Success Story4-H Country Ham Project Kids are Winners



4-H Country Ham Project Kids are Winners

Author: Susan Fox

Planning Unit: Lyon County CES

Major Program: Agriculture

Plan of Work: Learning Lifeskills through Project Based Learning

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

Four youth in Lyon County participated in the 4-H Country Ham Project Over three meetings the kids shaped the hams, salted them down, washed, and resulted, and then cleaned their hams for smoking and aging. In August, the hams are polished and cleaned for presentation and judging at the state fair. Participants are required to give a speech before judges at the Kentucky State Fair. One of the Lyon County youth, Maggie Duff, won 3rd place smoked country ham and 3rd place for smoked overall in the 2006 age division. Another 4-Her, Ben Dunbar, won 3rd place ham, 3rd place smoked ham overall, and 2010 age division winner. He then won Reserve Junior Champion which placed his ham in the top five overall. There were more than 600 entries in the ham contest this year. These two were invited to the local Farm Bureau Dinner where they received recognition for their agricultural product.






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