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Valley Wide Co-Op, CHS Foundation Help Youth Enroll in Idaho 4-H Programs
Posted Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:57:00 -0700
MOSCOW, Idaho — June 15, 2020 — The Nampa-based business Valley Wide Cooperative announced it will donate $10,000 to the University of Idaho Extension 4-H Youth Development program to help young people participate. Read more
Apply for Statewide Summer Internships through College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Posted Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:17:00 -0700
The University of Idaho's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Extension and 4-H programs offer multiple summer internships for students around the state. For more information, deadlines and the application, click on the links below. Read more
Kudos to Liliana Vega, UI Extension Southwest
Posted Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:02:00 -0700
Kudos to Liliana Vega, 4-H Extension educator and associate professor at the University of Idaho Extension – Southern District (Ada/Canyon counties). She received the Idaho Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's "Sembrador del Futuro" award for 2017 (Planting Seeds for a Better Future) in recognition for the work she does with youth in the Treasure Valley, the difference she's making in the community by helping shape tomorrow's leaders and for her activism within the Latino community.
The chamber also specifically recognizes her program at Farmway Village (Caldwell Housing Authority) and the students at that site.
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UI Extension Farm to Summer Program a Success
Posted Wed, 06 Sep 2017 16:35:00 -0700
This summer, University of Idaho Extension helped launch a pilot Farm to Summer Program led by the Idaho Department of Agriculture's Idaho Preferred Program, in collaboration with Food Producers of Idaho, with many sponsors and supporters. Extension officers helped several Treasure Valley summer feeding programs procure local produce for a special "all Idaho lunch" and paired the meal with an educational presentation and activity delivered by UI undergraduate students Carly Weaver, UI Extension intern, and Clayton King, food producers intern. Students also received a gift bag with coupons, promotional materials and fresh produce to take home. The program reached students in Boise, Nampa, Caldwell, Marsing, Homedale and Payette.
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