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Food Preservation

Food Preservation

Summertime is Food Preservation Time! Columbia County UW-Extension is offering a series of free lunchtime learning opportunities so your summertime canning and food preservation activities will be based on up-to-date research-tested information.  Each of these free, one-hour programs will be a chance to listen, learn, and ask questions of experts in the field. The programs [...]

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Columbia County Barn Quilts

Columbia County Barn Quilts

Barn Quilts of Columbia County is a project of the Columbia County Association for Home and Community Education (HCE) and Columbia County UW-Extension.  The mission is to celebrate the agricultural heritage of our county through the warmth and beauty of quilting art.   The Barn Quilts Trail will provide you with a list of locations and quilt patterns.  [...]

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2012 Columbia County Plat Book

2012 Columbia County Plat Book

$28.00 per book, plus an additional $2.75 per book for shipping.   Please mail a check for $30.75 made payable to Columbia County UW-Extension to Joyce Dunbar, Columbia County UW-Extension, 120 West Conant Drive, Suite 201, Portage, WI 53901.  If you are a governmental agency, you may send an email to Joyce (link below) and request plat [...]

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Welcome to Columbia County UW-Extension!

Welcome to Columbia County UW-Extension!

            About UW-Extension     With an office in every Wisconsin county, Cooperative Extension develops practical educational programs tailored to local needs and based on university knowledge and research. County-based Extension educators are University of Wisconsin faculty and staff who are experts in agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, natural resources, family living, nutrition, and [...]

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Columbia County Local Foods

Columbia County Local Foods

  (last updated 7/6/12) Click on the Brochure to see Farmers Market locations, Food Resources, and more 2012 Columbia County Local Food Guide (PDF, 2 pages, 307 KB) 2012 Columbia County Local Foods Collaborative Brochure  (PDF, 2 pages, 4.03 MB) 2012 Columbia County Local Foods Resources  (PDF, 3 pages, 134 KB) Also visit the Wisconsin Local Food network [...]

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Columbia County F.L.A.G. Initiative

Columbia County F.L.A.G. Initiative

(last updated 9/11/12)                        F.L.A.G.  (Future Leaders in Active Government)     See us on Facebook!!  http://www.facebook.com/columbia.flag To find out more about F.L.A.G., click:  What is F.L.A.G.? 2012-2013 Columbia County F.L.A.G. Recruitment Announcement The Columbia County Board of Supervisors and Columbia County Extension is seeking students for the 2012-2013 F.L.A.G. (Future Leaders Active in Government) Youth Leadership [...]

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