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2019-20 4-H Mini Grant Recipients Announced
Published on November 1, 2019
The Michigan 4-H Foundation awarded over $14,000 in mini grants for the 2019-20 year to support local 4-H programs.
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4-H Children's Gardens provide experiential start to school year
Published on November 1, 2019
Elementary students from Dwight Rich School of the Arts spent their first two weeks of school at Michigan State University for experiential learning at the 4-H Children's Gardens and other campus locations.
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Make your parties at school healthier
Published on October 25, 2019
Incorporate healthy ways to make school holiday parties a successful event.
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Life skills and hunting
Published on October 25, 2019
Firearm dear season brings many adults and youth into the woods to hunt. Explore how hunting can develop life skills in youth.
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Defeat weeding by eating – Part 3: Lambsquarters and nutrition
Published on October 24, 2019
Struggling to get the kids to weed the garden? Turn weeding into harvesting by teaching youth how some weeds are nutritious to eat, like common lambsquarters.
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Defeat weeding by eating – Part 2: Plant adaptations
Published on October 24, 2019
Struggling to get the kids to weed the garden? Turn it into a science lesson and snack by learning about plant adaption and why edible plants look the way they do and grow where they are.
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Defeat weeding by eating – Part 1: Identifying plants
Published on October 24, 2019
Struggling to get kids to weed the garden? Some plants are edible and can be eaten, but first you need to know how to identify them.
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Youth gain global citizen skills through 4-H exchange cultural immersion experience
Published on October 23, 2019
Michigan 4-H provides opportunities to travel to Japan through the 4-H International Exchange program. Applications are accepted between Oct. 1 and Nov. 1 each year.
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Michigan 4-H partners with MSU’s Women’s Leadership Institute to energize women leaders
Published on October 23, 2019
To learn more about female leadership, 21 youth gathered together on September 24 to attend the Michigan State University Women’s Leadership Institute, which included a special component just for youth leaders.
