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| 4021 - Agriculture & Natural Resources | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4021.1) | 601 |
Number of Youth (5-18) engaged in AG 4-H programming |
| 4021.2) | 17 |
Number of Volunteers (19+) engaged in AG 4-H programming |
| 4021.3) | 115 |
Number of Youth (5-18) engaged in NR 4-H programming |
| 4021.4) | 0 |
Number of Volunteers (19+) engaged in NR 4-H programming |
Author: Deana Reed
Major Program: Agriculture & Natural Resources
The Kentucky 4-H Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Academy (NRESci) strives to increase environmental literacy among youth in Kentucky. Every five years (since 1999) the Kentucky Environmental Education Council (KEEC) conducts a survey to assess Kentuckian’s environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. According to KEEC’s 2020-2025 Environmental Education Master Plan (2020), “… the average Kentuckian is able to answer correctly slightly less than half of
Author: Andy Mills
Major Program: Agriculture & Natural Resources
The problemHistory has demonstrated that recommended agriculture practices that are new and are a change from the norm do not happen at a high rate among adult producers. Therefore, educating our youth with this recommended research based practices carries over in to their farming operations when they become adults.The educational program responseStudents learned the process of synchronizing cattle to shorten a breeding season and to get a higher percentage of calves in the first one-third of th
