Impact Statements

• Ranchers do rangeland photo monitoring with assistance of a monitoring “tutor”
• Cultivating SuccessTM grows 49 new sustainable small acreage farmers in Idaho
• “Funding for Farmers” series brings new research and structures to Palouse area farms

• Bingham County collaborates to host range and pasture seminar for producers

• Pitch it! UI Extension enhances entrepreneurship workshops with Celebration Event
• Intern engagement may be impacted by cohort hire versus independent hire
• Marsing’s Community Conversation utilizes teen and adult input in decision-making

• Extension educators expand diabetes prevention program in southwest Idaho
• Eat Smart Idaho uses mural to improve lunchroom environment
• Extension offers train-the-trainer webinar educating professionals throughout nation

• Cooking skills for youth can have lifelong health impacts
• Teen advocates partner with Extension to assess community health needs
• Idaho’s 4-H program develops positive attitudes towards science
• Idaho’s 4-H State Teen Association Convention; STAC’s new name and vision

• Spanish sessions at the University of Idaho Potato Conference — 17 years of success
• Grain producers gain insight from summer field days
• Farmed trout best choice — research-based information demonstrates sustainability
• Enterprise budgets help producers shift cropping strategies to increase returns
• Telephone survey demonstrates impact of viticulture program
• Introducing new landowners to cattle ownership and management
• Educating landowners in ecological forest management provides many benefits

• Beef producers in eastern Idaho learn new management practices
• Succession planning workshop impacted farmers and ranchers in the Magic Valley
• Cultivating SuccessTM webinar series delivers statewide small farm education

• Fort Hall’s UI Extension collaborates on troublesome aquatic weed problem
• PNW pest alert network delivers pest information to urban audiences
• Interseeding cover crop into growing corn shows promise for grazing and soil cover
• Annual pesticide training offers needed education for upper valley producers
• Open dialogue with the urban pest control industry and UI Extension
• Interpretive clean water project educates about stormwater pollution solutions
• Home gardening classes teach skills promoting success of beginning gardeners
• Advanced Idaho Master Gardener program keeps volunteers engaged from year to year
• Backyard Agriculture Live — extending the classroom/expanding the audience

• Youth learn about credit scores from educational app
• Multi-state youth financial education summit a success
• Scholarly writer’s retreat; connection, collaboration and completion
• Let’s talk business! Extension reaches Latinas with adult entrepreneurship education
• Idahoans simplify their lives by taking charge of future financial decisions
• Helping aspiring “foodpreneurs” turn their ideas into business
• Cascade Mobility Team: bicycle and pedestrian counts
• Teaching techniques in high schools by combining STEM and watershed science
• Home gardening classes teach skills promoting success of beginning gardeners

• Smarter lunchrooms — making the healthy choice the easy choice for Idaho students
• My Plate: Meal planning and shopping tips for teens
• Sit n’ Fit program teaches older adults practical exercise techniques
• Farmed trout best choice — research-based information demonstrates sustainability
• Youth learn Choose MyPlate with new healthy lifestyle education program
• School pantry “Mystery Box Cook-Off” increased students’ food insecurity awareness
• Fitness class in Bannock County results in seniors increasing physical activity
• Mealtime Inspirations positively impacts participants in southeastern Idaho
• Helping aspiring “foodpreneurs” turn their ideas into business
• Mindfulness: living with intent and purpose
• Multiple counties implement community walking programs

• Idaho 4-H Rangeland Skill-a-thon: increasing youth education in rangelands
• 4-H steering committees; youth and adults leading the way for teen programs in Idaho
• Teamwork provides camping success for international 4-H youth
• Leadership Now! 4-H provides leadership opportunities when youth need them
• Youth demonstrate knowledge of animal science at statewide Livestock Skill-a-thon
• Quality curriculum counts
• Meat quality camps help youth understand eating quality of livestock products
• University of Idaho Extension provides afterschool educational enrichment
• Youth learn Choose MyPlate with new healthy lifestyle education program
• Youth learn about credit scores from educational app
• Multi-state youth financial education summit a success
• 4-H youth learn to improve market projects through quality assurance
• School pantry “Mystery Box Cook-Off” increased students’ food insecurity awareness
• Turning a dream into a reality — youth practice entrepreneurship
• New ideas for established 4-H livestock committees
• 4-H Youth Development outreach to military kids and their families
• Interns strengthen a county’s Extension program while gaining valuable skills
• Carcass show and judging contest educates Idaho County 4-H and FFA members
• A dynamic future for 4-H shooting sports programs in Idaho
• Youth quality assurance trainings benefit 4-H and FFA members
• Youth gain valuable life skills through district oral presentation contest
• 4-H healthy living teen advocates emerge as community leaders

