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In the News . . .

• Alternative energy, horticulture, tourism, wool products, local foods, and a Winter Blues Farmers Market were among the attractions at the recent West Virginia Small Farm Conference in Morgantown. See some of the daily coverage:  
  • Farmers are starting to think about providing local food. Learn why. Watch this WDTV-5 report.
  • A truck fueled by wood! This green truck consumed only discarded wood as it rolled from Alabama into West Virginia for the conference. Watch the WBOY-TV report.  
  • Warm, aromatic aisles welcomed winter-weary families into the Morgantown area’s first Winter Blues Farmers Market. Read the Dominion-Post’s delicious details.
  • The Charleston Daily Mail looked at the comeback of the family farm in West Virginia and focused on farm conference highlights. Read more.
• Kanawha County’s WVU Extension Service Office has a new agriculture agent. One of his main interests:  promoting locally grown foods. Read more.
• Dining with Diabetes, family financial literacy, food preservation, and Community Educational Outreach Service clubs are under the guidance of  WVU Extension Service’s new Families and Health agent in Monongalia County. Read more.
• WVU Extension is helping small companies become safer workplaces via safety alliances. “Safety alliances create a mentorship program where companies with more established safety programs can help the smaller companies.” Read more in The Times West Virginian.
• Census statistics and West Virginia State Code have different meanings for each county. Read how WVU Extension helped the Mineral County Planning Commission see new possibilities.
• Extension is helping West Virginians see how their family garden can grow family dollars. Read what’s happening in Morgan County.
• WBOY-TV discovered that the Mannington 4-H Club Robotics Teams aren't just playing with LEGOs and robots. Watch the report.
• WVU Extension was part of a Morgan County community training session that covered youth technology, drug abuse, and behavior issues. Learn more.
• “Taking Charge of Your Health and Safety,” a WVU Extension health program that empowers seniors, was recently featured on “Aging with Grace & Dignity” on West Virginia Public Radio. Listen to the audio clip.
• WVU's 4-H program travels to Chile to expand its program. Read more from WVU's Daily Athenaeum.
• WSAZ-TV shares information, with video, from WVU Extension educators about safely canning deer meat.
• WTAP-TV talked with WVU Extension educators to learn how to live with less money and effectively shop.
• What do WVU Extension educators see in today’s poultry industry?  Read “State Farmers Feel Pinch of Poultry Downturn.”
• See previous In the News highlights.

Consider This . . .
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