Events

Nutrition and Caregiving: Challenges and Training Needs

Community Seminar Series: Autumn Health Picks 2025
Discover tools to address nutritional challenges and support older adults with confidence. 

Family caregivers are vital in supporting older adults with diet-related chronic conditions, but…

Dementia Friends

Thinking, Learning, Caring Webinar Series 2025
Learn simple ways to better understand, support, and connect with people living with dementia.

Dementia Friends is a global movement with the goal of helping everyone in a community understand five…

Adult Mental Health First Aid for the Agricultural Community

Mental Health First Aid for the Agriculture Community 2025
Learn to identify and respond to mental health and substance use challenges in the ag community.

This specialized training is designed for those in the agricultural community, providing…

Honey and Health: Nature's Sweet Treat

Lessons for Living Webinar Series 2025
Learn more about honey and its benefits.

Honey is nature's perfect gift, produced from the nectar of flowers. There are 320 varieties of honey, which vary in color, odor, and flavor depending on…

Join 4-H Teen Teachers

Kickoff Meeting Oct 14
County: Rock Island

Ready to grow as a leader, inspire others, and make a real difference in your community—all while making new friends?

Join the Teen Teachers Training Program. Through monthly meetings, you'…

Protecting Your Heart and Metabolism: Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Conditions in Older Adults

Community Seminar Series: Autumn Health Picks 2025
Learn how the right activity level protects your heart and metabolism as you age. 

Adults should aim for ≥150 minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity or PA to reduce…

Horticulture Programs at the East Moline Library

County: Rock Island
Join University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator Emily Swihart for a fun and informative gardening program at the library, and dive deeper into these two topics. (Come to one or both):• 10…

Uncovering the Winter Secrets of Whip-poor-wills 

Everyday Environment Series 

Often heard and rarely seen, the eastern whip-poor-will and its namesake nighttime call is an iconic Midwestern woodland bird. But like many other insect-…

Gardening in the Air! Virtual Gardening Symposium

Join us for our annual fall online event: Gardening in the Air!, a free virtual gardening symposium featuring horticulture experts from University of Illinois Extension and Iowa State University…

Reclaiming Runaway Landscapes

Four Seasons Gardening Webinar Series
Take back control from an overgrown, chaotic landscape. 

Have a garden that’s gone wild? Explore practical methods for taking back an overgrown, chaotic landscape and guidance on where to…

College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences Illinois Extension

101 Mumford Hall (MC-710)

1301 W. Gregory Dr.

Urbana, IL 61801

Email: extension@illinois.edu

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