URBANA, Ill. — The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois ...

With summer gardens gearing up, it’s time to take canning equipment out of storage. Illinois Extension offers free dial-gauge ...

SIMPSON, Ill. - For a decade, the Summer Twilight Series has been a beloved tradition in southern Illinois, bringing farmers, ...

Gardening season is almost here! It is a great family activity and beneficial to get children interested when they are young. Have you wondered if gardening outdoors with preschoolers would be too ...

This past February, 120 youth from Fulton, Mason, Peoria and Tazewell counties gathered for a day of hands-on learning at 4-H Clover Clinic, an event designed to introduce youth to various skills and ...

Illinois leads most rigorous agricultural greenhouse gas emissions study to date ...

From getting exercise to growing your own food to a sense of accomplishment, there are many benefits to having a vegetable garden. However, sometimes, we run into space restrictions and give up hope ...

OREGON, Ill. - Illinois was once home to 14 million acres of trees, which included a unique ecosystem called an oak savannah. Now, the oak savannah is considered by the Illinois Forest Action Plan to ...

How do you take care of a newly planted tree? Lots of trees get planted in April, at least in Illinois. What follows is a ‘will they, won’t they…survive?’ In multiple instances, I’ve come across a ...

Happy Arbor Day! This celebration began in 1872 as a day to plant and appreciate trees in the natural world around us. With over 150 years celebrating Arbor Day, various states and countries have ...

PONTIAC, Ill. – For the first time, the University of Illinois Extension is partnering with OSF Saint James - John W. Albrecht Medical Center to offer the Wits Workout brain health series to the ...