Sheboygan Outreach Collective partnered with the Hmong Mutual Assistance Association (HMAA) for the second year to present a family resource fair at the Hmong Summer Festival. The HMAA generously waives the individual vendor fee for our participating organizations, which include Lakeshore Community Health, ADRC, Lakeshore CAP, League of Women Voters, Above & Beyond Children’s Museum, […]
Liz Gartman is our new Regional Crops Educator for Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Washington & Ozaukee counties. Liz spent the early part of her career as a livestock feed specialist for a local co-op, was most recently an Agriculture Instructor at Lakeshore Technical College, and spent most of her life living and working on a […]
Local dairy farmers want high quality alfalfa haylage for their cows, especially the first cutting of this 4-cut crop since it provides over half of the total haylage harvest for the year. Farmers wait 28-30 days between cuttings to harvest the optimal quality in haylage, but how do we determine when to cut the first […]
Youth Government Day is a joint effort with American Legion Volunteers, Sheboygan County, and Extension. Including youth voice in civic processes and providing opportunity structures with diverse representation has multiple potential positive youth development benefits, such as increased civic engagement and mentoring. All 21 participating students reported a greater understanding of County government as a […]
