Impact Statements
Impact statements include information about specific areas of research, extension and teaching efforts and the impact these programs are making on the people of Idaho.
2024
2023
- Creating a Spark in young people ages 5-13 in Ada and Canyon counties
- U and I Together: Extension continues to bring Idahoans together with virtual series
- 4-H Adventure Camp is getting youth unplugged, outside and living real life
- Out of School, Into the Garden enhances learning opportunities for youth
- 4-H offers a high-quality youth development experience through Know Your Government
- Twenty-five mobile makerspaces expand access to hands-on STEM education
- Idaho teens gain financial literacy in immersive, overnight seminar
- UI Extension in Fort Hall develops thriving 4-H/youth livestock program
- 4-H health advocates lead change for nutrition equity at Caldwell High School
- UI Extension handwashing class keeps students washing their hands
- Youth engaging in 4-H visual arts build artistic and life skills
- Youth increase their physical activity with Five for Five: Five minutes to better health
- Sewing workshop provides training to local youth volunteers
- Ultrasound data provides valuable learning tool for Custer County youth
- Alpine 4-H Camp: The height of youth development
- Boys and Girls Club gain nutrition and garden knowledge
- Youth livestock exhibitors experience sampling lamb, goat and beef
- North Central Idaho UI Extension brings the farm and forest to area fifth graders
- Junior golf program teaches lifetime physical activity skills
- Idaho’s 4-H Learn, Engage, Act, Develop, Summit (LEADS) builds youth leadership
- Oneida County enrollment sees encouraging growth due to new grant funding
- 4-H Outside the Box learning labs expand opportunities for youth
- Peer Learning Networks and the Tri-state community review network
- Readying rural communities to capture the benefits of digitalization
- Extension professionals making a broader impact through U and I Together series
- Improving program opportunities in community development and natural resources
- Sustainability for public art created through the Cascade Arts Walk Placemaking project
- UI Extension internships provide hands-on opportunities for Idaho collegians
- Tuesday Market expands impact with USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program grant
- Idaho Potato Conference’s Spanish session highlights culinary uses of potato varieties
- Range livestock symposium offers participants industry relevant information
- Sheep and goat webinar series: Reaching a diverse and disperse audience
- Lemhi County Cattlemen’s Winter School — successful since 1970
- Cover crop interseeded into wide row silage corn shows promise
- Malt barley yield and grain metabolite response to nitrogen and sulfur
- Online QuickBooks for farming and ranching class provides flexibility
- Local data for local cereal grain growers
- Three Rivers Grazing Conference returns to North Central Idaho
- UI Extension teaches landowners new skills to manage noxious weeds
- Using a performance-based learning model for beginning farmer education program
- Increasing farm sales and success by building digital marketing skills
- Extension educators partner to provide American Heart Association Healthy for Life
- UI Extension collaborative on immunization teaching and engagement
- Community dinners meet the increasing need in bringing people together
- Extension educators turn understanding to action through Dementia Friends program
- Eat Smart Idaho brightened mealtime experience in a cafeteria
- Expanding nutrition education for Bannock County students
- EXCITE program establishes innovative model for mobile vaccine clinics
- EXCITE team integrates farm safety and immunization education, access to vaccines
- Participants save money and gain better mental health with a 52-week challenge
- Embracing gratitude: health benefits and practical applications
- Healthy Meals for Busy Families reduces spending at the drive thru
- Eat Smart Idaho healthy food drives teaches the importance of giving back
- Five for Five team shares their innovative curricula on large scale
- Exposure to a variety of fruits and vegetable changes eating behavior
- HACCP and food safety — important for Idaho’s food manufacturers
2022
- Treasure Valley youth explore STEM circuitry craze
- Idaho teens gain valuable skills through 4-H Know Your Government conference
- 4-H member field trip provides fun, real-life nutrition experiences
- Building a better future for Butte County youth
- Idaho 4-H State Teen Association Convention (STAC) promotes youth thriving
- Tobacco and vaping prevention taught to Bingham County elementary youth
- UI Extension in Fort Hall develops mobile, COVID-19 safe tribal 4-H/youth program
- Reducing fear in future pest managers through hands on experiences
