Dr. Durriyyah R. Kemp, Assistant Director for University of Illinois Cooperative Extension, received the North Central Urban Extension Leadership Award at the Regional NUEL Conference hosted at the University of Wisconsin – Madison June 7-9, 2023. This recognition is awarded to Extension Leaders who have made exceptional contributions to Urban Extension. Recipients have demonstrated success with programming and/or administration within the Cooperative Extension Service, specifically within...

Hi Urban Ag Extension Leaders! I am the People's Garden coordinator with the USDA Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production. You may have seen our Connect Subgroup for registered gardens. We currently have 1,400 gardens registered and the network continues to grow! I am interested in extension resources and materials that are developed for community gardens, urban farms, school gardens, etc. to share with the larger network. If you have toolkits, outreach materials, brochures,...

Today's US Census Story behind the numbers is about multi-generational homes: Multigenerational households — three or more generations under one roof — made up 4.7% of all U.S. households but 7.2% of family households in 2020, an increase from 2010 .... There were 6.0 million U.S. multigenerational households in 2020, up from 5.1 million in 2010, according to 2020 Census data released recently. This helped with my reflection on a great NUEL Steering Committee, hosted by the North Central...