Urban Iowa has agriculture too
Agriculture is everywhere, and that means Iowa State University Extension reaches beyond fencerows and into cities. From grass and trees to flowers and bees, ISU Extension provides answers through its urban agriculture programming.

Edible or non-edible-- It's all in the carbs Iowans need carbohydrates in their diets, nutrition research shows. Iowans also need carbs in their economy — in the form of new products derived from corn, soybeans and other crops grown in Iowa. Carbohydrates are good for Iowans and the economy.

Optimism rippling through Horizons communities
Extension is delivering a Northwest Area Foundation (NWAF) Horizons grant program in Emmetsburg and Hartley, Iowa and Jackson, Minn. The program is designed to help small, rural communities reduce poverty and reverse population and economic decline.

Iowa and young adults benefit from Extension networks
Extension connections are helping young Iowans stay in Iowa after graduation. These networks are leading to jobs and opportunities in the state.

Iowa soybean rust team prepares for possible Asian disease
Asian soybean rust hasn’t hit North America, but the Iowa soybean rust team will be prepared if it does. Iowa State University Extension and partners have joined together on “fast track” rust identification -- an action plan to detect soybean rust.

Community and Extension planning a future for Lakeside Laboratory
This summer Iowa State University Extension staff came to West Okoboji’s west shore to study and audit LakeSide Laboratory -- a field station run cooperatively by ISU, University of Northern Iowa, University of Iowa and Drake University.

4-H Afterschool enhances life skills
For more than a decade, Iowa State University Extension 4-H Youth Development has been partnering with school districts and local community partners to provide hands-on learning activities that enhance life skills for students. Now Extension is enhancing its efforts with 4-H Afterschool, a special initiative by the National 4-H Council to increase 4-H’s capacity to develop and implement after-school programs.

Extension gives 'energy' to after-school programs
The future looks bright for a pilot after-school program, Science of Energy, Light and Lighting, developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Iowa is one of seven pilot states for this joint program between DOE and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.

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The Extension Connection is a quarterly publication of Iowa State University Extension.

Laura Sternweis, editor, lsternwe@iastate.edu

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Last update: October 2004

School foodservice employees practice creative ways to garnish meals at a Team Nutrition workshop sponsored by ISU Extension and the Iowa Department of Education.