![4-H Youth rabbit Judging](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Rabbit%20Judging%20at%20the%20County%20Fair.png?h=7a9269e3&itok=VtW24wiE)
Let’s celebrate our 2023 Hennepin County Fair 4-H winners!
R Roots Garden, 2024 Farm Family of the Year
![Tonia Brinston professional photo portrait, in her signature white glasses and smiling](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Tonia%20Brinston%20AFCPE%20photo.jpg?h=fae5b57f&itok=Xh3_5n-Y)
April is the National Financial Capability Month. For Tonia Brinston, it’s not just about numbers; it's about people.
![Four youth sitting in a line in folding chairs next to a table each holding a baby chick.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/MPRB%20youth%20lead%20chick%20demo%20at%20HC%20Fair%202_resized.jpg?h=4e00a760&itok=X7MW3bOC)
A Helping Hands Award enabled the 4-H programs in Hennepin and Ramsey counties to reach new youth and families through backyard chicken raising.
![Chidi Chidozie discussing plants with two women.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Chidi.jpg?h=ed200f32&itok=VS9lyDX_)
University of Minnesota collaboration on traditional plants broadens to include more farmers and gardeners from African nations.
![7 youth stand in front of the U.S. Capitol](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/4-H%20national%20conf%202023%20capitol.jpg?h=3d51719a&itok=3vve37I3)
University of Minnesota Extension's 4-H Youth Development program helps youth find the power of human connections.
![Three women look at each other and at the strawberries growing out of holes in an aluminum tower that is about their height.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/strawberries%20Meyers%20Center.jpg?h=d4fb9804&itok=Eqztxk6W)
Ten Master Gardener volunteers were part of the team that built The Foodscape surrounding the new Burton and Virginia Myers Education Center.
![Jordan Blue, New Principle Office and Administrative Specialist](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Jordan%20Blue.png?itok=mmrGzAMH)
Meet our new admin!
![Teen sits at a table in the U.S. Capitol with two flags, a bookcase, and a door behind her.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Emma%20Stanford.jpg?h=42646406&itok=_FnGO07P)
University of Minnesota Extension's 4-H Youth Development program helps youth find the power of human connections.
![Youth posing around a raised garden bed with straw. Many are wearing University of Minnesota shirts](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/youth-gardening.jpg?h=52be1191&itok=6FPGebJT)
Urban Agriculture Initiative transforms vacant lots into bright futures.