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| Preview of 2010 Brown County Fair click here | |
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| Community Resource Handbooks | |
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Community Resource Handbook for Brown County Fall 2009-2011 is available for sale at the Ag & Extension Service Center. Cost is $3.50 each. If your organization is interested in bulk quantities, the cost is as follows:
100 - 299 copies are $3.00 each 300 - 500 copies are $2.50 each
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 4-H Youth Development | |
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| 4-H Summer Camp | |
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| If you would like to do something really fun this summer, and if you are in grades 3-8, you’re invited to 4-H Summer Camp! This 4-day, 3-night adventure provides a wide variety of fun and educational activities in a safe, supervised environment. Trained counselors and staff lead arts and crafts, waterfront, nature, and recreational activities that are designed to help you explore new things, learn new skills and develop new friendships. Outpost older campers, grades 7-8, will camp off-site, sleep in tents, and participate in activities such as rock-climbing and canoeing. This year Brown County will be camping together with Winnebago County at Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center in Wisconsin Dells, July 8th-11th. Upham Woods is the only camp facility owned by 4-H in Wisconsin and offers an exceptional facility and staff. For more information about Upham Woods, visit the website at http://www.uwex.edu/ces/4h/uphamwoods/index.cfm | |
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| Additional information, costs, and application forms for youth campers will be available online Friday, February 5. Since you do not need to be a 4-H member to attend 4-H Summer Camp, we encourage all 4-H members to invite a friend to attend camp with them this summer! | |
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| Agriculture | |
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Grain Crops Production Clinic
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
9:30 am – 3:00 pm
Please click here for more information and registration form. | |
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| 2010 Century Farm & Sesquicentennial Farm or Home Applications | |
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| Have you had continuous family ownership of property for 100 years? Or 150 years? Farms or homes with 100 or 150 years of continuous ownership through the year 2010 will be recognized at a special breakfast program during the Wisconsin State Fair, August 5-15, 2010. The Brown County Extension Office has received applications for these awards. Please click here for applications. Applications are due March 1, 2010. | |
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| Community Gardens | | | |
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| Upcoming Events | |
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Is a High Tunnel Right for your Farm?
March 13, 2010
9:00-11:00 a.m.
Ag & Extension Service Center
1150 Bellevue St., Green Bay
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| With a new year comes new ideas and opportunities. Is the time right for you to start a new project on your farm? Join Bill Wright, director of the Organic Learning Center at the Ag & Extension Service Center and coordinator of the Brown County Community Gardens Program, in exploring the benefits of erecting a high tunnel on your farm. Topics to be discussed include: | |
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- Issues to examine before erecting a high tunnel
- Availability of financial assistance through EQIP
You will also tour the high tunnel on the grounds of the Ag & Extension Service Center. | |
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There is no charge to attend, but pre-registration is required. To register, call (920) 391-4653. Registration deadline is March 10.
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| Family Living | |
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| Powerful Tools for Caregiving | |
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| Powerful Tools Class for Caregivers co-sponsored by the Aging and Disablity Resource Center of Brown County and Brown County UW-Extension is scheduled to begin on April 29th and will be held for six consectives Thurday afternoons. For more information, please click here. | |
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| Do You Want More Money in Your Pocket? | |
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| If so, please click here for more information. | |
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| Family Living Blogspot | |
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| You will find tips, suggestions and information for incorporating healthy eating and food safety practices into your daily living activities. | |
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| Check it out at http://bcuwexhealthyliving.blogspot.com/ | |
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| Nutrition Education | |
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Poverty Simulation Volunteers Needed | |
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| Many of you may have participated in a poverty simulation. The simulation is an experience to educate people on what it might be like to live on a very low income. The object is to sensitize participants to the realities faced by people with limited incomes surviving month to month. | |
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| The simulation is held in a large room with the “families” seated in groups in the center. Around the perimeter of the room are tables representing community resources and services for the families. Persons, who have a personal experience or an appreciation for the realities faced by those living in poverty are recruited to staff the resource tables and assume roles such as: utility collector, landlord, banker, food pantry, employment office, pawn broker, grocery, and school. | |
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| This is where you come in…. The roles are easy and you will be trained before the simulation so you know exactly what to do! We are in need of volunteers for the mornings of March 5 and March 15. An additional simulation is also being held for the afternoon of March 15. The demand for simulations continue to grow and we can continue to offer them only with the support of volunteers. | |
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| This program can change the way of thinking and working with low income families. | |
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| Thank you for considering working with us. Please contact Judy Knudsen or Karen Early at Brown County UW Extension with your interest at 391-4610 or email karen.early@ces.uwex.edu or Judith.knudsen@ces.uwex.edu | |
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| Urban Horticulture & Natural Resources | |
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| Emerald Ash Borer Management Strategies for the Green Industry | |
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 | Thursday, March 18, 2010
10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Liberty Hall
800 Eisenhower Drive
Kimberly, WI | |
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| The primary goal of this program is to provide Green Industry personnel with the most current information on management options for Emerald Ash Borer. Target audience is municipal foresters, park & recreation officials, landscape contractors, woodland owners and nursery growers, but the general public is also welcome. | |
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| The program is free, but pre-registration is required by March 12. Class size will be limited to 100 participants. For more information and registration form, please click here. | |
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| Fruit Tree Pruning |  | |
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| Saturday, March 20 9:00 am - Noon, Ag & Extension Service Center, 1150 Bellevue St. | |
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| Join Tony Dembski, owner of Maple Valley Orchards & Nursery, Gillett, in this hands-on class. Learn the basics of pruning and why it is critical to the health of your trees, to disease management and for better fruit yield. Directing the growth of the tree by pruning also helps to control the size and shape. Class begins indoors and will move outdoors for hands-on practice. Dress for the weather and bring you pruning tools! | |
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| Cost is still only $2.00. To Register call Debi @ 920-465-8512 | |
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