Thanks to the efforts of hard-working Orange County 4-H members, the Exhibit Hall at the Extension Center is filled with more than 1900 festive red, pink, and white poinsettias. Our club members began taking pre-orders in October and exceeded ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, Events
The annual UF/IFAS Extension Peanut Butter Challenge ran from October 1 through October 31 this year, and our Orange County 4-H'ers took full advantage of lending their hands for larger service! What is the Peanut Butter Challenge? Each year ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, Community Volunteers, UF/IFAS Extension
National 4-H Week: “I Love 4-H!” The first week of October is the start of three very important events for Orange County 4-H. The biggest is National 4-H Week. During the first full week in October, we join 4-H members across the Unites ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers
I just love growing food hydroponically! Why? I am more likely to harvest it and eat it, too. Over 600,000 YouTubers love how I teach hydroponics in 8 minutes. You can get growing with that free video, but maybe it only 'wet' your appetite? ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Blog Community, , Clubs & Volunteers, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Crops, Curriculum, Events, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, WORK & LIFE
Learn by doing The 4-H slogan is “learn by doing.” Experiential learning is integral to 4-H project work and related educational programs (Diem and Levings, 2022). Not surprisingly, actively engaging youth participants in their own learning ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, Events
They say time flies when you are having fun, and we sure are having a fun summer with our Orange County 4-H day camps! Environmental Explorers! Last month in June we hosted the first year of our "Environmental Explorers" summer day camp ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Camp, , Events, UF/IFAS Extension
Hey there! My name is Heather Kalaman, and I am the new Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ and Residential Horticulture Agent here at UF/IFAS Extension Orange County. I started this position in mid-April and thought I would take a moment to ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Blog Community, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
4-H Citrus Show at Sunsational Farms On Saturday, April 22nd the 4-H program hosted the 2023 citrus tree show and auction at Sunsational Farms in Umatilla. Youth from Lake, Orange, Seminole and Volusia counties participated in the event. ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Curriculum, Events, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
The District VIII Citrus Project youth are gearing up for their final event of the 2022/2023 project year! On Saturday, April 22nd, 4-H youth from Orange, Lake, Volusia, and Seminole counties will travel to Sunsational Farms in Umatilla to ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, UF/IFAS Extension
Did you know that Orange TV has been interviewing UF/IFAS Extension Orange County’s faculty and volunteers for 26 years for educational content? UF/IFAS Emeritus Extension Agents Celeste White and Tom MacCubbin began Extension Solutions ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, AGRICULTURE, Blog Community, HOME LANDSCAPES, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, WORK & LIFE