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What's new with Food Safety, Food Preservation and Health?
Visit our food Safety/Preservation website - click here
Do you have Food Preservation questions? Contact one of the many Oconto County Master Food Preservers. Find current information here: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/oconto/flp/MasterFoodPreservers.html
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Powerful Tools for Caregivers Workshop Coming Soon
- Feeling Stretched? Perhaps you can benefit from Powerful Tools for Caregivers. Because we recognize that caring for others is not only rewarding, but at times stressful, this 6-week course is designed for family caregivers and will cover: taking care of YOU; identifying and reducing personal stress; communicating feelings,needs and concerns; communicating in challenging situations; learning from our emotions; mastering caregiving decisions. Watch your local newspapers for details regarding Powerful tools sessions as follows: Oconto Falls beginning September 11and Lakewood beginning October 23, or click on the link(s) below.
Powerful Tools Brochure & Registration information for upcoming sessions: Click HERE
To fill out registration form on-line and e-mail - Click HERE
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Are you visiting the Oconto County Fair August 21 - 24? If so, you can pick-up a registration form at the UW-Extension Booth or Office!
See you at the Fair!!!
Oconto Community Garden Project
JULY 2008—The Oconto Community Garden Project is currently in its 8th season and despite getting off to a slow start due to a cool, wet spring, things are looking great now! This spring, teachers and students from the Oconto Elementary School and staff from UW-Extension helped prepare the garden, and the majority of the planting was done by the students just before the end of the school year.
About 15 students participated in the summer school gardening class earlier in the summer, which was taught by Kathy Pinkart. UW-Extension’s Summer Intern, Travis Schardt, also helped teach some of the classes. The students learned about how to tend a garden, how insects can both help or hurt the crops, how composting works, and how great fresh-picked raspberries taste!
In addition to helping elementary school students learn about gardening, the community garden project is also used by the staff of the UW-Extension Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program to teach learners about the health and nutrition benefits of garden. The garden also serves as provides fresh vegetables for NEWCAP’s food pantry in Oconto. Portions of the harvest are also be donated to the Commission on Aging meal site, and to groups from New View Industries who will visit the garden later this summer.
We would like to thank Oconto NEWCAP for providing financial support to help cover costs associated with operating the garden this summer.
The community garden is located behind the elementary school in Oconto. If you’re nearby, stop by for a visit. If you’re not, you can see some recent pictures are available here.
Do you want information on how to start a community/school garden? Click Here!
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develops practical educational programs tailored to local needs
and based on university knowledge and research.
County-based Extension educators are University of Wisconsin
faculty and staff who are experts in agriculture and agribusiness,
community and economic development, natural resources, family
living and youth development.
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