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| 4021 - Agriculture | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4021.4) | 659 |
Number of youth who indicated “yes or usually” to the Common Measures Experience Survey Question #13 “Is 4-H a place where you have a chance to be a leader?” (SEEC) |
| 4021.3) | 659 |
Number of youth who indicated “yes or usually” to the Common Measures Experience Survey Question #6 “Is 4-H A place where you get to figure out things for yourself?” (SEEC) |
| 4021.2) | 879 |
Number of youth who gained an understanding of the role of agriculture in the production of food, fiber, and wood products (KOSA) |
| 4021.1) | 739 |
Number of youth who demonstrated a skill that was learned or improved by participating in 4-H agriculture programming (PRACTICE) |
Author: Owen Prim
Major Program: Agriculture
In 2020 the Alexandria Fair & Horse Show was cancelled. Not since the Civil War had this happened. The COVID Pandemic caused shut downs and caused many changes in everyone’s life. However, in 2021 the fair returned for the 164th year! They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder and when the fair was not held everyone missed it and realized how important this event is to our community. The Campbell County Agricultural Society is the driving force beh
Author: Casey Townsend
Major Program: Agriculture
A four-week program was done at Shawnee High School for creating an experimental design through aquaponics. Students were asked to rate their attitudes towards learning more about Aquaculture, STEM, and seeking an advanced degree in Aquaculture after high school with a 1-5- star rating. Students rated learning more about Aquaculture 3.89 stars, doing more STEM projects was 3.56 stars, and pursuing an advanced degree in Aquaculture after high school was 3.22 stars. Concluding th
Author: Owen Prim
Major Program: Agriculture
4-H youth development programming teaches valuable life skills such as communication, problem solving, decision making and understanding one's self. Experiential learning activities such as horse and livestock judging allow for the opportunity for the development of these skills. Campbell County youth participated at the KY Beef Expo, UK AG Field Day and the State 4-H Horse Judging Contest this year. Members met with their leaders to practice judging and oral reasons to pre
Author: Casey Townsend
Major Program: Agriculture
The train the trainer model was used to train youth services personnel from Lexington Library in Aquaponics. Participants were asked to rate their comfort level for discussing Aquaponics on a scale of 1-5 stars with 5 being high. Their comfort level for discussing aquaponics was rated 2.0 stars before the program verses 4.67 stars afterwards; hydroponics was 2.0 stars before verses 4.67 stars afterwards; facilitating agriculture lessons was 2.0 stars before verses 4.67 stars afterwar
