Tag Archives: midwest

05Nov/24
A map highlighting the Midwest states in the U.S., including Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio.

Extension and USDA Climate Hubs Work to Build a Climate-Resilient Midwest

Three projects operate within the Midwest to build partnerships, relationships, and collaborations for agricultural resilience in the face of climate change. Funding for these projects is intended to foster new ideas and collaboration, especially between Extension and the USDA Climate Hubs, and comes from the National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Learn more about these projects and how they compliment each other’s efforts to build a climate-resilient Midwest.

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24Jan/24
A hand-drawn image of the globe. On the bottom half, the globe is covered with cars and factories spewing pollution. The sky behind the globe has an unhealthy green pallor. On the top half, young hands are erasing and redrawing the globe filled with greenery, solar panels, and windmills. The sky is blue with clouds.

Integrating NCA5 into Extension Programming: An Interview with Aaron Wilson

Explore the role of the 5th National Climate Assessment (NCA5) in Extension programming through this interview with the Lead Author for the Midwest Chapter. This post highlights authoritative, timely, and transparent NCA5 materials, including region- and topic-specific chapters and an Art x Climate gallery. And – don’t miss the Midwest Chapter webinar on February 20!

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13Jun/23
wet field

Introducing Climate Ready Midwest: Empowering Extension Professionals in Climate-Smart Agriculture

Hello! And welcome to the Climate Ready Midwest project blog. We are a multi-state partnership working with the USDA’s Midwest Climate Hub to increase the impact of climate-smart agriculture here in the Midwest. You can learn more about our project and team here. 

Our stated goals are to: 

-help define what climate-smart agriculture means to the midwestern Extension agricultural community, and 

-to empower Extension professionals to lead climate-informed agricultural programming across the Midwest. 

These are lofty goals, so let’s dig in a little.

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