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Food for Health training preps Kansas extension agents to help the state's residents

K-State Extension is bringing nutrition education to communities across Kansas with a new curriculum focused on healthy eating and chronic disease.

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4-Her's rare fossil find highlights Kansas State Fair exhibits

A Kansas 4-H field trip turned into a life-changing paleontological moment for 12-year-old Corbin Bullard when he uncovered the fossil of a Tylosaurus, a marine...

A close-up shot of a fossil of a skull with visible teeth

Beef experts convene in Manhattan to address industry changes

K-State will welcome producers, veterinarians and beef industry leaders to the 27th annual Beef Stocker Field Day on Sept. 24, which will focus on giving producers...

K-State to host Manhattan Chamber Business After Hours at the K-State Gardens

K-State will host the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce's Business After Hours on Sept. 9 at the K-State Gardens, bringing together business, community and...

Building businesses, chasing dreams

When Army veteran Ryan Atkins launched a Flint Hills hunting outfitter business, passion and demand got him started, but it took K-State's Entrepreneurship...

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A new voice for community impact

Timothy Schuler, an award-winning journalist, researcher and design critic, has been named director of the interdisciplinary Institute for Community Design...

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New K-State research complex to drive innovation for the future of agriculture

K-State is expanding its capacity to develop crops, technologies and management strategies to support producers from Kansas to the world with the opening of...

Dan moser, L. Eldon Gideon and Ernie Minton

Summit empowers Kansas food entrepreneurs' business growth

Turning a product into a successful business takes more than a great idea. K-State Extension's Kansas Food Business Startup Summit helps entrepreneurs take...

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Leading from day one

As a partnership with K‑State's Staley School of Leadership and Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, the E-LEAD program gives engineering students hands-on...

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5 generations, one 4-H legacy

The Alpers family has spent 89 years building a 4-H legacy in central Kansas, spanning five generations of Jolly Workers 4-H Club members. From founding member...

Marion Alpers sits surrounded by 14 of his great-grandchildren, all wearing 4-H shirts.