Category: Curriculum
Garden Education Grows in Community Garden
June 28, 2017
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 St), the Mariposa ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, CurriculumTags: Balanced Meal, Community Garden, Curriculum, Dade City, Garden, Lock Street, My Plate, Nutrients, Pasco Extension, Vegetables, Youth
A Call for Agri-Techi Youth!
June 5, 2017
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
Category: 4-H & Youth, Curriculum, UF/IFAS Teaching
The Benefits of Chess
June 2, 2017
By Dallas Daniels, the new 4-H extension agent for Lake County. As a Marion County teacher for the past two years, I know the stringent standards that have been set for our children. I feel that integrating chess into schools would vastly ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, CurriculumTags: Chess, Dallas Daniels, Life Skills
Growing Minds…and Vegetables
June 1, 2017
It’s the end of the school year, which, to the Family Nutrition Program, means one main thing: garden harvests! We were invited to several of the garden harvest events at the schools, where the children pick the vegetables that they grew all ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, CurriculumTags: Chef, Class, Community, Eating, Family Nutrition Program, Garden, Harvest, Lesson, Master Gardener, Nutrition, School, Students, Vegetables