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Creating Balance with Food & Fitness:  This seven-week series of interactive sessions will help you know your numbers, develop goals, balance calories, know which foods to increase or reduce and help you increase your physical activity level.  Go to http://food.unl.edu//web/fnh/food_fitness for more information or to register online.


Hall County Newsletter - December 2011, November 2011,  October 2011, September 2011, July 2011, June 2011, May 2011


Weekly Columns  01-25 When Is Food "Done"? 01-22 Gardening Tips; 01-18 Beating the Winter Vegetable Blahs; 1-15 Crops & Water; 1-8 Winter Gardening Tips


Horticulture:  Questions??? - Contact Elizabeth at 308-385-5088 or ekillinger2@unl.edu. 

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2012 Training Dates:  Schedule, Distance Education and Live

Session 1 Distance Education - February 14 - March 20 (Tuesday evenings), 6-9 p.m.

Session 2 Live Presentations: March 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23 - 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m.

Master Gardener Brochure (pdf)

State Master Gardener Program http://extensionhorticulture.unl.edu/mg/      


Food Safety

ServSafe Is a nationally recognized food safety training and certification program established by the National Restaurant Association.  This training provides the latest science-based information on food safety and best practices in the industry.  This course is designed for food service managers and supervisory staff in restaurants, hospitals, schools, long-term care facilities and other food-handling establishments.   Call 308-385-5088 for more info.  ServSafe trainings:

Grand Island on February 27-28

Kearney on March 26-27

North Platte on April 23-24

Hastings on May 7-8

Grand Island on September 17-18

ServSafe Starters Program is a basic food safety class that focuses on four key principles (see Starters brochure 318KB).  Contact Cami Wells at 385-5088 to schedule a time that is convenient for your facility.

Cooking Safely for a Crowd Workshop  -  There's a lot to learn about safe food preparation and handling and if you don't do it for a living, you may not be aware of all the special techniques involved in cooking for a large group of people.  You cook for a crowd if you volunteer to prepare, serve or handle food at a banquet, church supper, pancake breakfast, family reunion picnic, concession stand, fair booth, soup supper, etc.  Call Cami at 308-385-5088 to schedule a class.


Co-Parenting For Successful Kids is an educational course for parents who are in the process of divorce or interested in custody modification or paternity proceedings.  See the brochure or call Barbara at 308-385-5088 for program dates/times.


 Nutrition Education Program (NEP) teaches nutrition, food safety and food resource management to limited resource families.  Call 308-385-5088 for information about NEP classes or go to http://nebraskanep.unl.edu/nep/pages/index.jsp.

  • NEP is free to all participants who meet income guidelines
  • Classes are available in English and Spanish
  • NEP staff teach participants individually and in small groups
  • Classes are taught at agency or community sites, at home through mail lessons, Internet, or home visits

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UNL leads $25 million project targeting E. coli threat to food safetyE coli2

UNL will lead a $25 million project to reduce throughout the beef production chain the occurrence of E. coli strains that pose a major threat to public health. The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced the grant today and will be part of a 1 p.m. reception at Hardin Hall. Continue reading…


Results of Soybean Management On-Farm Research soybean research

On-farm replicated research on soybean management practices was conducted as part of the 2011 Soybean Management Field Days near Bancroft (northeast), Clay Center (south central), Cortland (southeast), and Elba (central). Soybean yield can be increased by integrating the genetic potential of soybean with sustainable agronomic practices and yield-increasing practices appropriate for current field and seasonal weather conditions. The 2011 Soybean Management Field Days included trials to test various practices for:
· Effect of Foliar Fungicides and Insecticides
· Nutrient management involving starter N, foliar nutrient management, growth promoters, and related high yield practices.
· Seed treatment affect on stand, disease control, and yield.

To learn the results of these practices under Nebraska field conditions, read the summaries found for Nutrient Management , Seed Treatment, and Foliar Fungicides and Insecticides.


Research shows benefits of irrigated corn offset energy costs Cassman

Research led by UNL's Ken Cassman and Patricio Grassini shows that irrigated corn grown in Nebraska is highly efficient in the use of energy, water and fertilizer. The data was published in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Continue reading…

 


2012 Extension Community Program Lessons Now AvailableCommunity

As a leader in your community, often you are asked to present a program to club meetings, civic groups or professional organizations. Finding information for such a program and then organizing it can be challenging and time consuming. Look no further!

Faculty from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension are providing you research-based, educational program resources free-of-charge. Information in each program is based on research from educational institutions around the world. The programs provided reflect the variety of topics which our clientele cite as issues within their communities. This years programs are: Making it Happen!: Building Positive Relations with Children and Social Networking Sites: What They Are and How to Navigate Them. For more Community Program Lessons available to you, go to: Programs for Communities.

 

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Provides current grain/livestock market commentary and analysis; weather, climate, and soil moisture updates; practical advice from seasoned, working producers; and more.

BYF logo Backyard Farmer
View entire episodes or search for answers to your plant, yard, and insect problems. Watch Backyard Farmer live on NET1 April to mid September (Thursday, 7:00 pm CT). Backyard Farmer Extra airs every Saturday morning during the season at 8:30 am (CT).

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Audio and video interviews with University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension specialists and educators on topics ranging from crop and livestock production to health and nutrition to lawn and garden care, and more.

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A number of UNL-Extension video programs are archived and available for viewing. Topics include water management, crop and livestock production and rural entrepreneurship.