University of Arizona Cooperative Extension

08/26/2026

Have you noticed any changes with lunches at your child’s school? Jamie Lee Elliot from the School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness breaks down the Arizona Healthy Schools Act and how schools provide thousands of student meals each day.

Feeding thousands of students every day is no small task. We asked an associate professor of practice in the School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness (SNSW) and an SNSW alum who directs the TUSD Food Services Department how school meal programs balance picky eaters, tight budgets, and nutrition r...

08/24/2026

In the 1970s, a USDA facility in Douglas, AZ released 500 million sterile flies a week against New World screwworm. Read how Extension partnered with local leaders to advocate for bringing that defense back.

A look at what makes the border community a strategic location in the fight against New World screwworm regionally.

08/17/2026

University of Arizona researchers are leading an effort to map and predict how New World screwworm might impact wildlife across the state and identify potential hotspots where the fly could take hold.

The effort will map areas where New World screwworm could emerge and help researchers understand how the fly could affect wildlife as well as livestock.

08/15/2026

Brown recluse spiders. They are quarter-sized, like to hide, and feared by many. But how much do you actually know about them?

Few spiders elicit as much fear as the brown recluse, but most people are far less likely to run into one or get bitten than they think, according to U of A researcher Matthew Cordes.

08/10/2026

Associate Professor Jerry Lopez explains why cyclospora is so hard to trace, how people can protect themselves, and what most people get wrong about it.

Associate professor Gerardo "Jerry" Lopez spoke about why cyclospora is so hard to trace, how people can protect themselves, and what most people get wrong about it.

08/07/2026

Arizona Farm Bureau just published a piece on how lessons learned in Texas should be applied to Arizona's response.

Texas’s first New World Screwworm outbreaks spread unpredictably, and that offers important lessons for Arizona.

08/05/2026

Wrytt Begay of Chinle is giving back to his community - and to local 4-H members - through his coffee shop and contributions to local youth.

07/31/2026

Leadership is built on connections. With 750+ alumni, Project CENTRL brings emerging leaders together to share perspectives, collaborate across industries, and tackle challenges facing rural Arizona.

More than 750 people have attended the yearlong Cooperative Extension leadership development program.

07/28/2026

From sudden, unexplained cattle deaths to emerging disease threats, Arizona’s Livestock Incident Response Team brings together veterinarians, Extension experts, and state and federal partners to investigate cases quickly and protect Arizona's livestock.

07/24/2026

University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Specialist Mike Crimmins, a climate science professor in the Department of Environmental Science, explains what El Niño is and how it might affect Arizona weather.

We are officially in the warming cycle of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, an alternating heating and cooling of the equatorial Pacific Ocean surface.