Programs
Our diverse range of programs is designed to empower individuals and communities across Mississippi and beyond. From agriculture and natural resources to health, family, and youth development, we provide practical, research-based solutions to improve lives and strengthen communities. Explore our programs to discover how we can help you grow and succeed!
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Becoming a Millionaire: Career and College Readiness Skills for Youth
This program provides youth with decision-making skills for investigating careers and college.
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Beef Cattle Basics
Beef Cattle Basics is a hands-on learning opportunity covering the general basics of beef production for “new” farmers and/or youth.
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Beef Cattle Economic Management
The Beef Cattle Economic Management program will provide information and tools for the general public to make the most profitable beef cattle enterprise management decisions.
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Beef Quality Assurance
Beef Quality Assurance will raise consumer confidence in the food supply by offering proper management techniques and a commitment to quality within every segment of the beef industry.
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Building Brainy Babies
This program will help participants gain knowledge on the impact that stress has on brain development in young children and learn how to facilitate optimal brain development.
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Care to Read
Care to Read is a Reading is Fundamental early literacy program that supports children’s emergent literacy skills through training and resources for childcare staff in center- and home-based childcare programs.
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Choose Health: Food, Fun, Fitness
Choose Health: Food, Fun, Fitness (CHFFF) is an award-winning, comprehensive nutrition and fitness curriculum composed of six hands-on lessons.
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Commercial Poultry Production Basic Overview (revised)
Commercial Poultry Production Basic Overview will provide an overview of the commercial poultry industry to help the general public better understand the poultry industry from egg to plate.Commercial Poultry Production Basic Overview will provide an overview of the commercial poultry industry to help the general public better understand the poultry industry from egg to plate.
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Computer 101
Computer 101 provides those with little or no experience with computers with a foundation that allows them to begin learning how to do basic computer functions.
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Computer 101
Computer 101 provides those with little or no experience with computers with a foundation that allows them to begin learning how to do basic computer functions.
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Computer Housekeeping
Anyone without advanced computer skills will learn strategies for maximizing a computer’s speed, storage, and productivity.
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Cooking Matters for Adults
Cooking Matters for Adults is a hands-on course that will empower adults with the skills to be self-sufficient in the kitchen.
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Cover Crops: Understanding the Pros and Cons
Producers can better understand the many pros and cons of cover crop selection through the use of on-farm demonstration plots.Producers can better understand the many pros and cons of cover crop selection through the use of on-farm demonstration plots.
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CPR and Basic First Aid
The CPR and Basic First Aid class will cover CPR for all age groups, including Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and choking.
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Developing and Delivering Best Management Practices for Peanuts in Mississippi
Information on peanut production will be delivered.
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Dining with Diabetes
This program will help empower people with knowledge and strategies to manage their diabetes through menu planning, carbohydrate counting, portion control, and label reading.
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Ecoflora Design (new)
This program provides training to help agents deliver hands-on floral design workshops for adults or youth, building appreciation for locally grown flowers, floral design, and sustainable floral materials and techniques.
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Equine Leaders Youth Program
This program is designed to create leadership opportunities for youth interested in horses and horse education.
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First Steps to Financial Well-Being
This program provides financial education, helping participants improve their financial well-being. -
FISHES: Fisherman Invested in Science, Healthy Ecosystems, and Sustainability
This program is designed to inform Northern Gulf of Mexico stakeholders about fisheries management, fisheries science, and sustainability via an electronically available book and accompanying in-person course.