Youth Development

Our Illinois 4-H Story: Telling the stories of Illinois 4-H members, volunteers, and alumni.

Connection Corner: Timely information, activities, and resources to help you  stay connected to loved ones, the world around you, and yourself.

Agriculture Blogs

• Acres of Knowledge: All issues concerning Small Farms, Agriculture, Local Food Systems, and Natural Resources.
• The Ag Engineering Update: The latest and greatest from your livestock engineers.
• Around the County: Frequent information updates for agricultural audiences.
• The Cattle Blog: Beef production tips and livestock industry updates.
• The Cattle Connection: The cattlemen's connection to timely topics, current research, and profitable management strategies.
• Hill and Furrow: Insights into agronomic research, trends, and events.
• Straight Stalk: Current crop information updates and research highlights.

Community and Economic Development Blogs

• Building Entrepreneurial Communities: Strategies for strengthening local economies.
• Campus Engagement in Our Unit: SERVICE and LEARNING provides the greatest potential to influence student development academically and socially.

Consumer Economics Blogs

• Be Centsible:  Written by college students, for college students. Be Centsible features answers to personal finance questions. 
• Fearless Financial Future: Research-based financial information to help us develop and maintain thoughtful and effective financial behaviors.
• Plan Well, Retire Well: Saving and investing your money.

Family Blogs

• Community Health: Education, Prevention and Inspiration: Empowering people to make healthy, respectful, and responsible choices.
• Family Files: Facts for all ages.
• News and highlights for IEAFCS Members: Get the latest information from Illinois Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.
• Refill Your Cup with Self-Care: Genuine, sustained self-care is an art.
• Salud y Familia: Resources in Spanish.

Horticulture Blogs

• Chicago Urban Gardening: The day to day experiences of an Illinois Extension Urban Horticulture Educator in Chicago.
• Connecting to Our Food Web: Dedicated to educational resources towards building and sustaining viable food webs and ecosystems.
• Flowers, Fruits, and Frass: Local and statewide information on a variety of current topics for home gardeners and market growers.
• The Garden Scoop: Featuring seasonal tips and tricks from the horticulture team at Illinois Extension.
• Good Growing: Keeping you growing with good ideas.
• The Humble Gardener: At University of Illinois Extension, our volunteers are at our core. Hear their voice on this volunteer driven blog.
• ILRiverHort: Helping new and experienced gardeners develop their skills and knowledge while encouraging everyone to enjoy the outdoors. 
• Know How, Know More: Connecting you with your food, farmers and community.
• Naturalist Notebook: Reviews and journal entries inspired by nature in West Central Illinois. 
• Northwest Illinois Hort Corner: In the far Northwest Corner of Illinois, gardening is a very popular pastime! Get your info here!
• Over the Garden Fence: Where gardeners come to find out what's happening out in the yard.
• Prairie to Perennials: An almanac of all things that grow in Lincoln's backyard.
• Raise, Grow, Harvest, Eat, Repeat: A blog for growers, consumers, and backyard gardeners to grow, eat, and connect in the local food system.

Nature

• Naturalist News: Share your passion for nature and learn ways to protect our natural world.
• All About Weather: Learn more about the weather with Duane Friend.

Local Foods and Small Farms Blogs

• Cultivate Cook County: Explore initiatives ramping up local food production in the second-most populous county in the U.S.
• Local Foods | Local Farms | Local People

Nutrition and Wellness Blogs

• Live Well. Eat Well: Healthy nutrition information for better living.
• Be Smart, Eat Well, Get Healthy: Nutrition information you can use.
• Healthy Eats and Repeat: Highlighting food, recipes, and ideas for a healthy lifestyle.
• Illinois Nutrition Edition: Emerging health information and fun, seasonal recipes from a source you can trust.
• The Nutrition Nosh: Nutrition and Wellness information and recipes to make life healthier!
• Simply Nutritious, Quick and Delicious: Helpful tips to make meals easy, healthy and tasty!
• Turnip the Beet! Nutrition and Wellness: Timely news, information, and innovative ideas to promote health and influence change.