4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT Community bands together to support 4-H family Community comes together to support an Estacada 4-H family at the County Fair Alves Goat Auction. The 53rd Annual Clackamas County Junior Livestock Auction ended with a record-setting final lot Read More
4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT 4-H youth receive free computers for distance learning During COVID-19, the 4-H Youth Development Program turned to distance learning. In doing so, we discovered that many of our Latinx members lacked computers to participate in on-line programs, Read More
4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT “Amazing Kid” Maggie Gilbert uses virtual platforms for 4-H training Maggie Gilbert with her dog at the Clackamas County Fair. Maggie created videos for virtual club training during the COVID pandemic. 4-H Club member, Maggie Gilbert, was Read More
4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT How to join 4H After a one-year COVID-19 hiatus, all 4-H and FFA youth were excited to be able to enter their exhibits and animals in County Fair in 2021. Each youth was given a special t-shirt Read More
4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT 4-H project learning shifts to online delivery 4-H Babysitter Training included lessons in child development, appropriate entertainment, positive behavior management, safety, basic first aid, food and nutrition and the business of babysitting.. The 4-H program is an Read More
4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT Virtual Art Show provides creative outlet Zoey Byer of Oregon City submitted a work entitled “Deep” as part of the OSU Virtual Art Show, featuring 25 youth artists. The pandemic and social unrest were a lot for Read More
4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT 4-H members shine in county, state and national skills contests Clackamas County 4-H Dog Bowl State Champion Team and State 4-H Spring Classic Administrators. Can you name five breeds of beef cattle and their country of origin? Read More
4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT 4-H members use their Heads, Hearts, and Hands to help community during evacuation Sela Raisl uses a net to catch chickens and other poultry on a Clackamas County farm that was in the fire evacuation zone on Read More
AGRICULTURE Celebrating winter vegetables and developing Oregon’s Winter Vegetable Market Plant breeders and chefs collaborated in creating tasting dishes for the Variety Showcase in February in Portland. Photo by Shawn Linehan NWREC hosted over 90 participants for the winter vegetable Read More
AGRICULTURE New approach to machine harvesting blueberries The continued growth of the blueberry industry in the Pacific Northwest, coupled with the ongoing and critical labor shortages in the agriculture sector, has made it imperative to find new effective ways to Read More