Tennessee Extension is looking forward to hosting the National Urban Extension Conference in Nashville. We have opening up hotel registration today. Please reserve your hotel room at the below link. If you need a double room, please call the hotel directly at 1-877-901-6632. https://book.passkey.com/e/50633971

Therapeutic Horticulture is an important part of the Urban Extension programming we offer in New Hanover County, home to the coastal city of Wilmington, NC. We use gardening and other nature-based activities to work with a wide range of populations to achieve an equally diverse set of goals. Plants provide a way to connect and break down barriers between groups of people who may be unfamiliar with each other, or even people who live in the same community but for various reasons have little...

The National Urban Research and Extension Center (NUREC), formerly the Western Center for Metropolitan Extension and Research, is accepting applications for our Fellows program (Deep Dive, Urban Sabbatical, and Graduate Fellows)! The deadline for applications is July 31, 2023 ! For more information, see: https://metroextension.wsu.edu/fellows/ . Applications will be accepted on any topic of interest that addresses our mission and goals including projects related to: Extension programs;...

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...

This is a full-time, professional faculty, Administrative Manager position serving the Oregon State University Extension Service team in Multnomah County. The office location will be at the OSU Food Innovation Center in Portland, Oregon. See the full job description and apply. Closes June 23. The Administrative Manager (AM) position is crucial to the operations and outreach services of the OSU Extension Service in Multnomah County and its role in the University. The AM provides positive...

The position of Assistant Professor of Practice for Metro Master Gardener Program develops and conducts educational programs and contributes to applied horticulture research activities in topics relevant to gardening as well as economic development and community development in the Portland, OR area (Clackamas, Washington, and Multnomah Counties). This position will serve as an educational liaison to local metro area organizations and state and federal agencies, as well as work...

UMD is hiring an Urban Horticultural Production and Management Extension Specialist. This is a tenure-track Extension position. Best consideration date is June 19, 2023. Please keep an eye out for a second specialist position on Urban Farm Business Management coming soon. Job description and application: https://ejobs.umd.edu/ postings/107530 The Specialist is part of a diverse team (College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, UME, and key stakeholder groups) working on applied research...

Leadership in the City is a 6-month online professional development program that prepares Extension professionals working in urban areas to be locally relevant, responsive statewide, and recognized nationally. To date 127 Extension professionals from 31 states have participated. This online professional development program offers learning about leadership, networks, innovation, marketing, management, and more. The program is based on a foundation of entrepreneurial theory and urban Extension...

May 15 th is the deadline for workshop proposals and awards for the Southern Region/ 1890’s NUEL Regional Conference. In addition, registration for the conference and hotel is also open. Please use the link below to go to the registration site for the 2023 NUEL SR & 1890’s Conference in Houston. https://agriliferegister.tamu.edu/ereg/index.php?eventid=749815&

Kentucky’s population (like many other states) continues to shift to larger counties and cities. This shift brings challenges for the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service. We must remain committed to our rural foundations while exploring ways to be more relevant to our urban communities. University of Kentucky Extension has engaged Michigan State University to facilitate a strategic examination of how Extension can best serve citizens living in our larger communities. Dr. Marie Ruemenapp,...