Friday, December 5, 2025

Better Kansas

Media Alert – Better Kansas

In this week’s Better Kansas, I shine a light on free tax preparation help, practicing safety, gardening educational opportunities, how adult educators have changed...

Media alert: Better Kansas

This week in Better Kansas: The return of the Insect Art Contest, Check Your Credit program, wildfire season updated outlook, the answer people, farm...

Better Kansas – Jan. 21, 2021

Welcome to Better Kansas! Today I shed a little light on eggs and oats, taking a hike, taking care of yourself (if you don’t,...

Better Kansas– Jan. 7, 2021

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL OF US AT K-STATE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION and from yours truly, Better Kansas writer Mary Lou Peter. Today, we...

A Challenging Year

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ALL OF US AT K-STATE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION I’ve enjoyed providing glimpses of what our folks across the state have to offer...

Better Kansas, Better Communities

In today’s Better Kansas, we shed a little light on a new U.S. Mint Tallgrass Prairie coin and agritourism, protecting finances, safe food handling,...

Better Kansas – Nov. 5, 2020

In today’s Better Kansas, we touch on some pretty disparate topics -- food preservation for those with dietary restrictions, coping with depression, Kansas weather...

TURKEYS, STUFFING AND TURDUCKENS, OH MY!

Better Kansas – Nov. 19, 2020 In today’s Better Kansas, we touch on holiday food preparation, Kansas PRIDE happenings, produce contributions feeding the hungry, dry...