• Fort Hall Extension develops program to reduce cattle deaths on rangeland
• 2017 Idaho Young Cattle Producer Conference
• Upper Snake River Beef School benefits local livestock producers
• University of Idaho Extension continues important cover crop research

• Idaho Ag Outlook seminars empower producers in decision making
• “Marketing Mornings” develops market savvy for grain farmers
• New interactive website makes it easy to find local farm products
• Course helps new and existing farmers navigate standard financial statements

• Assessment of the mineral status of forage and range grass in Idaho
• University of Idaho Extension, Canyon County educates on pollinators
• Straw bale gardening — good, not-so-good and challenges
• Pest management programs support local producers and pesticide applicators
• University of Idaho Extension continues important cover crop research
• Helping landowners assess site potential for viticulture
• Idaho Nutrient Management Conference updates audience on latest developments
• Master Gardener volunteers create database for more effective reporting
• Expanding the reach of University of Idaho Extension

• Community partnerships: America’s Best Communities
• Education Summit moves the Salmon community to action
• Salmon community uses dinner to build a sense of belonging
• Helping Treasure Valley farmers markets evaluate impact and plan for the future
• Idaho residents not immune from identity theft challenges
• Helping landowners assess site potential for viticulture
• Recycling at the Fair program educates the community and reduces costs
• Exploring healthy active living in rural Idaho using participatory photography
• Learning to be an adult… That’s Life goes statewide… again

• Mealtime Inspirations: An educational community event in southeast Idaho
• Home preservers learn safe canning practices in northern Idaho
• 4-H changemakers tackle hunger and food security in the Tetons

• Idaho 4-H teen programs — restructuring for the future
• STEM outcomes in Blaine County
• Youth learn responsible use of credit cards
• University of Idaho Extension, Canyon County educates on pollinators
• Preserve@Home increases food preservation knowledge and behavior
• “Sold on Looks” teaches youth the negative effect media has on body image
• Livestock day camps increase industry understanding
• Build Your Future: connecting underserved youth to career planning
• Eastern Idaho swine camp provides youth with hands-on experience
• Improved test scores for University of Idaho 4-H afterschool program in Potlatch
• Youth Beef Education Day links livestock production, food quality and safety
• Learning to be an adult… That’s Life goes statewide… again
• Financial program impacts youth in Intensive Supervision Program

• Fort Hall Extension teaches tribal youth about agriculture and food production (pdf)
  
• Swine Camp teaches nationally recognized good production practices (pdf)
  
• New forest management workshops provide useful information for landowners (pdf)
  
• Prospective rural landowners use Extension workshop to conduct land purchases (pdf)
  
• Wildfire recovery conference held in response to 2015 wildfires (pdf)
  
• Variable density thinning: a forest management approach for private landowner (pdf)
  

• Livestock day camp: Learning about the birds and bees... sort of (pdf)
• Communication style encourages better operational management for women (pdf)
• Cultivating Success: collaborating to grow and support sustainable Idaho small farms (pdf)
• Alfalfa variety trials provide valuable information to north Idaho farmers (pdf)
• Livestock symposium: Integrating the needs of animals, rangelands and people (pdf)

• Pesticide Safety Education in Treasure Valley is needed annually (pdf)
  
• University of Idaho Extension helps answer cover crop questions for producers (pdf)
  
• Southern Idaho regional Master Gardener program outreach (pdf)
  
• Making gardening information accessible in the digital age (pdf)

• Stash Your Cash is exemplary collaboration with Idaho Commission for Libraries (pdf)
• Cultivating Success: collaborating to grow and support sustainable Idaho small farms (pdf)
• Farm to Table fundraiser celebrates local food production in Boundary County (pdf)

• Healthy Living for Challenged Youth (pdf)
  
• "Fabulous Fruits and Vegetables" teaches youth why and how to eat more produce (pdf)
  
• Elementary students learn to "Get Going with Grains" (pdf)
  
• A community food assessment to create a more sustainable and robust food system (pdf)
  
• Farm to Table fundraiser celebrates local food production in Boundary County (pdf)
• 4-H Healthy Living Teen Advocates teach nutrition education classes (pdf)
• Healthy beef meals learned through hands-on preparation (pdf)

