Author: Shad Baker
Planning Unit: Letcher County CES
Major Program: Youth Forestry and Natural Resource Education
Plan of Work: 4-H Natural Resource and Agriculture
Outcome: Initial Outcome
The Robinson Center for Appalachian Resource Sustainability recently hosted it's Mountain Ag Youth Day. It was a prime time to educate the nearly 200 young people about agriculture and things they could do with their land. With maple syrup quickly gaining interest among adults, it seemed only fitting that it be offered to our kids; especially since most at that age have a sweet tooth. The Letcher County Extension Agents for ANR and 4-H, along with the 4-H Program Assistant teamed up to teach school-aged participants learned how to identify maples, how to identify suitable trees for tapping, the simple tools they would need and how to collect the precious sap. Each was given a simple guide of how to go from sap to syrup and then treated to a sampling. Most responded that they liked the syrup and would consider giving it a try at home. This commodity has genuine potential to help Eastern Kentucky Agriculture blossom and certainly our kids are the best ones to make it a go.
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