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Meet Craig! This old fart is fed up with stagnant visits and demands a working treatment plan. Can you convince him to cooperate with you?
Nutrition Counselor has these tough conversations.
Learn how to handle difficult patients like Craig!!

Download at the META Store!!
nutritioncounselorvr.org

What would you add to liven up a farmers' market? Balloons, music, and art can bring a little magic to your market in the game Market Set Go! The more fun it feels, the more folks will visit (and shop!).

Play now at MarketSetGoGame.org
#farmersmarket #game #business #farming

Meet Sam! With a sore throat and no treatment plan, a NG tube sounds like torture! Can you soothe Sam's nerves so he can get the help he needs?
Nutrition Counselor has various patients with unique problems.
Comfort Sam so he can get better!!

Learn more at the META Store!!
nutritioncounselorvr.org

What does your dream market stall
look like? First impressions sell! Customize your stalls
in Market Set Go! with color, signage, and fresh
displays to attract more customers. A little flair goes a
long way.
Start designing at MarketSetGoGame.org
#farming #game #business #farmersmarket

Meet Dolores!! She has type 2 diabetes but hates having to stick her finger. Can you talk with Dolores and help her out?
Nutrition Counselor preps you for Interactions such as these. Support Dolores and discover more about her!!
Get it now at the META Store!!
nutritioncounselorvr.org

Occasionally, customers will notice that something is off at the farmers' market. Don’t panic! Fix the issue fast and earn customer trust. As a manager in Market Set Go!, making vendors handle food safely is just part of the job.
Jump in at MarketSetGoGame.org
#farmersmarket #game #farming #business

image of prickly pear cactus with label educational media tools and title making prickly pear cactus juice and URL innovativemediablog.nmsu.edu

For those in regions where cactus fruits are ripening, a reminder that there are several effective ways to make and store juice from prickly pears! www.innovativemediablog.nmsu.edu/post/making-...

Arranging a stall is just the first step! If you want more clients buying your products, you will have to attend safety concerns and improve the design of your stall.
Get started now at MarketSetGoGame.org
#farmersmarket #game #farming #business

Have you played Theme Park Kitchen?
Learn how to work in a restaurant, properly prep food, and handle food safety. Do you think you can complete all 15 levels?
Challenge yourself today!!
themeparkkitchen.org/play.html
#foodsafety #educationalgames #game #ThemePark

What do people look for at the farmers' market? Produce? You got it! Meat? As much as you want!

You will be able to explore 16 different stalls. The more you diversify the market, the more customers you serve.

Experiment with your own market strategy at MarketSetGoGame.org

Our newest game, Market, Set, Go! is live!

Market, Set, Go! is an educational game where you're a vendor at the local farmers market. Solve problems with food safety, and keep your customers happy and healthy.

Play now at MarketSetGoGame.org

#farmersmarket #game #business #farming

What We've Learned About Virtual Reality, Part 2!

www.innovativemediablog.nmsu.edu/post/what-we...

As we prepare to release our first two Virtual Reality apps, some reflections on the taxonomy of VR interactions: www.innovativemediablog.nmsu.edu/post/what-we...

image of prickly pear cactus with label educational media tools and title making prickly pear cactus juice and URL innovativemediablog.nmsu.edu

For those in regions where cactus fruits are ripening, a reminder that there are several effective ways to make and store juice from prickly pears! www.innovativemediablog.nmsu.edu/post/making-...

Person wearing VR headset while being photographed

Photography *of* photography! We're getting ready to promote our new release Nutrition Counselor VR. It's hard to capture someone playing virtual reality and also the visuals of what's happening in the application! Excited for today's photo session with our university photographer.

Image of a bowl of mutton stew with text that reads, "This includes any typical stew: mutton stew, posole, corn stew, bone stew, green chile stew, caldo de res, menudo, chicken noodle soup, etc." On the side, portion sizes of vegetables (1), grains (1), protein from meat (0.5), and protein from beans (0.5) are given.