• Fort Hall Extension teaches tribal youth about agriculture and food production (pdf)
• Swine Camp teaches nationally recognized good production practices (pdf)
• Livestock day camp: Learning about the birds and bees... sort of (pdf)
• Robotics education in rural schools promoted by 4-H school enrichment (pdf)
• Plots for Tots; preschoolers learn about healthy food from their school garden (pdf)
• Youth learn real life skills through livestock day camps (pdf)
• Idaho 4-H Teen Conference encourages teens to “go on” after high school (pdf)
• 4-H Friday Friends provides all day programming for Boundary County youth (pdf)
• Extreme Adventure Club introduces life-long activities to youth (pdf)
• 4-H Food Smart Families: Implementation in two states’ diverse settings (pdf)
• Youth gain valuable life skills through Welcome to the Real World program (pdf)
• Teaching 4-H youth humane and ethical husbandry practices (pdf)
• 4-H Healthy Living Teen Advocates teach nutrition education classes (pdf)
• Regional educators — Forging the future for Idaho 4-H programming (pdf)
• Healthy beef meals learned through hands-on preparation (pdf)

• Conserving and managing water supplies in the Big Wood River Watershed (PDF)
  
• Making money from your land: assisting hay producers on the Weippe prairie (PDF)
  
• Making money from your land: conducting timber sales and creating a forest plan (PDF)

• Recycling food waste reduces school environmental impact, teaching ag concepts (PDF)
  
• Winter education for Treasure Valley growers (PDF)
  
• Multi-state horticulture in-service training for county Extension educators (PDF)
  
• Extension response to the 2015 fire season: multi-agency coordination for fire recovery (PDF)
  
• Extension response to the 2015 fire season: public outreach and information (PDF)
  
• Procrastinator's Clinic works for professional and private applicators (PDF)
  
• Water and energy losses due to leaks and worn nozzles on set-move systems (PDF)
  
• Modification of center pivot irrigation systems with water-saving LESA technology (PDF)

• North Idaho hay producers turn out for a "Forage School" in Bonners Ferry (PDF)

• Idaho Victory Garden: A vintage idea with modern appeal grows a wider audience (PDF)
  
• Rural high schools get a glimpse into their career and financial futures (PDF)
• Growing the community food system through annual Food Summit outreach (PDF)
  
• Latah County Master Gardeners provide community service and education (PDF)

• Idaho Extension health and nutrition programs can decrease health care costs (PDF)
  
• Recycling food waste reduces school environmental impact, teaching ag concepts (PDF)
• Fort Hall gardening program provides education and food for tribal members (PDF)
  
• Idaho Victory Garden: A vintage idea with modern appeal grows a wider audience (PDF)
  
• Personal fitness consultations improve participants overall motivation to exercise (PDF)

• 4-H Afterschool—Giving youth life skills for tomorrow (PDF)
• 4-H Teens as Mentors—developing positive role models for youth (PDF)
  
• 4-H camp: Where life skills are learned (PDF)
• Students learn entrepreneurship skills through Extension partnership (PDF)
  
• Lewis County 4-H Leaders Appreciation Dinner provides top notch training (PDF)
  
• Impact of farm tractor safety training on 4-H youth (PDF)
  
• Ada County 4-H robotics program gives kids love for science (PDF)
  
• The Village Project provides migrant youth with learning opportunities (PDF)
  
• IDAH2O and 4-H Urban Interface increase natural resources education offerings (PDF)
  
• Facilitation Coach volunteers fulfill a need in the county 4-H program (PDF)
  

2014

Agriculture Production, Profitability, Competitiveness and Natural Resource Stewardship

• Ag Outlook Seminars help producers and lenders plan ahead
• Precision technology in agriculture on display at Demonstration Field Day
• UI Extension brings current sciences to Idaho Panhandle foresters in 2013-2014
• UI Extension empowers hundreds of families to manage forests in 2013-2014
• Idaho Master Forest Stewards spread better forestry in 2013-2014
• Over 160 Panhandle loggers learn about sustainable forestry in 2013-2014

Agricultural Stewardship and the Environment

• Evaluating the risk of early season grazing of waxy larkspur in central Idaho
• Effects of long-term exclosures on riparian vegetation composition
• High-desert Idaho producers adopt cover crops
• Fort Hall Extension weed partnerships achieve results
• Regional master gardener convention provides hands on horticulture education
• PNWPestAlert.net information saves growers time and money
• Native plant collection provide sustainable options for beautiful landscapes
• Cover crop trails a success in North Idaho
• IDAHO2O Master Water Stewards: Experiential science training for K-12 teachers
• Using SkypeTM to support the Idaho Master Gardener program in Boundary County
• Rural property owners adopt measures to reduce wildfire risk

