Tag: Ohio 4-H
Cuyahoga County teen starts, grows quail business for 4-H
In less than a year, 13-year-old Ava Burrows formed an LLC, achieved National Poultry Improvement Plan/Avian Influenza monitored status and was the American Coturnix Breeders Association's Junior Member of the Month.
The last farm in Parma, Ohio is giving city kids a...
Stearns Homstead is the only farm left in the City of Parma, Ohio. It’s also the only way for city kids to get any kind of experience with agriculture.
Ohio 4-H leaders focus on back-up plans, engagement as uncertainty lingers
Ohio 4-H extension educators see two trends with 4-H’ers this year. Some are taking a year off or otherwise stepping back from the program, largely due to concerns about the pandemic. Others are doubling down, despite lingering uncertainties.
4-H leaders are continuing to work out details of the 2021 season, as enrollment deadlines approach.
Ohio State Extension cancels 4-H events, camps
Ohio State University Extension is canceling all 4-H events, activities and programs through July 6, and all 4-H camps through Aug. 31, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kirk Bloir, Ohio's 4-H assistant director told 4-H members and volunteers in an email today.
4-H is in her blood
Natalee Blackford, of Ashland, wraps up her 4-H career as Ohio Teen Leadership Council president, 2017 4-H Teen of the Year and 2016 4-H Teen Hall of Fame inductee.
4-H’ers get an early start in fashion
While 4-H may be best known for large animal projects, there is a whole other side to 4-H that includes many clothing and other nonlivestock projects.
Over 11,000 Ohio 4-H alum ‘raise their hands’
Ohio 4-H had the greatest participation in Raise Your Hand — a national 4-H initiative asking the millions of alumni to provide hands-on learning to youth.
Ohio pilots 4-H program to boost STEM interest
The 4-H Ag Innovators Experience is designed for youth to learn about environmental and sustainability issues important to agriculture.
Ohio youth wins National 4-H STEM award
Ava Lonneman, of Portage County, Ohio, is the winner of the National 4-H Council’s 2017 Youth In Action Pillar Award for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). She will serve as a spokesperson for 4-H STEM programming across the nation.
