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5 Steps to Protect Your Farm, Legally Speaking

Legal Training for Illinois Small Farms Webinar Series
Build a resilient farm by first taking a few steps to protect it. 

Are there a few key steps that provide a big impact when it comes to the farm or ranch’s protection from legal risks? Yes,…

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Science Teacher PL - Making Sense of Sensemaking

Teacher professional learning focused on building evidence based instructional moves into science classroom practice
County: Cook, DuPage, Will

Registration is now closed for this date, but you can bring this program to your school! Please click the button above to find out more. 

Explore responsive facilitation of student…

Path of Green Trees

Cook County June Nature Wellness Walk

Immerse yourself and reconnect with nature and all the beauty it has to offer! Relaxing mindfulness and meditative practices will be led by certified forest bathing guides during these slow and…

Summer camper enjoying Go Ape Zipline and Adventure Park event

Registration for Mixed Feeling 4-H Summer Camp will close on June 14

County: Cook

The Cook County 4-H Youth Development team is thrilled to announce this year's Mixed Feelings Summer Camp for youth ages 10 to 14 from July 6 through July 31 in South Holland, IL. Camp…

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ISA participants visit with each other.
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Illini Summer Academies

Registration is open!

Discover your potential at Illini Summer Academies, a life-changing personal development experience hosted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for high school…

ISA participants visit with each other.
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Illini Summer Academies

Registration is open!

Discover your potential at Illini Summer Academies, a life-changing personal development experience hosted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for high school…

A man assembles a drip irrigation system by connecting pipeline elements and an automatic valve

Urban Ag Field Day

Tools and Tech For tight Spaces
County: Cook

Using the right tool for the task can save time, decrease costs, protect farmer health and safety, and simply get the job done right the first time. 

Extension staff will demonstrate…

Path of Green Trees

Cook County July Nature Wellness Walk

Immerse yourself and reconnect with nature and all the beauty it has to offer! Relaxing mindfulness and meditative practices will be led by certified forest bathing guides during these slow and…

Forest with a path

Nature Wellness Walk-Deer Grove

Immerse yourself and reconnect with nature and all the beauty it has to offer! Relaxing mindfulness and meditative practices will be led by certified forest bathing guides during these slow and…

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A visual arts 3 layer cake display.
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Illinois 4-H General Project Show at the Illinois State Fair

Save the date!

The Illinois 4-H General Project Show will be held August 14 - 16, 2026. 

If you want to see what 4-H is all about, make sure to visit the Illinois State Fair. Award-…