Life is all about community for Caroline Boddy. Her contributions to her adopted community of Forestburg in east-central Alberta and 4-H earned her the 2016 national volunteer leader of the year by a panel of judges, who made their selection from a pool of provincial winners. Boddy has been involved with 4-H since her childhood […] Read more
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4-Her pulls hat trick at Calgary show
For the third time the grand champion steer from Calgary’s 4-H on Parade has gone to Jacey Massey, who at 14 is an experienced showman and livestock judge. Her 1,425 pound black steer sold for $5.50 a lb. to Hirsche Fraser Meats at Okotoks, Alta. A member of the Irricana Multi Club, Massey also won […] Read more
Program links students with mentors
The 4-H leadership program provides university scholarships and valuable advice from experts in their field
Discovering the successes of high profile athletes and businesspeople is influencing 4-H alumni navigating their own career paths. Western Canadians Jessica Mayes, Eveline Juce and Erinn Jones, along with Joshua Power of Newfoundland and Labrador, each received $20,000 and were matched with mentors related to their fields of interest through the 4-H Canada Leadership Excellence […] Read more
4-Hers ponder career options
NOBLETON, Ont. — Robert Larsen thought he wanted to be a veterinarian until he found out how much of a vet’s time is spent doing pregnancy checks on dairy cows. Instead, the Prince Edward Island 4-Her will take a business degree before returning to his family’s bee farm. “I’ve decided now what would benefit me […] Read more
4-H partnership delivers tractor safety videos
RICHMOND, B.C. — Risks with operating or being around tractors and farm machinery are high for young people living on farms, and education needs to start young. WorkSafeBC, 4-H British Columbia and AgSafe have teamed up to create two new agriculture safety videos, 4-H Working Safely on Tractors and 4-H Working Safely Around Tractors. They […] Read more
Preventing food waste critical to growing population
NOBLETON, Ont. — Tonnes of food are discarded every year in Canada at a time when hunger is a global concern. Jewel Mazur, a farm production extension specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, said an increasing world population will need 70 percent more food to feed itself by 2050, yet 60 percent of vegetables grown in her […] Read more
Alberta 4-H celebrates 100 years
For an organization that is almost 100 years old, 4-H Alberta isn’t showing its age. That must be because its members have always been ages nine to 20. The youth club will celebrate its 100th birthday next year, and the southern region announced its celebratory plans Sept. 27. The 56 clubs in the southern zone, […] Read more
VIDEO: Youths learn about animal habitat protection
The Alberta Conservation Society partners with 4-H in a pheasant raising project to teach members about animal care and stewardship
A resuscitated pheasant project provides an early introduction to conservation for 4-Hers while offering an alternative to traditional club activities. Rearing and releasing pheasants was popular in Alberta in the 1970s but took on new life recently through a partnership with the Alberta Conservation Society. The society supplies day old hens to 4-Hers, who care […] Read more
Course allows horse’s skills to shine
CALGARY — Fancy is a cutting horse more comfortable stepping around cattle than ducking under archways. The 13-year-old Standardbred cross horse competed in Jeopardy Trail at the recent 4-H On Parade in Calgary with her rider, Jenna Beck of the Meadowbank 4-H Light Horse Club. “The horse was scared of everything,” Beck said of Fancy’s […] Read more
4-H looks to next 100 years
CALGARY — Alberta and Saskatchewan 4-H will kick off their upcoming centennial year this fall with rallies and events. Marguerite Stark of Alberta 4-H said the rural youth program plans its official launch at Farmfair in Edmonton in November. Interviewed at the 4-H Canada annual meeting in Calgary this month, she said events planned for […] Read more
