4-H over the years

Devyn LeBlanc [email protected] Since 4-H began more than 100 years ago, it has become the nation's largest youth development organization. The 4-H idea is simple: help young people and their families gain the skills needed to be proactive forces in their communities and develop ideas for a more innovative community. The goal of the program is to extend agricultural education to rural youth by organizing clubs and “learning by doing.”  The roots of 4-H began at the turn of the century when progressive educators started to emphasize the needs of young people and to introduce nature study as a basis for a better agricultural education. In the late 1800's, researcher