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How to empower youth in 2025: Attend the UF/IFAS Extension St. Lucie County 4-H Opportunity for All Benefit Gala

by Lourdes Mederos
December 17, 2024

Emma Wickham, 16, and Summer Wayne, 15, are two Florida 4-H youth who have built an impressive portfolio of leadership skills and experiences. Wickham, past president of the UF/IFAS Extension 4-H St. Lucie County Council continues to ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Blog Community, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, Community Volunteers, Curriculum, Events, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: 4-H Opportunity For All Benefit Gala, 4-H Summer Camps, 4-H Youth Development Program, Adam's Ranch, Doris M. Carter Foundation, Emma Wickham, Florida 4-H, Fort Pierce, John Ferguson, National 4-H, Ranch Life & Moonlight, Summer Wayne, UF/IFAS Extension St. Lucie County, UF/IFAS St. Lucie 4-H

Learn more about meat quality, robotics, invasive reptiles and more – and maybe win a prize at Youth Field Day on June 27

by Brad Buck
May 7, 2024

You want to see cattle up close and find out how Florida ranchers bring beef to your dinner table? Come to the 15th Annual Youth Field Day at the UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center (RCREC) from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 27. Space ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Curriculum
Tags: #aiatuf, Andrea Dunlap, Brent Sellers, Invasive Reptiles, Meat, Ona, Precision-ag, Range Cattle Research And Education Center, Soil, Youth Field Day

MEDIA ALERT: Broward youth grow food, protect environment with UF/IFAS at YMCA Weston

by Lourdes Mederos
April 4, 2024

WHAT: How do you capture the attention of youth, so they embrace environmentally friendly habits? How do you engage them in adopting sustainable best practices that will grow with them? You introduce food into the picture and engage all their ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Blog Community, Conservation, Curriculum, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Wildlife
Tags: Environmental Stewards, Kimberly Moore, Media Alert, UF IFAS Extension Broward, UF IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, UF/IFAS Extension Broward County 4-H, YMCA, Youth

Jumpstart your holidays at a wreath-making workshop with Florida 4-H in Broward

by Lourdes Mederos
November 29, 2023

Interested in jumpstarting your holidays with a crafty exercise that doubles as a fundraiser for Broward County 4-H youth programming? Look no further and sign up for a fun and festive wreath-making workshop scheduled for December 9 from ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, Curriculum, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H, 4-H Summer Camp, 4-H Youth Development, Alexandra Goetz, Florida 4-H, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension Broward County, Wreath
image - 4-H summer internship participants in agritech

Miami-Dade County 4-H, part of $12.5M grant to empower underserved communities

by Lourdes Mederos
May 23, 2023

Thanks to a $12.5 million grant from The Children's Trust, the 4-H Youth Development Program at UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County is set to expand its outreach to communities in need. The Children’s Trust has awarded the grant to ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Curriculum, Health & Nutrition, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H, 4-H Miami-Dade, 4-H Youth Development Program, Agriculture Education, Agritech, AgriTech And Food Systems Internship, Food Systems, Healthy Eating, Kenan Bridges, STEM, The Children's Trust, UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County, Youth Fitness

Miami-Dade 4-H teens head to Washington D.C. to showcase skills in agricultural technology

by Lourdes Mederos
January 26, 2023

Last summer, 4-H teens from Miami-Dade County worked on a five-week apprenticeship to address food insecurity by growing food in unconventional spaces in Overtown. Now, two of the six interns will take what they learned to the Ignite ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Blog Community, Curriculum, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Agriscience, Agritech, Agrotechnology, Cooperative Extension, Florida 4-H, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Food Insecurity, Food Security, Hydroponics, Ignite By 4-H National Conference, Indoor Vertical Farming, Miami-Dade Count Y Public Schools, STEM, Teens, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County, Urban Food Farming, Usda, Vertical Farming, Workforce Development

MEDIA ALERT: Miami Dade HS interns explore urban food production with partners, historic Red Rooster Overtown

by Lourdes Mederos
July 28, 2022

WHAT: Six Miami-Dade County public high school students are at the final stage of a comprehensive internship program exposing them to the many facets of urban food production in South Florida. On August 3, the interns will celebrate their ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Clubs & Volunteers, Curriculum, Health & Nutrition, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agribusiness, Florida 4-H, Indoor Vertical Farming, Sustainable Urban Food Production, Vertical Farming
a group of students stand on the end of a dock on a lake

Florida Youth Naturalist Program launches statewide

by Tory Moore
February 22, 2022

A new program is available for young nature enthusiasts interested in learning more about Florida’s environment. Inspired by the Florida Master Naturalist program, this youth program takes kids aged 10 to 13 on a journey through Florida’s ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Curriculum, Forests, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, Wildlife
Tags: 4-H Youth Development, Curriculum, Florida Master Naturalist Program, Florida Sea Grant, Florida Youth Naturalist Program, Nature, Tag/Florida-Youth-Naturalist-Program/, UF IFAS Extension Bookstore, Youth

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