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- Want to start a vegetable garden?Apr 03
Here’s a quick-build setup and tips to get started Interest in starting a home vegetable garden has been spurred on by food scarcity or uncertainty related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Whether you’re a beginning gardener or someone who has planted vegetables in the past, now is the time to be planting, said a Texas... Read More → The post Want to start a vegetable garden? appeared first on AgriLife Today.
- Texas Association of Counties names health award after longtime AgriLife Extension educatorApr 03
Parrott receives Butler Award for educational outreach for health and nutrition wellness programs in Texas counties The Texas Association of Counties has named an educational outreach award in honor of a longtime Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service family and community health educator. The association has named its educational outreach award in honor of Paula Butler,... Read More → The post Texas Association of Counties names health award after longtime AgriLife Extension educator appeared first on AgriLife Today.
- Aggie veterinary labs reengineer 2,000 COVID-19 sampling kits for humansApr 03
Texas A&M AgriLife to donate FDA-compliant swab kits to be donated to hospitals across the state Viral sampling kits — usually used on pigs, cows and chickens — are being repurposed into more than 2,000 COVID-19 tests for humans, and will be sent to hospitals across the state, thanks to Aggie innovation and ingenuity. “No... Read More → The post Aggie veterinary labs reengineer 2,000 COVID-19 sampling kits for humans appeared first on AgriLife Today.
- Facing off against COVID-19Apr 02
AgriLife Extension organization volunteers make face masks during time of critical need The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and its network of volunteers are responding to the shortage of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing badly needed face masks. In a coordinated response to requests from throughout the state for face masks... Read More → The post Facing off against COVID-19 appeared first on AgriLife Today.
- AgriLife Extension’s popular Ranchers Agricultural Leasing Workshop goes onlineApr 02
Award-winning workshop now available anytime The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will offer its award-winning Ranchers Agricultural Leasing Workshop as an online course available anytime. “Given the popularity of our live Ranchers Leasing Workshop events, we receive more requests for and interest in programs than we are able to conduct each year,” said Tiffany Dowell... Read More → The post AgriLife Extension’s popular Ranchers Agricultural Leasing Workshop goes online appeared first on AgriLife Today.
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