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Statewide Soil Testing Schedule - March - October
Statewide Soil Testing Schedule - March - October
URI Soil Testing Service Collecting a Soil Sample for Testing
Basic Knife Skills Class · April 2
Basic Knife Skills Class · April 2
URI Watershed Watch Training Option A - April 2nd, 2026
URI Watershed Watch Training Option A - April 2nd, 2026
Volunteer environmental monitoring can be a great family activity, a good excuse to get out on the water, a way to give back to your community, and a way to learn to protect your favorite waterbody. To become a new volunteer water quality monitor through the URI Watershed Watch (URIWW) program, you must participate in a spring training. Through this you will learn all you need to become a successful volunteer water monitor! Our classroom session focuses on what we monitor and why, as well as the basics of how URIWW works. To help fit your schedule, we offer 2 dates (3/29/25 at 9 am, and 4/2/25 at 6 pm), but you only need to attend one. Check out our website (https://web.uri.edu/watershedwatch/getting-involved//) to learn more.
URI Watershed Watch Training Option B - April 4th, 2026
URI Watershed Watch Training Option B - April 4th, 2026
Volunteer environmental monitoring can be a great family activity, a good excuse to get out on the water, a way to give back to your community, and a way to learn to protect your favorite waterbody. To become a new volunteer water quality monitor through the URI Watershed Watch (URIWW) program, you must participate in spring training. Through this you will learn all you need to become a successful volunteer water monitor! Our classroom session focuses on what we monitor and why, as well as the basics of how URIWW works. To help fit your schedule, we offer 2 dates (4/2/26, 6 pm, and 4/4/26, 9 am), but you only need to attend one. Check out our website (https://web.uri.edu/watershedwatch/getting-involved//) to learn more.
Rhode Island Home Show: April 10th - 12th, 2026
Rhode Island Home Show: April 10th - 12th, 2026
The 76th Annual Rhode Island Home Show is the largest and longest-running exhibition of its kind in New England and the only locally organized home show.
URI Spring Plant Sale - May 9th, 2026
URI Spring Plant Sale - May 9th, 2026
Additional CoopExt Events & Free Gardening Workshops!
Additional CoopExt Events & Free Gardening Workshops!
Featured Stories
Next-gen environmental leaders – Rhody Today
Next-gen environmental leaders – Rhody Today
KINGSTON, R.I. – Feb. 20, 2026 – The University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension in partnership with Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is pleased to announce the launch of the 2026 Environmental Management Fellows Program and to congratulate eleven exceptional students selected for the inaugural cohort. The Environmental Management Fellows Program builds on the […]
Bug bonanza: URI entomology and garden experts to present at first Rhode Island Plant Insect Community Network conference – Rhody Today
Bug bonanza: URI entomology and garden experts to present at first Rhode Island Plant Insect Community Network conference – Rhody Today
KINGSTON, R.I. – Feb. 10, 2026 – The Rhode Island Plant Insect Community Network will host a one-day conference Saturday, March 7, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the Quonset ‘O’ Club in North Kingstown. The Rhode Island Plant Insect Community Network is a program of the Rhode Island Natural History Survey, created in […]
URI Master Gardener Program Welcomes Matthew Durham as State Program Leader
URI Master Gardener Program Welcomes Matthew Durham as State Program Leader
As the new State Program Leader of the URI Master Gardener Program, Matthew Durham is guiding the statewide network of volunteers dedicated to sustainable gardening, environmental stewardship, and community education.
Rhode Island 2026 Food Summit Aims to Meet the Moment
Rhode Island 2026 Food Summit Aims to Meet the Moment
KINGSTON, R.I. – Jan. 7, 2026 – The University of Rhode Island is hosting its 2026 Rhode Island Food System Summit — the first time since the pandemic to gather in person as a statewide community of leaders, innovators, and changemakers. Organizers say this year’s summit at the URI campus is more than a meeting; […]
A Debt to History – Why URI’s Land-Grant Mission Still Matters – University of Rhode Island Magazine
A Debt to History – Why URI’s Land-Grant Mission Still Matters – University of Rhode Island Magazine
URI’s Plant Diagnostic Laboratory Earns Prestigious Accreditation – College of the Environment and Life Sciences
URI’s Plant Diagnostic Laboratory Earns Prestigious Accreditation – College of the Environment and Life Sciences
Don’t guess, test: URI Cooperative Extension’s revamped Plant Diagnostic Laboratory a community resource
Don’t guess, test: URI Cooperative Extension’s revamped Plant Diagnostic Laboratory a community resource
Cooperative Extension in the News – Additional Stories
Cooperative Extension in the News – Additional Stories
URI CoopExt Services & Resources
A New England Gardener's Guide to Growing Food - New Zine Series!
A New England Gardener's Guide to Growing Food - New Zine Series!
Commercial Cut Flower Growers of Southern New England Survey
Commercial Cut Flower Growers of Southern New England Survey
The University of Rhode Island is proud to announce new initiatives supported by the RI DEM Specialty Crop Block Grant. This funding facilitates specialized winter learning sessions featuring industry experts and cut-flower variety trials at the URI Agronomy Farm. Our goal is to empower local growers through high-impact education and strategic networking opportunities that strengthen the regional floriculture market. Help us grow the Southern New England floral industry! If you farm in RI, MA, or CT, we’d love your feedback in this quick survey.
Fruit/Veggie Prep Sheets – Community Nutrition Education
Fruit/Veggie Prep Sheets – Community Nutrition Education
Gardening Resources
Gardening Resources
URI Plant Diagnostic Laboratory
URI Plant Diagnostic Laboratory
Gardening and Environmental Hotline
Gardening and Environmental Hotline
Gardening Information and Soil Testing Schedule
Gardening Information and Soil Testing Schedule
Webinars & Videos
Learn at Home via our YouTube Channel
Learn at Home via our YouTube Channel
Cooperative Extension provides non-formal education and learning opportunities to people throughout the United States. It emphasizes taking knowledge gained through research and education and bringing it directly to the people to create positive changes. Through Cooperative Extension in RI, we bring vital, practical information to agricultural producers, small business owners,communities, consumers, families, and young people. We pride ourselves on our role in translating science for practical application, and are always looking to identify emerging research questions to which we find answers and encourage application of science and technology to improve agricultural, environmental, economic and social conditions.
Regenerative Home Gardening Series
Regenerative Home Gardening Series
To Which We Belong is a documentary that highlights farmers, ocean farmers, and ranchers leaving behind conventional practices that are no longer profitable or sustainable and making the switch to regenerative practices. This form of holistic land and sea management has the potential to draw enough carbon down from the sky and back into the soil, reversing climate change and bringing atmospheric carbon levels down to pre-industrial-revolution levels.
Preserving RI's Bounty: Farm to Jar Video Series
Preserving RI's Bounty: Farm to Jar Video Series
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CoopExt Volunteer and Internship Opportunities
CoopExt Volunteer and Internship Opportunities
Additional Resources & Services
Additional Resources & Services
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CoopExt Training and Certificate Programs
CoopExt Training and Certificate Programs
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