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| 4011 - Agriculture 4-H Core Curriculum | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4011.1) | 104 |
Number of youth who demonstrate a skill that was learned and/or improved by participating in a 4-H ANR project, program, event or activity |
| 4011.2) | 57 |
Number of youth that can keep production, performance or financial records on their 4-H agriculture projects |
| 4011.3) | 385 |
Number of youth who understands the role of agriculture in the production of food and fiber |
| 4011.4) | 289 |
Number of youth who are more aware of local farmer’s markets and community gardens |
Author: Rebecca Stahler
Major Program: Agriculture 4-H Core Curriculum
Incorporating livestock projects into the Boyd County 4-H program to reach youth with those interests in the hopes of achieving their ultimate vision of positive youth development, providing young people with skills necessary to become successful adults has been a goal since the club's beginning. A North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service publication states, "The purpose of 4-H and FFA youth livestock projects is to teach young people how to feed, fit, and show their animals.
Author: Lyndall Harned
Major Program: Agriculture 4-H Core Curriculum
This year I placed 25 dozen eggs and 25 incubators in classrooms in local elementary schools, pre- schools and the local Conservation Office, where an adjacent school could come to observe. The purpose of this project is for the students to learn about how live develops. It also teaches them the responsibility for caring for the eggs to ensure they have the best chance at hatching. Since we get our eggs from the UK Poultry Research unit, they are not guaranteed to be fertile, so we do not
