Category: 4-H & Youth

Florida-Friendly Landscaping – Scavenger Hunt Activity!

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 24, 2020

The 9 Principles of Florida-Friendly Landscaping (FFL) can help protect our water, create beautiful neighborhoods, and support awesome wildlife! The FFL Program is all about: putting the "right plants" in the "right place" giving ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Water, Wildlife
Tags: #SaveWaterFL, Activity, Florida Friendly Landscaping, Good Bugs, Integrated Pest Management, Scavenger Hunt, Water Conservation, Wildlife

Beef Quality Assurance Training in Florida Counties

by laurahbennett
April 29, 2019

Last month, twenty-five Livestock Extension Agents from around Florida attended training so that agents could facilitate these trainings in their own counties. This can translate into more opportunities for adults and students to become Beef ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Livestock
Tags: 4-H, BQA, Cattle

“Buying Local” at the County Fair…Priceless

by laurahbennett
March 1, 2018

“Buying Local” is all the rage and has different meaning for different people. For market steer participants in both 4-H and FFA, it has many levels that should be acknowledged. With the Pasco County Fair in the books for 2018 and the Sumter ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H, Buy Local, Dade City, Pasco County Fair, Steer Show, Sumter County Fair, Youth

Florida Charolais Cattle at the State Fair

by laurahbennett
February 16, 2018

At the 2018 Florida State Fair, the Charolais Open and Youth Cattle Show was a welcome sight. With so many cattle producers in Florida using Charolais sires in their terminal cross-breeding systems, we should see the breed more often. Cattlemen ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Livestock
Tags: 4-H, Bulls, Cattle, Charolais, Florida Cattlemen

Pasco County 4-H members, 4-H leaders and Parents Interested in participating or helping with Animal Judging Contests this 4-H year

by jmhink
December 5, 2017

Pasco County 4-H members, 4-H leaders and Parents Interested in participating or helping with any of the Animal Judging contests this 4-H year. Pasco County 4-H will hold an information meeting on December 14 in at the 4-H Office located ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, Livestock

Pasco County 4-H Youth becomes 4-H State Council Secretary

by jmhink
October 31, 2017

Eight years ago, Montana Rose Smith was “kind of dragged into 4-H” when her mother bought a pair of dairy goats because her brother, Bubba Jessie, loved goats. That’s when Emily Smith told her children they were going to join 4-H. They ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H, Leadership, State Officer, Volunteer, Youth

Pasco County 4-H members bring home $5,000 in scholarship money for their BBQ grilling skills

by jmhink
October 31, 2017

As the 2017 4-H Tailgate contest started contests 30 state finalists were busy preparing and cooking their protein group at UF/IFAS 4-H State Headquarters in Gainesville as a panel of judges watch and judge them on their food safety and question ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, Curriculum, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H, BBQ Contest, Contest, Youth

4-H in Schools Near You

by Kristen Poppell
September 19, 2017

When most people think of 4-H, they think of our traditional clubs, but did you know 4-H programming is available in the classroom through our school enrichment programs? These programs bring the knowledge of our faculty and volunteers directly ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers

Fair Season Zoonotic Disease Series: Swine

by Kelsey Irvine
August 18, 2017

Every year across the state hundreds of youth exhibit swine in County and State fairs. Raising livestock takes up time and resources for these youth and often the market sale provides a monetary reward for their hard work.It is a stressful but ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth
Tags: 4-H, Swine, Zoonotic Diseases

Garden Education Grows in Community Garden

by Whitney Elmore
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, Curriculum
Tags: Balanced Meal, Community Garden, Curriculum, Dade City, Garden, Lock Street, My Plate, Nutrients, Pasco Extension, Vegetables, Youth

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