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How to get the most out of your limited hay supply

With the possibility of a dry spring leading to an even drier summer, getting the most out of your hay is critical.

How to Make Life Easier for the Pet Groomer and You

Here are things to do and think about next time it is time for dog grooming or cat grooming. Have Your Animals Prepared and Ready Early

How to Use Complete Feeds to Stretch Your Hay Supply

Fiery blazes, drought, and poor growing conditions have made hay difficult to find and expensive to buy in many locations throughout the nation. These conditions have left horse owners with the difficult task of finding an affordable source of quality hay

Is Your Raw Pet Food Nutritionally Balanced?

Raw pet food is good, but you should make sure that the organic pet food or homemade pet food you choose has the right nutritional balance.

Why humans struggled to make 'f' and 'v' sounds until farming came along

Love to drop F-bombs? Thank the shift to agriculture.

How to Feed Birds All Year Long

As the seasons change from winter to spring to summer to fall, switch up what you're serving in your feeders to attract more birds to your backyard.

13 Dog Breeds That Are Overwhelmingly Affectionate

What Research Can Tell Us About Educational Equity

Guiding Principles for Equity Part 2: Drive Your Equity Plan

Equity is Fostered Through What We Teach and What We Don't

An examination of social studies textbooks reveals large gaps in a commitment to equity. Teachers can begin to counter this by incorporating curriculum that is culturally responsive.

How to Add Home Equity Through HVAC Upgrades

According to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, Americans are spending increasingly large amounts of money on residential remodeling projects each year and seeing less and less of a return. From 2017… Read More

Tinkering Spaces: How Equity Means More Than Access

Youth programs are looking to redefine maker spaces into more equitable environments by rethinking what's valued and how facilitators interact with students.

3 ways architects can improve social equity

By addressing housing’s intersections with rapid urbanization, mass migration, public health, and more, a new book outlines avenues for architects who actually want to make a difference.

Improving Racial Equity Through Greener Design

Redlining became illegal in 1977, but the damage persists. Three architects share how they're creating racial equity through green design.

How can equity be prioritized in early ed quality metrics?

A Trust for Learning resource offers guidance on how to more holistically consider the quality of programs for children ages birth to 8.

Let Them Struggle: The Sweat Equity of Transformational Teaching

Transformational teaching is about recognizing how humans learn, how reflection aides in learning, and how metacognition embeds learning.

TAKE A SURVEY: Let your voice be heard on gender equity

Help Phocuswright, the world’s leading travel industry research authority, assess how the travel industry stacks up when it comes to gender equity and promoting women’s leadership.

What a Barefoot Patient Taught Me About Health Equity

Resident Michelle Byrne, M.D., M.P.H., writes in this Leader Voices Blog post that she was drawn to family medicine by a desire to be trained by physicians who are committed to addressing social justice and health equity.