Category: 4-H & Youth

These Florida 4-H members’ businesses are buzzing

by Samantha Murray
April 4, 2023

In a region of Florida famous for its honey, two entrepreneurial 4-H youth are turning their love of beekeeping into small but growing businesses. Gulf County residents Emily Flowers, 12, and Zeke Cooper, 13, began keeping their own hives ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Anitra Mayhann, Bee College, Emily Flowers, Gulf County, Honey Bee Research And Extension Lab, Honey Bees, News, Zeke Cooper

Making the best better: Florida 4-H upgrades camp experience, increases access

by Samantha Murray
March 3, 2023

As registration for 2023 Florida 4-H summer camp programs is underway, the statewide youth development program is announcing several developments to enhance the camp experience for youth and community members. Florida 4-H operates three camps ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Camp, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Camp Cherry Lake, Camp Cloverleaf, Camp Timpoochee, Erin Mugge, News

Gilchrist County 4-H teen adds another link in Dairy Heifer Chain

by Stella Canfield
February 9, 2023

Aside from food, one of Java’s favorite things is getting scratches behind her ears, which Cayce Sullivan, a 15-year-old 4-H’er in Gilchrist County, makes sure to do as part of her daily care routine. Java, a Brown Swiss heifer, is ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Curriculum, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Chris DeCubellis, Dairy Cattle, Dairy Heifer Chain Program

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

Este 5 de noviembre Art in the Garden ofrece venta de plantas nativas, actividades para niños, taller de arte y mucho más

by Luz Bahder
October 31, 2022

FORT LAUDERDALE - Marque sus calendarios para Art in the Garden, un evento que se celebrará este 05 de noviembre y en donde los residentes del sur de Florida podrán disfrutar de una variedad de actividades gratuitas para toda la familia. El ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Blog Community, EVENTS, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Actividades, Arte, Condado De Broward, Espanol, Jardin, Ninos, Spanish

El Festival de Otoño del Departamento de Extensión de UF/IFAS en St. Lucie: una comunidad en crecimiento

by Luz Bahder
October 10, 2022

¿Busca un evento de otoño que supere el tradicional huerto de calabazas? No olvide marcar su calendario el sábado 15 de octubre, de 8 a.m. a 4 p.m. cuando ocurrirá el Festival de Otoño del Departamento de Extensión Social de UF/IFAS ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Blog Community, Clubs & Volunteers, Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, EVENTS, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Money Matters, NATURAL RESOURCES, Pests & Disease, Relationships & Family, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching, Wildlife
Tags: Actividades, Departamento De Extension, Espanol, Fall Festival, Festival, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteer Program, Programa De Voluntarios, Programas, Spanish, Talleres

Ayude a combatir la inseguridad alimentaria donando frascos de mantequilla de maní a su oficina local de extensión de UF/IFAS

by Luz Bahder
October 3, 2022

La mantequilla de maní es un artículo popular en bancos de alimentos gracias a sus nutrientes, proteínas y sabor, además de poseer una larga vida útil. Con el aumento de la inseguridad alimentaria como resultado de la pandemia de COVID-19, ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Blog Community, Clubs & Volunteers, Community Volunteers, EVENTS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Desafio, Donar, El Desafio De La Mantequilla De Mani, Espanol, Extension Social, FAMU, Mani, Mantequilla De Mani, Peanut, Peanut Butter Challenge, Spanish

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

MEDIA ALERT: High school students explore food science at UF

by Samantha Murray
July 19, 2022

WHAT: The UF/IFAS food science and human nutrition department has partnered with Taste of Immokalee to bring 20 youth to the UF campus to explore food science and develop a new food product with current UF food science undergraduates. On July ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Health & Nutrition
Tags: Food Science And Human Nutrition, News

Florida 4-H takes steps to secure future of 4-H camps

by Samantha Murray
June 2, 2022

With 4-H summer camp season on the horizon, the statewide youth development program is advancing several new initiatives to support long-term sustainability of 4-H camps in Florida. “4-H camping has been around for almost 100 years in Florida ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Camp
Tags: Camp Cherry Lake, Camp Cloverleaf, Camp Timpoochee

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