{"id":18809,"date":"2025-04-30T16:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/?page_id=18809"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:18:14","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooperative Extension in the News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/uri-cooperative-extension-offering-guidance-to-institutions-and-commercial-kitchens-looking-to-donate-unused-food\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/noname_13-apple-2788662-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/noname_13-apple-2788662-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/noname_13-apple-2788662-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/uri-cooperative-extension-offering-guidance-to-institutions-and-commercial-kitchens-looking-to-donate-unused-food\/\">URI Cooperative Extension offering guidance to institutions and commercial kitchens looking to donate unused food<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">June 4 food safety conference will examine food donation liability and myths<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/tree-talk-uri-forester-offers-tips-on-tree-safety-protection-and-observation-for-arbor-day\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Screenshot-2026-04-23-151840-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Trees on URI Campus\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Screenshot-2026-04-23-151840-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Screenshot-2026-04-23-151840-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/tree-talk-uri-forester-offers-tips-on-tree-safety-protection-and-observation-for-arbor-day\/\">Tree talk: URI forester offers tips on tree safety, protection and observation for Arbor Day<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Many Rhode Island trees just coming into bloom<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/start-small-how-to-make-your-garden-grow-this-spring\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/garden-article-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"life&#039;s a garden; dig it\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/garden-article-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/garden-article-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/start-small-how-to-make-your-garden-grow-this-spring\/\">Start small: How to make your garden grow this spring<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Cooperative Extension gardeners offer green suggestions and advice\n\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2026\/is-your-yard-bee-friendly\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Screenshot-2026-04-15-103557-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Screenshot-2026-04-15-103557-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Screenshot-2026-04-15-103557-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2026\/is-your-yard-bee-friendly\/\">Is Your Yard Bee-Friendly?<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Expert advice from URI\u2019s Cooperative Extension and Bee Lab to help you make your yard a bee-friendly habitat.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2026\/small-change-big-impact\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Screenshot-2026-04-09-143743-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Screenshot-2026-04-09-143743-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Screenshot-2026-04-09-143743-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2026\/small-change-big-impact\/\">From Scraps to Systems Change<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">How URI Students Launched a Successful Food Waste Diversion Initiative<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/uri-master-gardeners-awaiting-your-call-or-email\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/hotline-2026-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The URI Gardening &amp; Environmental Hotline is now open and in full operation through Nov. 1.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/hotline-2026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/hotline-2026-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/hotline-2026-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/hotline-2026-364x366.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/hotline-2026-500x503.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/hotline-2026.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/uri-master-gardeners-awaiting-your-call-or-email\/\">URI Master Gardeners Awaiting Your Call (or email)<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Cooperative Extension\u2019s gardening help desk open full-time to field community garden inquiries<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/yes-chef-learn-how-to-cut-down-on-food-waste-at-basic-knife-skills-class\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/teaching-knives-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chef teaching knive skills\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/teaching-knives-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/teaching-knives-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/yes-chef-learn-how-to-cut-down-on-food-waste-at-basic-knife-skills-class\/\">Yes, chef! Learn how to cut down on food waste at \u2018Basic Knife Skills Class\u2019<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Food Recovery Rhode Island alum to lead class on basic knife skills with URI Cooperative Extension<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/uri-watershed-watch-seeks-volunteers-to-monitor-ponds-streams-and-coasts-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Ted-and-deep-sampler-SPC-photo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Ted-and-deep-sampler-SPC-photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Ted-and-deep-sampler-SPC-photo-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/uri-watershed-watch-seeks-volunteers-to-monitor-ponds-streams-and-coasts-2\/\">URI Watershed Watch seeks volunteers to monitor ponds, streams, and coasts<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Cooperative Extension Program collects data to help our local waters; volunteer training starts in April<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/next-gen-environmental-leaders\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/IMG_6447-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/IMG_6447-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/IMG_6447-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/next-gen-environmental-leaders\/\">Next-Gen Environmental Leaders<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Eleven URI students chosen for fellowships at DEM and other nonprofits<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/bug-bonanza-uri-entomology-and-garden-experts-to-present-at-first-rhode-island-plant-insect-community-network-conference\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/preferred-insect-conference-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/preferred-insect-conference-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/preferred-insect-conference-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/bug-bonanza-uri-entomology-and-garden-experts-to-present-at-first-rhode-island-plant-insect-community-network-conference\/\">Bug bonanza: URI entomology and garden experts to present at first Rhode Island Plant Insect Community Network conference<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Insect-focused conference will take place March 7, open to the public<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-18809","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18809"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18855,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18809\/revisions\/18855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}