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Learn broadband terminology and issues related to access — availability and adoption. Access to high-speed internet encourages equitable opportunities.
Reviewed by Manoj Chhetri
MU Extension Horticulture Field Specialist
Karen Kerkhoff
Area Horticulture Specialist
David D. Minner
State Turfgrass Specialist, Department of Horticulture
Reviewed by Conne Burnham
Emergency Management Specialist
Fire and Rescue Training Institute
If your well has been flooded, the well and entire water system should be cleaned and disinfected. Floods can contaminate wells with silt, raw sewage, oil and disease organisms.
Get your point across clearly in writing with these 10 principles of clear writing. Also, learn how to test the clearness of your writing and keep it simple.
A community garden means many things to many people. Community gardens also take many shapes and forms. Regardless of why people choose to take part in a community garden or how a garden is organized, the activity of gardening with others can be both rewarding and challenging.
Robert A. Pierce
Extension Fish and Wildlife Specialist
Flooding displaces many rodents from their natural habitat. As a result, these animals are seeking areas that can provide food and shelter, such as homes, sheds, barns and other buildings.
Snakes often become displaced after a storm or flooding event. As a result, many of these animals are seeking shelter and food in areas close to people. Read more to find out what to do when you encounter one.
Reviewed by Katherine ForanExtension Communications and MarketingDick LeeExtension and Agricultural Information
Rural areas facing population decline can use low-cost actions to encourage people who had previously moved away for educational or job opportunities to move back to be closer to family and friends or to raise their children in a rural area.
Learn how promoting entrepreneurship may promote economic growth and increase a community’s quality of life. Increasing access to outside markets through online sales can increase local business’ customer bases as well.
Follow these guidelines for facilitating an improved business engagement while fostering leadership and problem solving to find meaningful engagement in rural small businesses. Business examples and seven key guidelines are presented here.
Communities throughout the Missouri face challenges related to sustaining a health care workforce and providing health care. This publication highlights rural-urban differences in Missouri’s health outcomes, workforce and availability of care.
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You and your family can survive for several days without food, but only a short time without water. Disasters can often cause us to question the safety of our drinking water. With a little planning and preparation, you can be prepared by having a safe emergency water supply.
Editor's noteThe 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 noteThe 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.
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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.
Editor's noteThe 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 noteThe 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.
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Reviewed by Katherine ForanExtension Communications and MarketingJoseph J. MarksExtension and Agricultural InformationGood feature writers are imaginative, curious, nosey, attentive, unconventional, witty, and usually are not above "borrowing" a good writing idea from someone else.