Welcome to the Richland County Ohio State University Extension Website!

For information on swine influenza, go to

Swine Flu Information and Websites

 or  http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu.

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Welcome to Richland County!

Our 4-H Youth Development section contains 4-H newsletters and many other youth and advisor related pages: you will find that link in the left side column.  For those interested in joining 4-H here in Richland County, please feel free to contact our office at 419-747-8755 for assistance in finding the perfect club for your family!
 
There are also multiple timely and cost saving listings in the left hand column for Agriculture and Horticulture, with many individualized folders including field crops, cattle, dairy, woodlands, organics, and sports turf.  In addition the Family and Consumer Sciences folder is now available, with multiple links for financial, health, and home life experitise. 

Please enjoy exploring the Ohioline connection, under External Resources, in the right side column, to search the extensive research publications of the Ohio State University Extension! You will also notice the State Extension News in our righthand column, for quick reference to state training activities and recent Extension information releases. Also, if you need additional information from any other extension office in Ohio, just hover your curser over the state map (on the left) until you locate the county you need.  Than just click on the county and you will be redirected to their Extension home page!

We are also excited to now offer the eXtension program, which gives you access to Extension experts across Ohio and other states, as they join.  eXtension offers several modes of interaction with the experts, along with providing up-to-date information on topics including Agriculture, Horticulture, and Consumer Sciences.  The eXtension access button is in our left hand column.

When you visit our office, you will notice the lovely flagpole garden which was planted and maintained by the Richland County Master Gardeners.  Please see their link in the left column, under County Topics, to find out how you can join!  (The Master Gardeners also helped build and maintain the Enviromental Garden at the east end of the building, where there is a water garden and many native Ohio plants.)

  Explore our site and enjoy the Buckeye OSUE mottos of
Bringing Knowledge to Life and Empowerment Through Education. 
    As we continue to develop and restructure our site, we hope to add many links
to serve our clients with a wealth of information. 

     Go Bucks!    Go Bucks!    Go Bucks!

 The OSU Extension Office for Richland County

is located at 1495 West Longview Avenue, Suite 206,

Mansfield, OH 44906 

419-747-8755

Hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
from 8:00 AM through 1:00 PM, and 2:00 PM through 4:30 PM
(Closed on Thursdays and Holidays)

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Housing Summit Money Management Presentation

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National Center for Home Food Preservation

http://www.homefoodpreservation.com is the website for questions concerning
canning, freezing, drying, and power outage information for any type of food.

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Food Recall Informational Sites

http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/rssRecalls.xml

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/salmonellatyph.html#recalls

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/index.cfm

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/salmonellatyph.html

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Money Strategies for Hard Times

"Manage Your Money"
is a Six Lesson Self-Study from OSU Extension

Click on
http://ohioline.osu.edu/mym/

Contact the OSU Extension office in Richland County with questions.

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Visit eXtension for several helpful fact sheets on
"Money Management in Tough Times"

Click on
http://www.extension.org/pages/Financial_Security:_Managing_Money_in_Tough_Times

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Spend Smart, Eat Smart

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsavings

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Ohio State University Extension in the counties of
Clinton, Highland, Greene, Fayette, and Montgomery counties
have come together to provide a link to education and resources to
those experiencing economic difficulties
at
" 5 County Solutions "
click on  http://5countysolutions.osu.edu

For local assistance with these and other resources please contact
our office, Ohio State University Extension, at 419-747-8755

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Also please be aware of a local resource helping to link people with information and resources:
" Richland County First Call "
click on  www.firstcallrichland.org  or call 419-522-4636