Events

Delaware Ag Week

Monday, January 13–Thursday, January 16
Delaware State Fairgrounds | 18500 S. DuPont Highway, Harrington, Delaware

Join UD Cooperative Extension for a week of in-person learning from industry experts who will lead sessions exploring the latest and most valuable innovations in agronomy, fruits and vegetables, woodland management, animal science, and more. Vendors will return this year, creating exciting opportunities to network with local and national organizations, agricultural businesses and allied partners. Earn credits for pest management, nutrient management, and Certified Crop Advising for Delaware and Maryland!

January Explorations free online OLLI mini-courses

Tuesday, January 14–Friday, January 24
Virtual Event

The University of Delaware’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) will offer the free January Explorations series, presented by OLLI’s volunteer instructors. Sample classes include:

• Paul Robeson: Renaissance Man
• Time After Time: Music Across the Years
• West Side Story
• Good News About the Environment
• History of Whiskey in America
• Delaware and Climate Change
• How the Brain Ages
• atTAcK Addiction in Delaware
• Desegregation of Schools: Myth or Reality
• Demystifying Artificial Intelligence
• Frontiers for Healthy Aging
• Greatest Auto Race on Earth
• Women of Soul and R&B
• and more!

Held online Jan. 14-24, free and open to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Planning 101: Planning Your Community’s Future

Wednesday, January 15 | 10 a.m.–noon
Virtual Event | $20 Registration fee

Planning 101 provides valuable information for all elected officials who consider and act upon comprehensive plans, land use and zoning matters, and other growth issues. Planning and zoning commissioners, board of adjustment members, and those who take part in community planning and land-development matters will enjoy this course.

Annie’s Project

Tuesdays, January 21–February 25 | 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Carvel Research & Education Center, Georgetown DE | $75 per person

Annie’s Project from UD Cooperative Extension empowers women in agriculture to be successful through education, networks, and resources. This six-week course (in person or virtual) will primarily focus on five areas of risk management: production, marketing and pricing, financial management, human and personal, and legal risk.

Empowering the Future: Engaging Community Stakeholders with a Focus on Youth Empowerment

Friday, January 24 | noon–1 p.m.
Virtual Event | Free

Empowering the Future will explore the role that engaging community stakeholders plays in creating sustainable, effective prevention efforts. A primary focus will be placed on the critical need to involve youth in these efforts, as they bring fresh perspectives, energy, and innovation to the table.

This project will develop and implement a three-component technical assistance (TA) approach for rural communities targeting substance misuse and mental health disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery in HHS Region 3 (Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia) It involves a collaboration among the Extension systems of all 5 states in the region.

These programs are brought to you in part by University of Delaware Cooperative Extension, a service of the UD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, a land-grant institution. 

This institution is an equal opportunity provider. If you have special needs that need to be accommodated, please contact the office two weeks prior to the event.

Sussex County Master Gardener Workshop: Growing Native Plants from Seed

Tuesday, January 28 | 10 a.m.
Carvel Center, 16483 County Seat Highway, Georgetown | In person only

Join Master Gardener Judy Pfister to learn how to grow native plants from seed – a great way to populate your garden with native plants without breaking the garden budget. We’ll discuss native plant pre-germination requirements as well as tips and techniques for both indoor and outdoor seed starting. You will get to start some seeds in a quart container and take it home.

Pre-registration is required. 

Love Your Soil

Thursday, January 30 | 1–2:30 p.m.
Hybrid: Zoom & In person at the UD Paradee Center, Dover DE | Free

Debbie Nicol, Kent County Master Gardener will talk about soil composition and texture, nutrients, soil pH, organic matter, and microorganisms living in your soil and more!

For more information, email: kcmg@desu.edu.