WELCOME MEGHAN! Meghan Numrich started on Monday this week at the Extension Office. She is our part time Summer 4-H Associate. She will be helping with all things 4-H this summer! 1st ANNUAL SUNFLOWER & PUMPKIN GROWING CONTEST! Who’s got a green thumb? Sign up for our 1st Annual 4-H Sunflower and Pumpkin Growing Contest! […]
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1st ANNUAL SUNFLOWER & PUMPKIN GROWING CONTEST! Who’s got a green thumb? Sign up for our 1st Annual 4-H Sunflower and Pumpkin Growing Contest! Official seed sowing begins June 1st and ends June 15th so sign up soon! For full contest details and to register go to: https://bit.ly/3BT6eu9 See attached flyer 4-H THIS WEEKEND AT THE […]
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EFC – Encouraging Financial Conversations is a program designed for case managers, social workers, and other frontline staff to help empower clients achieve their financial goals and manage their money. EFC participants will learn techniques and strategies to help their clients create a financial goals action plan, build and maintain good credit, pay off debts, […]
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Five graduate students from the La Follette School of Public Affairs demonstrated that universal child savings accounts could have significant benefits for the state when they conducted the first statewide cost-benefit analysis of the idea last fall. Stephanie Mertens, Ian O’Connor-Giles, Adam Riley, Sam Schneider, and Tyler Williams completed the study on behalf of UW–Madison’s Division of […]
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Here are this week’s reminders and updates… MAY/JUNE NEWSLETTER The newsletter is available online at: https://winnebago.extension.wisc.edu/4h/events/#newsletters It should arrive in your mailbox soon! SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION SPOTS ARE LIMITED! Final deadline to register for camp is May 12th. Camp takes place June 27-30th at Upham Woods This year’s theme is Under the Sea! Cost: $170 per camper Download […]
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Safety of Home Dried Mushrooms Fresh mushrooms have a short shelf life, usually 1-3 days at room temperature. For this reason, drying them either commercially or at home is an attractive alternative, because it lowers the water activity to below 0.85, thereby restricting the growth of pathogens (harmful bacteria). When dehydrated to a water activity […]
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SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION SPOTS ARE LIMITED! Final deadline to register for camp is May 12th. Camp takes place June 27-30th at Upham Woods This year’s theme is Under the Sea! Cost: $170 per camper Download Registration Form: https://winnebago.extension.wisc.edu/4h/camp/ CLOVERBUD & EXPLORING JUNE DAIRY MONTH FUN! Ice Cream making with Rebecca Poppy! June 5, 2023 at JPCC at […]
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MOVIE – MINI GOLF & MU SHU – YAC SPRING ADVENTURE Deadline to register is TODAY! ALL Winnebago County 4-H-ers (and your family & friends) are invited! Youth in grades 5 and under must have a parent attend. April 29th 1:15PM: Meet at Marcus Theatre Oshkosh to view “On A Wing & A Prayer” (Rated PG) 3:30PM: Laser Mini […]
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UW-Madison Professor of Food Science Barbara Ingham will share information on food safety for products made at your farm or home.Registration for the event is available online at: https://go.wisc.edu/00487s. For additional information about the workshops email Jessica Jane Spayde, Food Entrepreneurship Specialist at the Community Food Systems Program at the UW-Madison Division of Extension, at spayde@wisc.edu.
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