BREAKING: California joins Washington state in being allowed by @USDA to offer free meals to low-income kids affected by COVID-19 school closures; USDA again waives “congregate feeding” requirement. Background on COVID/school meals in my @CivilEats piece: https://t.co/4VnvuuLpvz
Enjoyed a wonderful prime rib dinner, fellowship, and industry updates at the Billings Chamber of Commerce Ag Appreciation Celebration tonight. Dr. Cody Stone with @MSU_Extension shared insight and updates from @montanastate. A great crowd of 4-H alum present too! Go Cats!��
A great day of learning @MSU_Extension 4-H Update! Topics included 4-H Fridays, Climate Science, Outdoor Education, Online Record Books, & Volunteer Trends just to name a few.
Attending the Women in Ag conference today (https://t.co/gmLji1qLMf). Just learned that 1.2 women are farm operators - farming slightly more than 388 million acres!! In Montana 39.5% of farmers are women 💙. #womeninag
@DrBuys These are difficult conversations, so I appreciate just having the conversation started. As Extension colleagues we have such a complex job of navigating all the science that is out there. I hope to use this with new agent onboarding to discuss how we communicate about science.
A must read on nutritional epidemiology.
Backlash Over Meat Dietary Recommendations Raises Questions About Corporate Ties to Nutrition Scientists https://t.co/zzgT2ySLFg
Sioux Chef, Sean Sherman discusses changing the Thanksgiving narrative to 'focus simply on values that apply to everybody: togetherness, generosity and gratitude, and to explore a deeper connection to indigenous foods served'. https://t.co/mAvYAbfdYT #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Excited to present here soon at #APHA2019 on “The Role of Community Coaching Confidence in PSE work with Food Pantries through Voices for Food”. A huge shoutout to the Voices for Food team for making this possible and allowing me to showcase our work! @MSU_Extension @SDSUiGrow
Spending the day broadening my knowledge on farm economics at the “Managing Risk & Uncertainty in Ag” conference lead by @MSU_Extension Joel Schumacher. MSUE Director, Cody Stone kicked off the day. Dr. Kate Fuller started is off with a MT Ag Review.
First time in Choteau, MT yesterday. It was so great to see Jane Wolery our @MSU_Extension FCS Agent and to participate in her Strong 💪🏻People class! While exercising Jane had them talk about planning for passing on personal possessions - those real life stories were amazing!