October is Protect Your Hearing Month
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Karen Funkenbusch, 573-882-2731
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Have you heard? Most hearing loss is preventable.
“Nothing can restore lost hearing. Once it’s gone, it’s gone!” says Karen Funkenbusch, University...
Walking the high-tech walk
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Shannon White, 573-884-0790
COLUMBIA, Mo. – When City of Columbia geospatial services manager Matt Gerike walks downtown, he looks at things a little differently than the average person. He notes how crosswalk traffic...
Missouri Dairy Grazing Conference set for Springfield Expo Center, Oct. 23-25
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Joe Horner, 573-882-9339
COLUMBIA, Mo. – “Creating Consistent Systems” is the theme of a panel discussion opening the Missouri Dairy Grazing Conference, Oct. 23-25, Springfield, Mo.
The panelists, all from...
4-H no longer just cows and sows
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Shannon White, 573-884-0790
COLUMBIA, Mo. –Although it once brought to mind thoughts of cow, sows, plows and pillow-making, 4-H today is just as likely to involve studying maps, apps, robotics and aeronautics.
Oct. 9 is...
‘Breast Cancer Dialogues’ playing in rural communities
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Lee Ann Woolery, 573-884-9025
COLUMBIA, Mo.– “Theater is a wonderful means to understand the complexities of life,” says University of Missouri Extension community arts specialist Lee Ann Woolery. And few...
Grass farmers to hear about managing for profits at annual meeting,...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Craig A. Roberts, 573-882-0481
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Livestock farmers depend on good grass to make cheaper gains, affecting profits. Those topics are featured at the Missouri Forage and Grassland Council meeting, Nov. 4-5,...
Federal shutdown affects MU Extension nutrition programs
Media contact:
Jo Britt-Rankin
Program Director, Human Environmental Sciences
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-7828
E-Mail: [email protected]
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Due to the federal government shutdown, the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) has advised University of Missouri Extension to suspend certain federally...
‘Pearls of Production: Women in Agriculture,’ an MU workshop, to be...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Marcia Shannon, 573-882-7859
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The number of women owning farms tripled from 1978 to 2007. “More women are breeding cows and processing pigs, as well as owning the farm,” said Marcia Shannon,...
Inexpensive fall centerpieces bloom with beauty
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Kim Martin, 573-884-1191
COLUMBIA, Mo. –Look no further than your back yard for inexpensive fall centerpieces.
That’s the advice from Kim Martin, manager of Tiger Garden, the student-run floral shop on the...
Child care students learn to ‘Eat Smart’
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Robin Gammon, 573-884-0971; Susan Mills-Gray, 816-380-8460
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. – Kids in child care are no longer limited to learning shapes and colors. Now they are learning how to eat smart.
At 48 child care centers in...
