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A team of Ohio State business and meat science specialists have compiled a Meat Processing Business Tool Kit for people who are exploring the meat processing business. Designed as a decision-making aid for people exploring investing in or expanding a meat processing facility, this online tool kit can help entrepreneurs evaluate the business and navigate business planning. The Meat Processing Business Tool Kit is available in the Business section at the OSU South Centers webpage and at the OS...

Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews Feb 8, 2021 6:32 AM Gerontologists from SDSU Extension and NDSU Extension invite the public to take a monthly online lunch break this winter to discuss issues such as Alzheimer’s, respite care and health and wellness for older adults. The webinars will be held from noon to 1 p.m. CST each day. According to Jane Strommen, NDSU Extension Gerontology Specialist, past gerontology webinars have been popular, and the topics addressed in the 2021 sessions were requested by ...

tag Early in 2020, the city of Jackson received a Leadership in Community Resilience grant from NLC to design and activate its Heat Preparedness Plan. Through a series of targeted interviews, surveys, and focus groups with frontline residents, the team set out to better understand how Jackson’s most at-risk residents perceive the dangers of extreme heat, and how they typically prepare for these often-life-threatening events. Although it is now winter across much of the US and the worst of the...

Health Institute. Long spearheads the nonprofit’s effort to strengthen the substance use infrastructure in 14 rural, southern New Mexico counties, especially regarding opioid use disorder. “I’ll be aiding all the rural counties in New Mexico south of Interstate-40,” said Long, a resident of Mesilla, NM. Long’s efforts focus on Catron, Chaves, Cibola, De Baca, Eddy, Grant, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln, Luna, Otero, Roosevelt, Sierra, and Socorro counties. The three-year project is funded by a...

The I-29 Moo University Collaboration’s 7th annual Dairy Beef Short Course will held on March 23. Due to COVID-19 it will be offered as a webinar. There will be a morning session from 10:00 a.m. to noon followed by the afternoon session from 1:00 p.m. till 3:00 p.m (US Central Standard Time). The Dairy Beef Short Course is one of the premiere dairy beef events in North America and normally held as a pre-educational event at the Central Plains Dairy Expo. The presenters at this year’s ...

2 months ago in Agriculture tomr Photo: WNAX Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is holding a series of farm bill webinars. ISU Extension Program Specialist in Economics Ann Johanns says Extension Economist Alejandro Plastina will review the analysis process for Ag Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs at the February 5 webinar which begins at one p.m. She says as producers make their farm bil...

The United States was facing a housing crisis long before the COVID-19 pandemic — one driven by high rental costs, a shrinking availability of quality housing, wage stagnation that has particularly challenged renter households and racial inequities embedded within the housing system. With evictions as one outcome of this crisis, pre-pandemic statistics estimate that one out of every 20 renters face an eviction each year, with the rate for Black renters more dire at one out of every 11 househo...

Gross Global Happiness United Nations University for Peace - Luis Gallardo and Mohit Mukherjee Gross Global Happiness will be held both virtually and onsite at the UPEACE campus this March 12th – 14th, 2021. With programs such as Gross Global Happiness, the World Happiness Foundation supports leaders from governments and organizations that are creating the conditions for happiness and well-being for all.” — Luis Gallardo, Founder & President - World Happiness Foundation MIAMI, FLORIDA, UN...

Volunteer Tutors Available In St. Cloud Area [PODCAST] Gail Cruikshank and Amelia Barkley from the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation joined me on WJON today.  We discussed "Around the Cloud Tutors".  These volunteer tutors are typically college students often majoring in education but some are current or retired teachers.  These tutors are equipped to help all students K-12 on all subjects.  Amelia Barkley, Communications and Program Specialist from the Greater St. Cloud Development...

A Re-Cap of “This Week in Central New York” (Jan. 9) Each Saturday, our community affairs radio program "This Week in Central New York" provides three interviews with guests from Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego Counties. This show airs on this Townsquare Media station in the tri-county area from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. This past Saturday’s featured guests include: Savannah Collins, Program Specialist and Kyle LaFever, Peer Services Coordinator, both from Friends of Recovery of Delaware and ...