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Quick and Easy Snack Cookbook FREE download!

Like many families in our communities, our FoodWIse Nutrition Educators have their children at home and are making more meals and snacks that usual in a regular week. We’ve created this Quick and Easy Snacks Cookbook filled with healthy, easy (mostly no-bake) recipes to help get you through these next few weeks. There are a […]

Home Alone – Preparing Children for Self Care

This self-study for parents and children help prepare for safely staying home and making a family plan. These videos are for parents and their children who are getting ready to stay home alone. Parents and children should watch the videos together and use the short activities after each video to discuss your plans to stay safe. Click here for […]

HCE International Day – Netherlands has been CANCELLED

HCE International Day – Netherlands has been CANCELLED for Sunday, March 29, 2020. We are looking at re-scheduling the event later this year. More information to come.

4-H Goat Project Meeting Cancelled

Due to health concerns associated with the COVID-19 outbreak, many Wisconsin 4-H programs are being cancelled. The goat project meeting that was set for Sunday, March 22, 2020, is CANCELLED. A postcard was sent out on Tuesday for the March 22nd meeting. Please disregard that. We will contact you with the next meeting date. For […]

Small Market Animal Meeting for March 16, 2020, has been CANCELLED – Contact Extension by March 16 to be Eligible to Sell

THE SMALL MARKET ANIMAL MANDATORY MEETING FOR MARCH 16, 2020 HAS BEEN CANCELLED due to UW-Madison guidance through April 10, 2020. If you plan to sell a small market animal at the Waupaca County Fair, and you did not attend the other mandatory meeting on March 5, 2020, you MUST contact the Extension Waupaca County […]

Wisconsin Lakes and Rivers Convention April 1-3

UPDATE 03/13/2020 – The convention will no longer be held in-person, but rather online. Per the Wisconsin Lakes Partnership:

Waupaca County Master Gardener Spring Plant Sale and Annual Garden Walk and Art Stroll! — CANCELLED

****Due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak and guidelines from Wisconsin Department of Health Services, UW-Madison, and federal agencies the Waupaca County Master Gardener Annual Plant Sale and Garden Walk and Art Stroll are CANCELLED along with the Waupaca and New London CHILDREN GARDENS Waupaca County Master Gardener Spring Plant Sale Sunday, June 7, 2020 – 8:00 […]

4-H Forecast

February/March 4-H Forecast – WELCOME to the more than 66 new 4-H members in Waupaca County 4-H and welcome back to the returning 4-H members! We look forward to a great year of 4-H opportunities and experiences. I encourage everybody, returning members and new members, to ask questions, try new things, set goals for yourself, […]

Hunger Happens Here | Food for Today Hunger Simulation

UPDATE 03/13/2020 – This event has been canceled. It may be rescheduled in the summer or fall. Future event information will be communicated. HUNGER HAPPENS HERE

Waupaca Community Garden (WCG) Assistant Position Available

Waupaca Community Garden (WCG) Assistant – ThedaCare Site Position Description Responsibilities Create a strategic plan for the Waupaca Community Garden growing season Recruit and manage volunteers and assist in their education to improve community involvement in the garden Oversee daily maintenance of the Thedacare site garden – Planting, weeding, harvesting, watering and delivery to […]

Waupaca County 4-H Horse & Pony Project Meeting

The first Waupaca County Horse & Pony Project meeting of the year will be held on January 27, 2020, 6:30 p.m., Manawa Elementary School. General information, guidebooks and calendars will be handed out. Contact Tamara at wchpp.leader@gmail.com with any questions.

Waupaca County Home and Community Education Scholarships

There will not be scholarships offered in 2021. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Microwave Food Safety

Microwaves play an increasingly important role in getting meals on the table, but special care must be taken so that microwaved food is safe to eat. Let’s look at some tips for cooking safely in a microwave oven. Is it safe to eat microwaved food? Yes! Microwaves are very short (micro) radio waves that can penetrate food to about […]

Tips for Cooking Safely in a Slow Cooker

During the winter, menu planning often turns more to soups and stews than at other times of the year. When that happens, a slow cooker is the perfect appliance for preparing a nutritious meal that is ready when you walk through the door at the end of the day. A slow cooker or “crock pot” is a convenient […]

Dozens more sick from lettuce; Wisconsin hardest hit

Three dozen more patients and two more states are officially part of an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses traced to romaine lettuce, with residents in Wisconsin especially hard-hit. Over 26 individuals are confirmed with an outbreak-linked illness in Wisconsin, the most of any state in the nation. To date, 138 people across 25 states have been sickened. There have been 72 people […]

December 2019 / January 2020 4-H Forecast

The 2018 North Central Region 4-H Volunteer Impact Study was a 12 state study of volunteers in the 4-H Youth Development Program. This included Wisconsin! An electronic survey was sent to 1,000 randomly selected volunteers in each state and the purpose of the study was to document the impact volunteers have on the 4-H program. […]

Ag News of Interest for Waupaca County

We have had several request for two recent Ag publications. The first is County Profile – 2017 USDA Ag Census fact sheet and the second is 2012-2018 Local & Statewide Cropland Value. Please check them out. If you would like to have additional information or have question on these or any agricultural inquiries, please contact […]

Fresh Vegetable Products Recalled for Listeria Risk

Fresh vegetable products recalled for Listeria risk Published on November 5, 2019 by BARBARA H INGHAM Many national retail brands, including DelMonte, Walmart, Kroger, HEB and Trader Joe’s – are recalling fresh vegetables products from Mann Packing Co. Inc. The recall is a response to notifications by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The recalled products have a “Best If […]