John Ferguson is the UF/IFAS Extension St. Lucie County 4-H Extension Agent. He joined the St. Lucie County Extension staff since 2023 but brought over ten years of experience as a 4-H Extension Agent with the Texas A&M University System. He completed his A.Sc. in General Agriculture at the College of Agriculture in Jamaica, his B.Sc. in Organizational Management at Nyack College, New York, and his M.Ed. in Educational Administration at Prairie View A&M University, Texas. Before his assignment for 10 years in Cass County, Texas, he served as a teacher for fifteen years, during which he taught Agricultural Science (including two years as a farm manager), plus all the other sciences from the elementary level to adult education. Ferguson is passionate about Positive Youth Development (PYD) and is using any opportunity to achieve this in his current role as a 4-H Extension Agent. Contact info: 772-462-1228 or john.ferguso [at] ufl [dot] edu.