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Laci Buydens (left) and Nikki Anderson (right) were two of the Gladstone Handi-Workers members who nominated Heather Lea for one of 4-H Canada’s leader of the year awards. Both have done Fibres and Fabrics projects with her and this year are vice-president and president of their 4-H Club. Keira Reimer, the third nominator and club secretary, was not available for the picture.
Local news, Other

Gladstone 4-H leader is Manitoba’s recipient of award recognizing exceptional volunteer leaders

The awards recognize the pivotal role volunteer leaders play in the 4-H program

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A Gladstone 4-H leader who’s led projects wherever she’s lived in rural Manitoba has been recognized by 4-H Canada for exceptional volunteer leadership. Heather Lea has volunteered with the provincial 4-H program off and on since the mid-1970s when she first offered to lead a sewing project while living in Cartwright. Her career as United
Former 4-H Canada president Rob Black will be stepping down from his role as CEO of the Rural Ontario Institute to take his place in the Senate. (Photo courtesy ROI)

Rural Ontario leader appointed to Senate

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A leader in Ontario’s agriculture and rural community is one of Canada’s newest senators. Rob Black, executive director of the Rural Ontario Institute and a former president of 4-H Canada, was named Thursday as one of two new senators from Ontario by Governor General Julie Payette. Why is this significant? It has been a long
Shaelyn Beswitherick (l to r), Megan Beswitherick, Shalyssa Sawatzky and Adrienne Driedger, all of the Sidney 4-H Beef Club, gave their view on the future of beef during one of three Manitoba Beef Producers Emerging Beef Leaders Forums Nov. 3 in Austin.
Beef cattle, Local news

Beef industry speaks to the sector’s future

Manitoba Beef Producers and Manitoba 4-H Council are making the rounds through the province with three youth-focused forums

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It’s time for the next generation of beef producers to speak up. Manitoba Beef Producers, which has been engaged in its annual membership meeting circuit this fall, has handed them the microphone at a series of three emerging beef leaders’ forums, as a joint project with the Manitoba 4-H Council. Brian Lemon, MBP general manager,
Will Jermey (r) displays his senior champion female with bull calf at the Canadian Junior Angus Association Showdown in Lloydminster, Sask. His herd is largely drawn from former 4-H projects.
Beef cattle, Livestock

4-H beef program aims at breeding over butchering

A small number of 4-H’ers in the Interlake are turning their heifer projects into purebred herds

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It’s all about the ladies at Ashern’s Lakeside 4-H Beef Club. Unlike other clubs, and their focus on finishing cattle for market, this group is concentrating on breeding heifers, and senior members are aging out with a purebred herd already in hand as a result. Steers, ordinarily a 4-H staple, are in the minority, making
This year’s Japanese contingent meets with provincial Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler (front right) as the 4-H Japan Homestay program marks 30 years.
Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

Expanding horizons: 4-H Manitoba exchange program hits 30 years

For decades Manitoba 4-H’ers and Japanese high school students have got a taste of the other’s nation through the Japan Homestay program

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Thirty years after the first group of 4-H’ers bound a plane for Japan, a homestay program is still going strong. In the late 1980s, the Mani­toba 4-H Council and Manitoba Agriculture joined forces with the York-Benimaru Foundation, an organization founded by a major Japanese retailer, to provide international travel for high school students in the
Lakeshore Holsteins near Bruxelles is one of several dairies to sign up for 
Open Farm Day 2017.
Local news

Ag industry gets ready to shine with upcoming Open Farm Day

Agriculture venues across the province are getting ready for their moment in the spotlight on Open Farm Day

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Rural Manitoba is preparing for a temporary population jump. Forty-six locations have signed on for the eighth annual Open Farm Day Sept. 17, including farms, museums and agricultural research centres, which will draw droves of interested non-farmers into the countryside. Participating locations have steadily increased over the past three years, Manitoba Open Farm Day co-ordinator
Ousman Sonko presents to Global 4-H Summit attendees. The summit ran July 11-14, 2017, 
in Ottawa.
Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

4-H fuels Gambian youth quest for change

Gambia’s 4-H program may not have been directly involved in the recent shifting political sands, but 4-H members were in the fray, Global 4-H presenter says

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A recently roused youth demographic, including 4-H members, has set its sights on social engagement in Gambia as the country takes its first steps away from the 22-year reign of former leader Yahya Jammeh. That’s according to Ousman Sonko, vice-principal of the Rural Development Institute’s Department of Community Development and a presenter at the Global
Delegates discuss soil health issues, solutions and what should be included in a hypothetical soil health kit during a breakout session of the Global 4-H Summit.
Crops

4-H’ers dig into soil health policy and education

Soil health was a repeat topic as 4-H members from around the world turned their attention to sustainable agriculture and food security

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It’s time to think about what lies below our feet. That was the message delegates from 35 countries received from multiple speakers at the recent Global 4-H Summit in Ottawa. Soil health emerged from several workshops during the third day of the July 11-14 conference, themed around sustainable agriculture and food security. Syngenta Canada, also
Part of the delegation from Kenya stops for a photo during sustainable agriculture and food security day at the Global 4-H Summit.
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4-H finds fertile ground to tackle food security

Vertical gardens and composting are among the 4-H projects to help African families produce their own food

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North American 4-H may have branched into everything from babysitting to robotics, but elsewhere it’s still back to the basics — producing enough food for the family. Shannon Benner, CEO of 4-H Canada and chair of the Global 4-H Network, estimates that about 60 per cent of programs worldwide are focused on agriculture or food

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