{"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\/06\/uri-master-gardeners-nurture-history-and-growing-knowledge-in-sites-across-the-state\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Screenshot-2026-06-18-135931-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Screenshot-2026-06-18-135931-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Screenshot-2026-06-18-135931-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/uri-master-gardeners-nurture-history-and-growing-knowledge-in-sites-across-the-state\/\">URI Master Gardeners nurture history, and growing knowledge, in sites across the state<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">There\u2019s no school in Foster-Glocester this summer but a visit to heritage gardens there can be educational<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/uri-corpse-flower-countdown\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/corpse-flower-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/corpse-flower-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/corpse-flower-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/uri-corpse-flower-countdown\/\">URI corpse flower countdown<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Greenhouse Manager Ben Robbins keeping an eye on unique specimen<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/course-applications-now-open-for-fall-food-recovery-for-rhode-island-program-at-uri\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-103925-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-103925-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-103925-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/course-applications-now-open-for-fall-food-recovery-for-rhode-island-program-at-uri\/\">Course applications now open for fall Food Recovery for Rhode Island program at URI<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Six-week Cooperative Extension program aims to feed the local community and fight food waste<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/uri-professor-tom-mather-talks-ticks-with-daily-show-host-michael-kosta\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/tick-daily-show-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/tick-daily-show-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/tick-daily-show-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/uri-professor-tom-mather-talks-ticks-with-daily-show-host-michael-kosta\/\">URI professor Tom Mather talks ticks with Daily Show host Michael Kosta<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/fourth-of-july-tomato-is-uri-cooperative-extensions-plant-of-the-year-producing-delicious-vine-ripened-tomatoes-as-early-as-independence-day\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/4th-of-July-Tomatoes-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/4th-of-July-Tomatoes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/4th-of-July-Tomatoes-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/4th-of-July-Tomatoes-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/4th-of-July-Tomatoes-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/4th-of-July-Tomatoes-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/4th-of-July-Tomatoes-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/4th-of-July-Tomatoes-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/4th-of-July-Tomatoes-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/4th-of-July-Tomatoes-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/4th-of-July-Tomatoes-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/4th-of-July-Tomatoes-2000x2000.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/4th-of-July-Tomatoes.jpg 2550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/fourth-of-july-tomato-is-uri-cooperative-extensions-plant-of-the-year-producing-delicious-vine-ripened-tomatoes-as-early-as-independence-day\/\">Fourth of July Tomato is URI Cooperative Extension\u2019s Plant of the Year, producing delicious vine-ripened tomatoes as early as Independence Day<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Cooperative Extension recommends fast-growing variety for a slice of summer<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/momentum\/a-debt-to-history\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Rebecca-Brown-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Rebecca-Brown-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2042\/Rebecca-Brown-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/momentum\/a-debt-to-history\/\">A Debt to History<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Why URI\u2019s Land-Grant Mission Still Matters<\/span><\/li><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 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