Success StoryThe Great Agriculture Adventure



The Great Agriculture Adventure

Author: Lora Pullin

Planning Unit: Greenup County CES

Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General

Plan of Work: Enhancing Life Skills and Building Consumer Awareness

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

Greenup County Agriculture Day is an event about recognizing and celebrating the contribution of agriculture in our everyday lives.  It is a great way to educate local youth about the importance of agriculture, even when they don’t realize it.

This year’s annual Agriculture Day attracted twelve fourth grade classes from both Greenup County Schools and Raceland Independent Schools systems on September 23 at the Greenup County Extension Office.  Local volunteers from the Greenup County Cooperative Extension Service, Farm Bureau, Soil and Water Conservation District and FFA chapter shared knowledge through twelve rotations that educated students about a variety of agriculture.    The rotations featured forestry, beekeeping, ATV safety, dairy education and butter making, and many others.    

The Greenup County FCS program provided education on the importance of dairy and how to make homemade butter.  Students were taken through the Professor Popcorn dairy lesson to discuss the importance of low-fat diary in our daily diet.  As a hands on activity students were distributed a 1oz portion of cream to shake into their own butter pat.  

The Greenup County Extension Office is located next to the Historic McConnell House, which was built in the early 1800’s.  The house was also in the rotation, and students learned about the history of the community and what it was like living during that time period.

A total of 268 student and 24 teachers and class volunteers attended Agriculture Day this year.   In addition there were 30 volunteers who helped educate the students about Agriculture.







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