Our free interactive nutrition tool, MyPlateMyDay.org, includes foods that are traditional to New Mexico and our region. Examples include combination foods like mutton stew, posole, chile rellenos, or Indian tacos, as well as calabacitas, nopalitos, frybread, tortillas and conchas!

Laptops on table with various games loaded

Laptops on table with various games loaded

Flashback to this photo from Play, Make, Learn last month in Wisconsin. It was great to see our game Cozy River Valley at the demo table with other finalists for the Gee Awards. Congratulations to Velvet 89, the winner in the small studios category.

Carbon Credit Markets for Farmers and Ranchers: An Overview YouTube video by nmsuaces

Once the program-specific practices are put in place, the carbon credit company or third-party company steps in to measure how much carbon is being stored in the soil.

youtu.be/xb-kt3JPLSs?...

IMRE Blog Post titled "Our Award-Winning Products, 2025" with an illustration of a character picking crops from a field with a purple stamp center right that reads, "Relevant news: awards" with a white checkmark in the center, At the bottom of the image is a website "innovativemediablog.nmsu.edu"

The Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Life and Human Sciences, convenes annually to provide awards and feedback through the ACE Critique & Awards Program. This year has been a success for our products: www.innovativemediablog.nmsu.edu/.../our-awar....

Produce TRAINer: Food safety toolkit for produce farm workers Free, online lessons that farm workers can use to learn and practice risk assessment on produce farms

September means harvest season for fall produce. Check out our free, interactive worker training resource, Produce TRAINer, which focuses on risk assessment and SOPs for small produce farms. Learn more in this blog post by @pnmartinez.bsky.social

www.innovativemediablog.nmsu.edu/post/produce...

Title screen showing a woman holding the leadrope of a horse. Text reads: This digital publication has been peer-reviewed by external experts.

Stay Safe With Horses helps build understanding of horse behavior to help users learn to handle horses safely and effectively. Topics include approaching a horse in a stall, catching and haltering, leading, and turning out a horse in a group. staysafewithhorses.org

Welcome to CLOVER Empower all young people to find their spark. CURRICULUM CLOVER creates impactful learning experiences in partnership with 100+ top-tier universities. 260+ online interactive activities CLOVER has int...

We are pleased to announce that our interactive module Stay Safe Working With Horses has been featured among national 4-H resources on Clover: 4-h.org/clover/about/

Since Clover by 4-H requires a login, see the next post for a link to the free module.

Pamela N Martinez

Earlier this summer, Learning Games Lab faculty member Dr. Pamela N. Martinez was awarded the prestigious USDA E. Kika de la Garza Fellowship, from the USDA, which brings together experts from Hispanic Serving Institutions to explore workforce development initiatives. Congratulations, Pamela!

From the article abstract: "In an online survey, compared to those who viewed an Extension website providing information on genetic modification, consumers who played the game were more likely to believe they learned something and correctly answered a question regarding deceptive labeling."

A recent article in the Journal of Applied Economics Teaching Resources explores the impact of Unpeeled, an educational game created by our studio that teaches consumers about food marketing labels, such as non-GMO labels, to inform economic choices. www.aetrjournal.org/UserFiles/fi...

Do you have what it takes to lead the squad? Use your team of heroes to research, educate, heal, and protect people. Keep the community from getting sicker!
outbreaksquad.com
#kids #kidgame #health #superhero

Night of the Living Debt Keep them at bay with regular payments. If they get you, it could lead to a low credit score and affect your chance at financial survival. The high interest zombies are the hardest to ward off!

Also available on web at nightofthelivingdebt.org !

This interactive module helps learners practice preservation practices for scientific study. Collections are important to science, and each preserved insect gives a snapshot of its population at the time it was collected.
insectcollectionlab.nmsu.edu/index.html
#insects #education