OSU Extension Projects

Broadband Connectivity Outreach

Extension collaborates to help communities learn how low-income households can pay for internet service and connected devices, test their internet speeds and partner to deploy broadband on tribal lands.

Lucas Turpin | Project

Cascadia Earthquake Preparedness

A major earthquake off the Pacific Northwest coast could happen at any time. OSU Extension is playing a critical role in helping Oregon's people and communities prepare for this predicted natural disaster.

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Catalog Publications

OSU Extension Catalog offers a current, growing resource of learning materials backed by research. Catalog publications undergo rigorous peer review and are periodically checked for accuracy and timeliness.

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Coast to Forest: Mental Health Promotion in Rural Oregon

The Coast to Forest Project builds on community strengths to promote mental health and reduce substance use in rural Oregon. Browse statewide and county-specific resources. Relevant for all audiences.

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Croptime

Croptime introduces degree-day (DD) models for vegetable varieties and weeds. Vegetable models can help schedule planting dates and predict harvest dates.

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Drought and Heat Needs Assessment

Learn what farmers and ranchers are already doing to contend with drought and heat and what types of support they need.

Dr. Berit Dinsdale, María Isabel Zamora Re, Lauren Chase | Project

Extension Collaboration on Immunization Teaching and Engagement (EXCITE)

The EXCITE partnership long-term goal is to strengthen immunization education, with a focus on adult vaccination hesitancy around both COVID-19 and other vaccines. It is a partnership with Extension and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention.

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Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network

The purpose of the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) Program is to establish a network that connects individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, and other agriculture-related occupations to stress assistance programs. This project is funded by a USDA NIFA grant.

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GROW Healthy Kids and Communities

Generating Rural Options for Weight (GROW) Healthy Kids and Communities was an integrated research, education, and Extension program to inspire communities, schools, and families to create environments that make it easy for children to eat healthfully and be physically active.

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Hands on the Land

Hands on the Land is a collaborative effort that seeks to enhance the recognitional equity of the labor-intensive forest workforce in the Pacific Northwest through the provision of helpful resources, narratives, and information.

Manuel Machado, Emily Jane Davis | Project

HEAL MAPPS™

HEAL MAPPS™ helps community stakeholders document people’s experience of place with respect to supports and barriers for habitual healthy eating and physical activity.

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Introduction to Farm Succession Planning

A thriving family agricultural business is rooted in strong planning and communication. OSU’s free online handbook, Getting Organized: Business Organization and Succession Planning for Oregon Family Farms and Ranches, teaches you how ...

Christy Anderson Brekken | Project Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Microgreens Grow Along

Welcome to the Microgreens Grow Along workshop hosted by Oregon State University Extension and Food Hero. This is a bilingual (English & Spanish) online workshop for beginners. Follow the daily lessons and in two weeks you'll be enjoying tasty microgreens.

Brooke Edmunds, Joyce Senior Angulo | Project Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Organic Fertilizer and Cover Crop Calculators

This free online tool compares the nutrient value and cost of cover crops, organic and synthetic fertilizers and compost. Use this calculator to develop well balanced and cost effective nutrient management programs for your farm.

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OSU Extension Cultural Work Groups

Explore the current project, resources and partners for the African Heritage, Indigenous Peoples and Latinx cultural working groups.

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Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP)

Oregon State University's Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) aims to protect human health and the environment through education and service to Oregon communities. PSEP delivers high quality educational programs on the proper use...

Kaci Buhl, Jessica Green | Project

R-CFPA

We engage people in the communities we serve in assessing the conditions that most affect them where they live, work, learn, and play. We do this to learn what will work best to improve weight healthy behaviors for children and families, and food and physical activity resources in the community.

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Rootopia

Rootopia is about cultivating connections and the transformative magic of growing and cooking together. Rootopia works to make it easy to raise healthy, engaged and civic-minded kids and help our farmers prosper.

Michelle Markesteyn, PhD, MSEL | Project

Seed to Supper

Seed to Supper is a beginning garden course focused on reducing food insecurity in Oregon. Learn more about the program, and how to become an official Seed to Supper provider.

Gail Langellotto, LeAnn Locher | Project Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Smoke Ready Gorge

Smoke Ready Gorge was created to protect our health and prepare for future smoke events. Learn more about how smoke changes with the seasons, smoke readiness checklists and local efforts, and how to receive emergency notifications.

Lauren Kraemer | Project