When family and consumer sciences teacher Cassandra Tittle was approached about incorporating a wellness program into her health classes, Walk-A-Weigh was her first preference, because she knew first-hand how effective it could be.
Cassandra Tittle (left), Coffeeville High School teacher, shares Walk-A-Weigh activity and nutrition strategies to help teens make healthier choices.
The Mississippi Master Naturalist volunteer group, trained and supported by natural resources experts with the MSU Extension Service, learned about marine life during a recent boating trip off Gulf Shores, Alabama. Marcus Drymon (center), assistant Extension professor, measures and tags a great hammerhead.
Joy Cantrell Jordan, 4-H alumna, shares her memories and other thoughts about Mississippi 4-H.
Joy Cantrell Jordan, 4-H alumna
John Monroe has been familiar with the Mississippi State University Extension Service since he was a child.
“I grew up on a small farm in George County,” says Monroe. “My dad took gardening seriously, and we weren’t blessed with the best soil. So my dad worked very closely with the county agent. He’d come out to our place on a regular basis.”
John Monroe, Lamar County Soil and Conservation District administrator
On December 10, 1817, Mississippi officially joined the United States of America as the 20th state. Two hundred years later, the state governor, legislators, and other elected officials encouraged residents to commemorate the bicentennial. Officials with the Mississippi State University Extension Service heard the message loud and clear.
Mississippi Master Gardeners planted magnolia trees all over the state in recognition of the state’s bicentennial in 2017.
You know you’re a tall 10-year-old when your grandma packs your birth certificate with your goat-grooming supplies before you head to a livestock show—just in case anyone questions your age.
At 10, Peyton Bell is well over 5 feet tall and has been showing dairy goats in the Mississippi State University Extension Service’s 4-H program in Adams County for just 1 year. But what a year it has been.
Adams County 4-H’er Peyton Bell, center, receives support and encouragement from her family, including mother Ashley Murray, left, and grandmother Bettye Bell, right, to help her be successful in showing livestock.
Mississippi State University Extension Service 4-H’ers met with elected officials during their trip to the Mississippi State Capitol for Legislative Day 2018.
Mississippi’s 2018 4-H Ambassadors, including, from left, Jaylin Smith of Leflore County; Shae Philips of Lee County; Jonah Holland of Tishomingo County; John Mark Huff of Rankin County; Mikayla Shelton of Calhoun County; Taylor Fields of Lee County; and Precious Thompson of Pike County, stand on the steps of the Mississippi State Capitol Building in Jackson.
Before adopting RISER techniques on his farm, irrigating was the part of the growing season Clark Carter always dreaded.
“We would string out plastic pipe, punch holes in it every couple of feet, and hook it up, only to see it blow out when we turned the water on,” says the Rolling Fork row-crop producer. “Very seldom did you get a run of pipe to fill up and water a field. It was unorganized chaos every year.
Rain or shine, the tractors and other farm equipment at Carter Brothers Farm stand ready for action.
As we continue to plow through this hot and humid summer, keeping our plants -- and ourselves -- hydrated is critical to maintaining the summer garden and landscape. As I write this column, it's 96 degrees with a heat index of 108. Whew!
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- It's that time of year when many parts of the state really need a good rain. Afternoon pop-up storms often bring torrential downpours that drop a couple of inches of rain in less than an hour, instead of the perfect, slow showers we need.