Farm and Ranch Economics and Management

• Helping forest owners make better financial decision
• So You Want to Buy a Ranch?: Rural Land Purchasing 101
• Whole Farm Planning course reaches new on-line audience of beginning farmers

Community and Economic Development

• Northwest youth financial literacy program partnership
• Idaho women are financially empowered at Smart Women, Smart Money Conference
• Idaho Women in Agriculture gather to learn and network at statewide conferences
• Farmer’s market improves access to fresh produce and benefits community vitality

Health, Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality

• Mealtime Inspirations provides clients with fun and timely information
• Artisan bread class participants increase whole grain intake
• "Healthy Habits" expands Extension's outreach to new audiences
• StrongWomenTM program benefits Bingham County women
• Seventeen women certify to teach StrongWomenTM program
• Idaho county residents learn how metabolism affects weight loss 

Family Resources, Individual and Youth Development 

• Extension helps Nez Perce youth gain leadership skills
• 4-H equestrian helmets—Overcoming cultural stereotypes to promote safety
• Camp counselor training, leadership with a purpose
• Don't be afraid to ask; Idaho 4-H volunteer assessment
• Scholarship Workday — enabling Idaho youth to continue their education
• 4-H Teen Conference building community engagement and youth leadership
• Potlatch Kids Co-op Garden; working with community partnerships
• Afterschool program activities shown to improve youth STEM skills

2013

Agricultural Stewardship and the Environment 

• Fort Hall gardening program improves the community
• Master Gardener activities increase class participants and volunteers
• Food Hub—possibility in creating new markets for small-acreage farmers
• Forage School provides a source of research based information for hay producers
• Field tour increases grower awareness of drip irrigation benefits in onion
• Low-phosphorus feeds development
• Working together to improve water quality
• Extension expands agricultural use of dairy compost to manage soils sustainability
• High tunnels—fooling mother nature
• Preparing landowners for the 2013 fire season
• Water conservation program encourages change
• Extension IDAH2O water quality program "Mobile Bug Lab"

Farm and Ranch Economics and Management 

• Ration balancing reduces winter feed costs for cattle producers
• Farm succession & estate planning for Idaho farm and ranch families
• "Keeping the Legacy Alive," estate and farm business succession planning
• Economic development from federal lands: The Clearwater Basin Collaborative
• The benefits of small-scale agriculture: The Cabin Fever workshop series
• The economics of land stewardship: Pasture and rangelands

Community and Economic Development 

• The importance of building your credit score
• Fort Hall gardening program improves the community
• The Communicator keeps county educators updated with current research information
• Identity theft workshops teach Idahoans how to protect themselves
• Idaho's Journey prepares UI Extension for more inclusive programming
• "Credit Score Millionaire" program reaches both adult and youth audiences
• UI Extension partners with local foods group to offer Backyard Agriculture classes
• School garden program increases student's interest in eating fruits & vegetables
• Extension IDAH2O water quality program "Mobile Bug Lab"

Health, Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality 

• Elementary school students learn the benefits of eating breakfast
• Expanding the StrongWomen™ program in University of Idaho Extension
• New healthy lifestyle education program engages and teaches elementary-age youth
• Elementary school students learn about hunger and fullness
• Food Hub—possibility in creating new markets for small-acreage farmers
• Extension promotes whole grains with artisan bread
• Idaho County residents "take control of their cholesterol"
• Ironman supports childhood obesity prevention in North Idaho
• Eat Smart Idaho healthy people—healthy communities

Family Resources, Individual and Youth Development 

• Increasing retention rates of under-resourced first-generation college students
• The Communicator keeps county educators updated with current research information
• Fourteen years of 4-H Shooting Sports education in Idaho
• Master Gardener School Garden Mentors support healthy youth initiatives statewide
• Summer urban 4-H programs
• The carbon cycle: Teaching youth about natural resource sustainability
• School garden program increases student's interest in eating fruits & vegetables
• District II 4-H Leadership Retreat: Developed for teens by teens

2012

Agricultural Stewardship and the Environment

• River Valley Master Gardener program teaching successes in Idaho communities
• Idaho OnePlan—Pesticide Applicator Recordkeeping Program
• Evaluation shows Annie's Project participants build skills
• Certified Nursery Professional training improves green industry in North Idaho
• Horticulture update programs keep volunteers and staff up to date
• Use of TurningPoint Technology increases success for pesticide applicators
• Self-instructional water-conserving garden
• Idaho Victory Garden graduates "grow" beyond the classroom to make a difference
• Determining the impact of forested roads on the Beaver Creek watershed
• Monitoring supports targeted restoration in Coeur d'Alene watershed
• Use of natural plant volatiles to control potato postharvest diseases
• The re-emergence of Fusarium head blight in Idaho
• Citizen scientists engage in watershed inquiry
• Vegetable garden variety trials draw state wide interest