- Jefferson County youth increase shooting sports safety and knowledge
- Idaho youth learn essential skills to apply and interview for their first job
- Community program grant provides robotics and coding opportunities for youth
- “Fun”ancial events wow students, teachers and parents
- Youth express self and build skills through the visual arts
- Camas County 4-H in-school and afterschool focus on STEAM education
- Youth-adult partnership with Project Filter creates statewide anti-vaping education
- Science knowledge and skills found in Gooding County 4-H outreach
- Moscow Middle School students build a school garden and compost lunch waste
- 4-H summer day camps offer STEAM activities for Bonner County youth
- Mentoring high school seniors in small communities
- Idaho’s 4-H dairy judging invitational focuses on education
- Juntos 4-H members celebrate academic success with high school graduation
- Ag Talk Tuesday series keeps Idaho producers informed
- Ladies Raising Livestock program targets women in the livestock industry
- Improving IPM skills through the Pest Friends board game
- Spanish online learning format helps Hispanic workers in the potato industry
- Ag Talk Tuesday connects with growers and agricultural professionals
- Barn owl box program helps farmers adopt sustainable rodent strategies
- Dynamic program serves seasonal pesticide applicators schedules
- Teaming up with refugees to embrace diverse cultural and gardening objectives
- Bud placement and apple grafting educational programming
- Twin Falls community gardens increase access to healthy foods and provide education
- UI Extension’s insect identification website supports Idahoans and the environment
- Childcare professionals learn to implement Farm to Early Care and Education strategies
- Diabetes email challenge provides remote learning throughout the United States
- Bringing the tasty with food safety
- Smoking and grilling foods program increases learning across disciplines
- That’s Life simulation goes big to address need of financial education in high schools
- Mental health first aid training community members and law enforcement
- Caldwell Senior Produce Program strengthens connections, community and health
2021
- AmeriCorps instructors expand programs to youth in Twin Falls County
- 4-H teen health advocates are building skills and giving back to their communities
- Using Zoom for adaptive youth programming leads to success in 2020
- Supporting volunteers during a pandemic: creating resiliency
- 4-H livestock participants learn the importance of quality assurance
- Career and science fairs focus on local job options and workforce skills
- North Dakota Sioux County and UI partner: National 4-H in Indian Country discussion
- New 4-H volunteer orientation materials provide consistency for statewide delivery
- Youth learn about beef production during agriculture week educational sessions
- Hydroponics as a medium for teaching STEM to middle school youth
- Animal science lesson plans meet the needs of 4-H volunteers
- Spark Your Imagination with Edison
- Teton County 4-H helps serve community needs through new STEAM offerings
- Partners inspiring community health (PICH)
- Cattle industry support helps educate Idaho County 4-H beef project members
- Eat Smart Idaho supports Juntos Family Engagement with healthy meal kits
- 4-H youth learn how they will influence the future of drones
- “Welcome to the Real World” teaches youth financial decision-making
- Idaho’s 4-H shooting sports: teaching youth, building safer communities
- Using Zoom to fulfill 4-H project requirements during pandemic constraints
- Idaho 4-H Volunteer Association (IVA) funding statewide opportunity grants
- Homeschool groups, the untapped educational opportunity
- 4-H outreach to geographically dispersed military children, youth and families
- 4-H Soccer for Success builds healthy habits in youth
- Mobile makerspaces reduce barriers to STEM education
- Long-term partnership with Hansen School impacts students
- Improving farm risk management skills through Annie's Project
- UI Extension in Fort Hall provides producer access to coronavirus livestock programs
- Pest alert newsletter targets eastern Idaho pest concerns
- Development of an economic threshold for thrips damage on Idaho alfalfa crops
- Making dormant season grazing work
- E. coli in streams and cattle grazing
- Finding the ideal cow for Idaho rangelands
- Innovative pesticide recertification webinar series — success amid COVID-19
- UI Extension demonstration project leads to a complete change in ranch operations
- Preparing beginning farmers and ranchers to secure farmland in Idaho
- Applications of gender-sorted semen in commercial beef operations
- Extending the grazing season with warm season annuals
- Feed efficiency — is it related to other important traits?
