Too many times, living in poverty often results in being food insecure and less healthy. The purpose of the Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program (WNEP) is to provide low income individuals and families nutrition education, thus empowering them to become more self-sufficient and healthier. Food insecurity is not only a WNEP state effort, but a local […]
Understanding another culture is possible only if I understand my own culture. That is the premise for the “Walk an Hour in My Shoes” workshop which host upon request for organizations and workplaces in the county. The Hispanic population of Fond du Lac County has grown 120% since 2000. Teachers, law enforcement officers, clergy, health […]
No business or industry can hire a 14-year-old youth to work around machinery. No industry, that is, except agriculture. When working on a farm, the owner/employer or employees act as their own workplace safety officer in an environment that is extremely dangerous. Statistics tell us that thousands of people get hurt or killed on farms […]
Cooperative Extension’s first agent, E.L. Luther, hired in 1912 in Oneida County, made farm visits using a two-cylinder motorbike. One hundred years later, both modes of transportation and Cooperative Extension programming have changed, but one important point remains the same. Cooperative Extension educators continue to serve as a portal to educational resources from the University […]