Farm and Ranch Economics and Management

• Idaho farmers & ranchers put financial management tools to work
• Agriculture financial projections assists state policy makers
• Cattle clipping clinic provides hands-on learning

Community and Economic Development

• Improving Idaho teachers capacity and confidence to teach personal finance
• Idaho OnePlan—Pesticide Applicator Recordkeeping Program
• Inmates practice healthy financial life skills with simulation
• The impact of agriculture on the economy of the Magic Valley
• Extension partners to provide tax assistance sites in rural communities
• Increasing knowledge of Extension among community leaders
• Community effort results in acquisition of woody biomass grant
• Leadership development—board training for better governance
• Rapid Market Assessment provides needed information for farmers' markets
• Idaho's Journey builds leadership in human rights
• Safeguarding your family's financial future
• Community members ready to make a difference in Kamiah

Health, Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality

• Extension offers education during food safety equipment calibration sessions
• Home food preservation workshops increase consumer knowledge
• Extension food preservation workshops help prevent foodborne illness
• Extension nutrition education goes to the market
• Mealtime Inspirations—Holiday Edition increases visibility of FCS Extension
• Extension provides nutrition education at Lewiston's health clinic
• Focus groups provide feedback on "Kick Your Bootcamp" fitness program
• Eat smart and move more to reduce the risk of chronic disease

Family Resources, Individual and Youth Development

• Entrepreneurial project builds skills and funds for local youth activities
• Horsemanship education leads the way
• Scholarships, where, how and why? 4-H Scholarship Workday
• Idaho 4-H teens continue to TALK!
• 4-H Camp Counselors learn leadership from each other at Teen Conference
• Building science inquiry skills for volunteers and 4-H members
• Urban youth learn life-skills by raising calves
• 4-H teens use geospatial technology to solve water management issue
• Annual University Fair promotes college attendance to juvenile offenders

2011

Agricultural Stewardship and the Environment

• Community garden impacts families
• Phosphorus uptake study provides critical information for nutrient planners
• Use of TurningPoint Technology increases success for pesticide applicators
• Horticulture in-service keep faculty, staff and volunteers up-to-date and in-the-know
• Preventing yield losses in wheat from a stripe rust epidemic
• The impact of fungicide resistance on early blight disease management
• Preventing yield losses in potato from late blight outbreaks
• Cereal schools and tours offer relevant information for East Idaho grain producers

Farm and Ranch Economics & Management

• Knowledge to implementation at Farms to Food Workshop
• Fort Hall Bull Grading Program improves cattle quality
• Idaho's Annie's Project shows success
• Colostrum supplement trial demonstrates reduced immunity transfer in dairy calves
• Vaccine handling study assists beef cattle producers with quality assurance
• Farm and ranch management training for Upper Snake River area producers

Community and Economic Development

• Leadership training builds and strengthens skills in Challis community members
• Online financial newsletter evaluation shows dynamic impact
• Helping Idahoans make their OWN estate planning decisions
• TurningPoint Technology: Increases knowledge and test scores in North Idaho
• Careers, spending and bill paying in the real world of money management
• QuickBooks® training for 146 small businesses

Health, Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality

• Community garden impacts families
• Bannock County EFNEP impacts Fort Hall Indian Reservation residents
• Smart snacking habits learned by elementary school students
• Whole grains rise in SW Idaho
• Improving women's health and fitness in Idaho
• "Biggest Loser" weight loss challenge shrinks a rural community!
• Bannock County EFNEP impacts Drug Court participants

Family Resources, Individual and Youth Development

• 4-H day camps positively influence Bingham County youth
• Financial fundamentals for Idaho teens and others
• Bingham County 4-H campers learn life skills
• 4-H Summer Camp Book—your resource for area wide 4-H camps
• Idaho Swine Camp—advanced session
• Judges are trained to judge youth livestock
• Juvenile offenders set goals and plan for their future
• Students experience new twist to leadership with simulation
• 4-H reaches rural youth through afterschool
• New 4-H volunteers benefit from orientation
• Innovative partnership yields high-quality volunteer leadership event
• Careers, spending and bill paying in the real world of money management
• Youth take "steps" to better health at 4-H camp