Center for Applied Research and Engagement Systems

CARES is excited to part of this amazing project that supports local food and farm businesses in Missouri and across the Heartland region!

Small Missouri food and farm businesses eligible for USDA grant program The collaboration with the Heartland Regional Food Business Center will distribute $3.72 million across six states in its first round.

The latest launch from the CARES team - feedstufffinder.org! 🌾

FeedStuff Finder in the news!

MU Extension creates one-stop agriculture platform for feed products Feedstuff Finder aims to connect buyers and sellers across Missouri and in surrounding states.

The Human Development Index (HDI), developed by the United Nations, is an alternative measure of economic well-being. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has long been the traditional measure of economic growth, but it is narrowly focused on the production of goods and services. While no one indicator can sum up the well-being of a population, the HDI combines measures that are more directly related to the human condition.

The index provides a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a longer life, expected years of schooling, and per capita income. Countries are assigned a score from 0 – 1 based on the mean of normalized indices for the three dimensions. A score of less than 0.55 is considered low; 0.55-0.69 is considered medium; 0.70-0.79 is considered high; and 0.80 or above is considered very high.

Ten of Missouri’s counties scored higher than the national average of 0.921. Overall, the state of Missouri scored 0.916 — in line with Austria. Scores for Missouri’s counties ranged from .858 (Croatia) to 0.949 (Denmark).

For more information please visit: https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/human-development-index #/indicies/HDI. For more information contact Alan Spell or Luke Dietterle of EXCEED.