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Healthy Meals in a Hurry

Healthy Meals in a Hurry
(Posted on 4/22/2008)
Time? ---- Money? ---- Nutrition? What influences your mealtime decisions? Learn about a program or publication that could have answers for you.

Acreage Living Newsletter

Acreage Living Newsletter--April 08
(Posted on 4/3/2008)
Iowa State University Extension is bringing back its Acreage Living newsletter. The online newsletter provides timely research-based information for the new rural Iowa.

ISUE Online Newsletters

On-line statewide newsletters.
(Posted on 2/26/2008)
ISU Extension, along with other informational partners, publish newsletters available to everyone throughout the state. So if you are looking for a newsletter you came to the right place.

Western Iowa Travel Site

Western Iowa Travel Site
(Posted on 1/10/2008)
Looking to expand your horizons and doing a little exploring? Why not do it in your own back door. This resource is a great place to get information for everything from the Iowa Great Lakes to the Loess Hills. Just click the blue text above for more information.

Answer Line

Answer Line 800-262-3804
(Posted on 1/2/2008)
Professional home economists answer questions in everything from child development to food prep. This service is available by phone or online.

News from Iowa State University Extension

Care for Yourself/WISEWOMAN Helps Reduce Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
(Posted on 4/30/2008)
Care for Yourself/WISEWOMANThe community-based intervention program empowers low-income, primarily rural women to make lifestyle changes to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease.
Have Trailer, Will Demonstrate Universal Design
(Posted on 4/30/2008)
trailer with portable display showing universal designGive ISU Extension specialist Mary Yearns a trailer and she’ll figure out a way to demonstrate how universal design makes a home more useful and accessible.
Iowans Worry Their Paychecks Won’t Cover Basic Costs in 2008
(Posted on 4/23/2008)
A new survey shows nearly one-third of Iowans worry family income won't meet expenses. Horizons communities are a step ahead. They have ISU Extension-trained leaders working on poverty and economic decline.
ISU Extension Book Receives Arbor Day Foundation Award
(Posted on 4/21/2008)
The Forest Where Ashley Lives“The Forest Where Ashley Lives,” a children’s book published by Iowa State University Extension, has received an Education Award from this nonprofit education and conservation organization.

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Mary Beth Kaufman-Family Resource Management Field Specialist
Phone: (712) 755-3104
Fax: (712) 755-7112
Email: mbkaufma@iastate.edu

Mary Hughes-Family Life Field Specialist
Phone: (712) 366-7070
Fax: (712) 366-7024
Email: mhughes@iastate.edu

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