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• 4-H Flourishing Farmers 2024

  • Start
    1 Mar 2024
  • End
    30 Nov 2024
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  Flourishing Farmers provides youth with individual challenges the chance to learn life skills and Ag-based experiences alongside their 4-H peers in a safe, supportive setting. 4-H has partnered with five local farms to provide hands-on learning experiences.

  
  

  This sign-up the final step in the Flourishing-Farmer's sign up process, which is to be completed after meeting with a 4-H rep to choose an appropriate placement. If this is the first you are hearing of the Flourishing Farmer's program, contact Savanna Burke at 845-874-2388!
  

  
  

  Program Requirements:

  - Youth must be Dutchess County residents between the ages of 5-19
  - Youth may sign up for a slot with one of our participating farms per year
  - Youth will be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the program
  - Youth are able to commit to attending at least 70% of the sessions, or forfeit their slot
  - Youth will work with their caretakers to develop some sort of journal/poster board/photo collection in order to document their experiences throughout the program. See more details on this in links below.
  - Youth will plan on attending the Dutchess county fair on Thursday the 22nd to participate in ThinkDIFFERENTLY day
  - Youth will treat the farms they visit, the animals they meet, and the tools they are given with respect.

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