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Sign-up for our Beekeeping for Certification Course!

Enrollment is now open for our 2023 Beekeeping course! This intensive beekeeping course offered by the UW-Extension Milwaukee County Urban Agriculture Program is designed to equip beginning beekeepers with the knowledge, practice, and systems thinking skills required to successfully and sustainably manage honeybees in the Upper Midwest. The course runs from the middle of March through September. Read more to sign-up by March 15th.

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Mid-Summer Gardening Tips

Gardening season is in full swing, complete with all of the challenges and mysteries that can pop up. Read on for tips to help you with mid-summer gardening challenges and surprises.

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Use your FoodShare benefits at the farmers market!

Many farmers markets in Milwaukee County accept nutrition benefits such as FoodShare (SNAP/EBT/QUEST), WIC, and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program. Extension has partnered with Hunger Task Force and the Milwaukee Farmers Market Coalition to create a list of markets accepting food benefits in 2020 as well as an interactive map with market locations. Read on to see the list!

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