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OSU Extension Fire Program celebrates four years of impactful outreach

In addition to hosting more than two dozen webinars that have been viewed by thousands of people, in the last four years the program has facilitated community preparedness partnerships and landscape planning processes.

Francesca Rossi | May 31, 2024 | News story

OSU Extension trainings provide safety net for stressed farmers and ranchers

QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) teaches farmers, ranchers and their family and friends how to interrupt the process that leads to suicide.

Francesca Rossi, Kym Pokorny | May 21, 2024 | News story

Extension aims to reach 500 cattle producers on enhanced biosecurity and foreign disease mitigation

The project aims to provide a basic overview and proactive activities and measures that people can take to mitigate production market and financial risks, and the process by which cattle producers can resume business

Francesca Rossi | May 8, 2024 | News story

Extension facilitates donation of vegetable starts from middle school greenhouse to food pantries

For the past two years OSU Extension's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) staff have collected the unsold vegetable starts and distributed them to local food pantries as a welcome addition to the usual canned or boxed foods.

Robin Maille | Apr 2024 | Impact story

Extension educator serves as La Grande School District health coordinator as part of CDC Healthy Schools grant

The Oregon Department of Education selected the La Grande School District as the only school district in Oregon to be funded as part of a five-year cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Robin Maille | Apr 2024 | Impact story

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