Extension news and highlights

Over 200 youth demonstrated teamwork, creativity and innovation at the 4-H Engineering Design Challenge.

Tre Goode and Leah Polejewski are both Minnesota 4-H summer interns. Each of them brings a powerful combination of energy and expertise to their work. Each of them is taking on challenges that give the chance to lead.

One thing is guaranteed in life - people influence other people. For Josie Schloten of Rock County, this is how she became involved in 4-H.

At the end of eighth grade, many people are thinking about what the summer and high school years will bring. Not Ali Schroer. She chose that moment to start developing a brand new 4-H club in her county. One year later, that club is a reality.

Jessica Olson has a particular fondness for the succulent flower. She has grown them for the past six years, and has a talent for using them in arrangements to enter for judging at her local county fair. She recently said that she loves how succulents are not the typical flower you see in Minnesota, but just as beautiful as our local plant varieties. 

4-H State Director Jennifer Skuza talk about the many youth who have visited her at University of Minnesota this summer. Visiting college campuses is a fun and valuable experience. Learn why!

It’s not every day that you can sit in on a meeting with some of the top agricultural researchers in Minnesota. But that’s exactly what farmers can do when they tune in to the latest episode of University of Minnesota Extension’s Nutrient Management Podcast.

“Communities need entrepreneurs. And entrepreneurs need communities,” says Rani Bhattacharyya, Extension community economics educator.

A youth development program that starts in kindergarten and ends in grade ‘thirteen’ has the potential to make a big impact on a young person’s life. For Lexi Gloege, an eighth grader from Lac qui Parle County, 4-H is doing just that.