Cleburne County-Alabama Extension

08/27/2026

08/26/2026

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08/26/2026

FREE EVENT‼️
2026 HOMESTEAD DAY🌱🐟🍲
Join Auburn University Rural Studio and the Aquatic Resources Team of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) for a day of demonstrations, conversations, and activities focused on food, farming, water, land, and home in Newbern, Alabama.
Explore practical skills and ideas for small landowners.
📆Saturday, September 12, 2026
⏰9:00am - 1:00pm
📍Auburn Rural Studio
8448 AL Hwy 61
Newbern, AL 36765

08/24/2026

Tomorrow )8-25-26) is our LAST Sunny Bites Food Distribution of the Summer. If you have already signed up, don't forget to come pick up your food beginning at 1:30. IF YOU HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY SIGNED UP, please give us a call on Wednesday to see if there is any additional food left over for pick-up. 🍎🍊🥫🧃

08/24/2026

📢 Calling all Cleburne County homeschool families! Join us next week for our 4-H Homeschool Club Kickoff Meeting! 🍀

📅Tuesday, September 1
⏰1:30 PM
📍Cleburne County Extension Office
🍀Ages 9-18

☎️For more information, reach out to Kayla Shealy at 256-452-7900.

08/21/2026

08/21/2026

With all the rain last night, our pollinators must have slept in, but there were still some busy little workers out and about for our census count this morning.
Thanks to Cheaha Master Gardeners Debby, Marie and Mary for helping us out, and remember you still have the rest of the weekend to count!

08/21/2026

Thank you Angela Taylor for sharing your “ Financial Self Defense” course with Fruithurst Senior Center. Necessary in today’s environment.

08/19/2026

🐗 Wild Pig Workshop – FREE for Everyone! 🐗
Looking for a fun and educational family event? Join us for the Wild Pig Workshop on Saturday, September 12, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Weogufka Center for Arts, Entertainment and Education in Weogufka, Alabama. The workshop is now FREE for all participants, and children's activities will be available!
Learn about: ✅ Trapping and management of wild pigs
✅ Breaking down a pig carcass
✅ Herbs that pair well with pork
✅ Safe pork preparation techniques
📍 Weogufka Center for Arts, Entertainment and Education
145 Memorial Loop, Weogufka, AL 35183
🗓 September 12, 2026
⏰ 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Registration is required. Register today at ACES Registration Page.
Bring the whole family and join us for a day of hands-on learning, great information, and fun activities for all ages! 🐷🌿🍴

08/18/2026

Hot weather can be hard on backyard chickens, and keeping plenty of fresh, cool, clean water available is one of the simplest ways to help your flock handle the heat.

Are you interested in learning more about having your own backyard flock? Or maybe you are a homesteading pro and need guidance? Alabama Extension has science-based resources for small and backyard flock owners covering everything from feeding and brooding chicks to egg production, flock health, biosecurity and everyday management.

Find practical information here: https://www.aces.edu/go/5221

And let us know how your flock is doing.