2021 4-H Agriculture Day Camp Recap!
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Collapse ▲At this year’s 4-H Agriculture Day Camp, Henderson County youth learned about local agriculture through guest speakers and many interactive activities. Each day focused on a different agricultural theme, from ecosystems to careers.
Day 1: Horticulture
During our Horticulture day, we learned all
about the importance of soil from Henderson County Soil and Water Conservation.
We practiced planting eggshell seed starters using zinnia seeds and created DIY chia pets with cress sprout seeds.
Our guest speakers taught us about the nutritional benefits of microgreens and adding herbs to our meals.
Day 2: Agricultural Careers
On Agricultural Career day, our guest speakers taught us about surprising careers in agriculture through entomology and animal science.
We learned about the importance of biodiversity and identified biodiversity around Jackson Park through doing a BioBlitz! We also learned what great recyclers cows are and the importance of cows in many areas of agriculture.
Day 3: Ecosystems
We started Ecosystem day off learning about beekeeping and the important role that honeybees play as pollinators.
We also took our first fieldtrip of the week to a local pollinator farm. Here we learned about the importance of milkweed for monarch butterflies and observed many interesting pollinators! Lastly, we made terrariums to create an ecosystem of our own.
Day 4: Life on a Farm
Our Life on a Farm day began by talking to a local farming family about their day-to-day activities. We met a few of their farm animals and saw how products can be invested back into his farm, for example how cow’s milk
can be used around the farm to feed piglets.
Later in the day, we learned about food safety with cooking meat, as well as about goats and genetics from a Carl Sandburg Home Park Ranger. We tried fajitas, created our own goat pedigrees, and practiced making butter!
Day 5: Animal Agriculture
During our last day of camp, we learned about the many uses of milk through making our own goat milk soap and ice cream in a bag.
We also went on a fieldtrip to Animals R Us. Here, we saw firsthand how local farmers can care for their cattle and learned about raising livestock animals.