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Focus on the Future: Sustaining Farm Legacy | Sycamore

There are significant and detailed decisions to be made when owning a farm and building a legacy.

Focus on the Future: Sustaining Farm Legacy events will feature critical and practical updates for…

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State 4-H State Shoot: Small Bore .22 Pistol

Registration opens July 1!

4-H State Shoot Registration will be open July 1 – Aug. 31, 2026 thru your ZSuite account. Details for each shoot can be found here.  

The events offered at…

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Nine Months, One Virus: How Infection in Pregnancy Shapes Child Development

Community Seminar Series: Summer Self-Care 2026
Explore how infections such as influenza during pregnancy can shape early brain development and affect long‑term health.

A brief illness during pregnancy may have longer-term effects on development…

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Conservation Tours

Brent Fowler-Curtis Farm Wagon Tour
County: McDonough
Conservation efforts are increasing bobwhite populations.

Brent Fowler, a farmer and native plant enthusiast, enjoys creating wildlife habitat on unprofitable acres with a focus on bobwhite quail.…

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Wits Fitness

Galesburg
County: Knox

Boost Your Brainpower with Wits Fitness!
 
Keep your mind active and your mood lifted with Wits Fitness — an engaging, research‑informed program designed to support lifelong brain…

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Minding the Gap: How AI Reveals Who Is Missing from Mental Health Care

Community Seminar Series: Summer Self-Care 2026
Examine how artificial intelligence helps researchers identify overlooked communities and challenge assumptions about mental health care.

Millions of Americans living with mental health conditions…

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Wits Fitness

Macomb
County: McDonough

Boost Your Brainpower with Wits Fitness! 

Wits Fitness offers an engaging, research‑supported approach to lifelong brain health. Each session includes interactive activities, memory…

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Conservation Tours

Trevor Toland Cattle Farm Wagon Tour
County: McDonough
 Conservation of Working Lands with Regenerative Grazing

Join Trevor Toland at River Oak Ranch for a tour and close-up look at a conservation-focused cattle regenerative grazing operation. You…

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Heart of America Grazing Conference

Explore how regenerative grazing can grow livestock operations.

Producers can stay in the loop on what’s moving in the world of regenerative grazing by attending the 2026 Heart of America Grazing…

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Superbugs Don’t Follow Orders: How Antimicrobial Resistance Spreads from Animals to Humans

Community Seminar Series: Summer Self-Care 2026
Confront the rise of drug‑resistant infections by learning how antimicrobial resistance moves between animals and humans.

What happens when antibiotics stop working? Drug-resistant infections are…