Completed Competitive Grant

Planning for a residential agricultural and environmental education program at the Iowa 4-H Education and Natural Resources Center

Project ID: 1996-30

Abstract

Education programs are needed to increase awareness and implementation of sustainable agriculture goals and practices. Hands-on experiences, such as those offered by residential environmental and agricultural education programs, are an excellent way to spread the word about sustainable agriculture. A participatory planning process was used to determine the feasibility of providing this sort of program at the Iowa 4-H Center. An advisory group reviewed existing programs, evaluated target audience survey results, and began to develop a program plan.

Lead investigator: Joe Kurth, ISU Extension, et al

Year of grant completion: 1997

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Initiative.

Topics: Human systems, demographics and beginning farmer programs

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