- Community wellness volunteers learn skills to build a culture of health in communities
- Well Connected Communities initiative: Building a culture of health in Idaho
- Reusable water bottle education results in behavior change
- Idaho Food Safety Cooperative helps food manufacturers
- Virtual cooking club brings youth and families together in their home kitchens
- Meat cutting and electric pressure cooker demonstrations highlight holiday workshop
- Idaho Falls police department learns about fueling for success is key to optimal health
- Our Financial Conference… the flip-side — it’s impact on small financial businesses
- Changing cooking behaviors helps save money at a local grocery store
- Partners inspiring community health (PICH)
- A little healthy competition makes for a successful healthy food drive
2020
- Youth cooking program builds knowledge and instills confidence in participants
- 4-H international exchange program promotes global awareness
- Walking career fair allows youth a look at local opportunities
- Early education summit meets community need for quality child care and education
- Teachers report U of I handwashing lessons in schools help students keep hands clean
- Young children learn about healthy eating through Farm to Early Care and Education
- New 4-H staff orientation guide provides foundation for quality programming
- Youth in Idaho and Oregon are learning to “Dabble in Dissection"
- Zoom into 4-H; central district bringing 4-H to local families
- Southern district 4-H volunteer training provides practical skill development
- Teaching cooking through the lens of science increases confidence
- Young children taste fresh, local vegetables through Farm to Early Care and Education
- The effectiveness of a fruit and vegetable prescription program for at-risk children
- 2020 Idaho 4-H State Teen Association Convention; a virtual and vibrant change
- Students experience “garden to table” at Salmon School Garden
- Juntos 4-H improves academic success of Latinx students through family engagement
- 4-H teen health advocates teach vaping prevention at national youth health summit
- Parliamentary procedures training proves to positively impact 4-H meetings
- Planting the Vandal seed through financial education in elementary schools
- 4-H outreach to geographically dispersed military youth and families
- Virtual field trips improve youth perceptions of insects and spiders
- Today’s 4-H youth volunteers become tomorrow’s community leaders
- Partnerships enhance program impact
- Living on the Land alumni gain knowledge, apply recommended management practices
- Pesticide recertification credits provided in person and via Zoom broadcast
- Beef producers learn new management techniques
- Adapting to the needs of Idaho pesticide applicators using a hybrid teaching method
- Farm stress management skills for Idaho agriculture producers
- Succession and estate planning may require a complete change in business structure
- Online Ten Acres & a Dream workshop extends audience, increases knowledge gains
- Camas Prairie spring forage trials conclude after a three-year study
- Idaho's Cultivating SuccessTM program increases digital outreach to small farms
- Supporting small farms and local food systems during COVID-19
- Homeowners learn winterization techniques for their landscape
- Zoom as a delivery method for multi-county master gardener programming
- UI Extension Fort Hall develops and provides Russian olive management program
- Growing the master gardener program using hybrid online/in-person learning
- UI Extension provides community development activities in Troy, Idaho
- Summer internships position U of I CALS students for future employment
- Idaho’s Cultivating SuccessTM program increases digital outreach to small farms
- UI Extension participants learn how to improve sleep
- Statewide trainings help Idahoans realize the benefits of cooking at home
- The effectiveness of a fruit and vegetable prescription program for at-risk children
- Mealtime Inspirations provides new ideas to save time and money
- Eat Smart Idaho helps high school students create food pantry
- College students learn to be “debt-free” with Ossie’s student success scavenger hunt
- Planting the Vandal seed through financial education in elementary schools
- Community walking program goes virtual!