documents the value of hospital antibiotic stewardship programs