UF/IFAS GLOBAL BLOGS
“To Make The Best Better” This year has been very exciting for Lafayette 4-H Club. There has been a growing interest from the older youth and the younger kids are taking note of the excitement. Lafayette… Read More
By Dallas Daniels, 4-H/Youth Development Agent Youth development is essential in preparing children to meet the challenges of adulthood. 4-H is the perfect organization to prepare today’s youth. Over 100 years ago, 4-H began and since then the… Read More
You’re finally a senior…so what’s next? In fall of 2017, the UF IFAS Alachua County Extension and the Alachua County Sheriff Department will come alongside “at-risk” high school seniors at Hawthorne High School and Newberry High School to… Read More
When was the last time your child programmed a robot, raised a chicken or entered a bug collecting contest? With more public schools focused on raising students’ test scores, there may be fewer opportunities in the classroom to… Read More
What is “STEAM”? Science, technology, engineering, agriculture (or art!), and math! It is important that youth have opportunities to engage in these fields, as they instill critical thinking, curiosity, global engagement, and the confidence to change the world… Read More
This summer, many summer camps in Pasco County will get to see the Family Nutrition Program teach the Organ Wise Guys, a youth curriculum that gives “character” to our body’s organs. One of the main concepts the kids… Read More
Grab the secci disk and let’s head to the creek! On Day 2 of Walk on the Wild Side 4-H Camp, we learned about the 3 categories of water quality: (1) Physical, (2) Biological, and (3) Chemical. We… Read More
A review of Ballard (2017) Growing up in 4-H, I saw myself as a real scientist. I took water quality samples for LakeWatch, informed fellow 4-H youth about deadly amoeba in Florida lakes, and used bug collections to… Read More
Figure 1: Stacey Struhar (FCS Agent), utilizing My Plate to teach portion control and how to balance a meal correctly with the Food Pyramid five food groups. Located in Resurrection Park off of Calle de Milagros (a/k/a Lock… Read More
What do you think when you hear the term, “Agriculture”? Do you think of conventional food production in rural settings? Or do you think of an Intelligent Autonomous Harvester? What about hydraulic water-driven urban vertical farms in the… Read More
