Is Your Yard Bee-Friendly? - Expert advice from URI’s Cooperative Extension and Bee Lab to help you make your yard a bee-friendly habitat.
From Scraps to Systems Change - How URI Students Launched a Successful Food Waste Diversion Initiative
URI Master Gardeners Awaiting Your Call (or email) - Cooperative Extension’s gardening help desk open full-time to field community garden inquiries
Yes, chef! Learn how to cut down on food waste at ‘Basic Knife Skills Class’ - Food Recovery Rhode Island alum to lead class on basic knife skills with URI Cooperative Extension
URI Watershed Watch seeks volunteers to monitor ponds, streams, and coasts - URI Cooperative Extension Program collects data to help our local waters; volunteer training starts in April
Next-Gen Environmental Leaders - Eleven URI students chosen for fellowships at DEM and other nonprofits
Bug bonanza: URI entomology and garden experts to present at first Rhode Island Plant Insect Community Network conference - Insect-focused conference will take place March 7, open to the public
URI Master Gardener Program Welcomes Matthew Durham as State Program Leader - A seasoned gardener and advocate for environmental education, Durham now oversees the URI Master Gardener Program across the state, supporting volunteers and managing the core training, consultant gardens, educational services, continuing education, and the School Garden Mentor Program
Hands-on research in action: CELS to host Research and Extension Fellowship Symposium Dec. 10 - Annual symposium to showcase work of URI Fellows in energy, agriculture and food systems, summer research and outreach, on topics from brain health to veggie trials
Rhody grown: Real trees support local farmers - Tips and trends when picking out this year’s Christmas tree
