We teach, learn, lead, and serve, transforming lives and communities
Program Areas
4-H and Youth
Preparing youth to become effective, empathetic adults. Our research-based programs build youth and adult capacity and partnerships that help all grow.
Agriculture
Supporting the agriculture community, promoting economic and environmental sustainability through applied research.
Community Development
Delivering resources on organizational capacity, leadership development, and local government education to support leaders, communities, and organizations.
Families & Finances
Providing well-researched information about families and relationships, and helping families and individuals achieve financial well being.
Food Systems
Promoting resilient, place-based food systems by assisting community organizations, tribal partners, & local governments.
FoodWIse
Providing nutrition education to advance healthy eating habits and active lifestyles for families with limited incomes.
Horticulture
Covering everything from soil to trees, water quality to plant health, and every insect in between.
Natural Resources
Delivering resources to address environmental challenges, training and education on sustainable management of food, water, and energy sources.
Latest News
Save the Date: Fathers In Focus Conference 2024
Where: Monona Terrace (1 John Nolen Drive, Madison, WI 53703) When: 10/11/2024 7:30am – 5:00pm Cost: TBA Join us at the Inaugural Fathers In Focus Conference 2024, a pivotal platform for fathers across Wisconsin to converge, connect, and collectively address challenges in their roles. Through workshops facilitated exclusively by men and fathers, we aim to […]
Return to Winter (Briefly)
If you are feeling a bit of weather whiplash, you are not alone. Some plants have leafed out or are blooming a few weeks earlier than usual due to the record-breaking warm weather in February and early March. Now, Mother Nature as she often does, is doing a bit of a course correction and we […]
Easy Ways to Connect with Your Kids
Click Here to Register Does it feel hard sometimes to connect with your child? Join us in this two-part series workshop on ways to increase the connection and building a positive bond with your child. Having a positive early bond lays the ground for children to grow up to become happy, independent adults. Come learn two fun […]
Virtual Spring 2024 FEED Workshop Series
Virtual Spring 2024 FEED Workshop Series Join for one or all of the UW-Madison Extension Community Food Systems Program, Food Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Development Initiative (FEED) Webinars! The FEED webinars are no-cost virtual workshops for small-scale food and farming business start-ups during Mondays in April, from April 1st to April 29th. 2-3pm 4/1/24 – Wisconsin Food […]
Upcoming Events
Join us for free monthly classes as part of the Raising Wisconsin’s Children series. Connect with other parents. Get practical, positive, research-based parenting ideas. Help children grow.
View Event DetailsAre you looking to raise confident, healthy teens? Do you want to build strong relationships with your teens? Do you have a concern about your teen’s behavior? This virtual class is for you! Come fill your toolbox with strategies to make parenting easier and more joyful.
View Event DetailsThe UW-Madison Division of Extension Horticulture Program is offering FREE educational online sessions where you can connect with plant health experts to get answers to your garden and landscape questions.
View Event DetailsThe FEED webinars are no-cost virtual workshops for small-scale food and farming business start-ups during Mondays in April, from April 1st to April 29th. 2-3pm
View Event DetailsOur Office
Dane County-UW Extension
5201 Fen Oak Dr. Ste 138
Madison, WI 53718-8827
Phone: 608-224-3700
Fax: 608-224-3727
711 for Wisconsin Relay
Hours: M-F 8am – 4:30pm
Closed all major holidays (if the holiday falls on a Sunday we are typically closed the Monday after) AND the day after Thanksgiving.
