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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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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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Pie Making Workshop

County: Jackson

Get your baking hands ready for this in-person pie-making workshop on July 2, starting at 9 a.m. at the Jackson County Extension office. This workshop will be led by none other than the local pie…

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Youth Cooking School Junior Chef Edition

Waterloo Morning Session
County: Monroe

Calling all young chefs ages 5-8! The Junior Chef Edition of Youth Cooking School is designed especially for younger participants who are ready to begin exploring the kitchen.

During this…

Children at a play table using toy food and utensils to pretend-cut vegetables during a kitchen-themed activity.
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Youth Cooking School Junior Chef Edition

Waterloo Afternoon Session
County: Monroe

Calling all young chefs ages 5-8! The Junior Chef Edition of Youth Cooking School is designed especially for younger participants who are ready to begin exploring the kitchen.

During this…

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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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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…

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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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Growing Ginger and Turmeric

Summer Twilight Series
County: Johnson
Learn about ginger, turmeric, and other value-added products.

Pink Tiger Farm began five years ago when owners Brian Elias and Kyle McAdams left their busy Chicago careers to pursue a shared dream…

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Understanding GLP-1 Weight-Loss Medications: Clinical and Societal Impacts

Community Seminar Series: Summer Self-Care 2026
Uncover what current science reveals about GLP-1 drugs, such as Ozempic, including long-term use and the broader questions they raise about access and affordability.

GLP-1 medications such as…