4-H & Youth

4-H Livestock

From livestock events to record keeping, and FSQA information to livestock ID, this is your one-stop-shop for everything related to 4-H livestock. Important deadlines are coming soon so check it out!
4-H Livestock

Iowa AmeriCorps 4-H Outreach

Be a Member: Develop project leadership and organization skills; earn a living allowance and education award. Be a Host Site: Youth-serving organizations benefit by utilizing members' skills.

Healthy Living

In 4-H, youth develop healthy physical, social, and emotional behaviors and life skills. We develop community capacity to promote healthy environments and as a result increase the ability of youth to demonstrate positive contributions to their families, schools, and communities.

Science, Engineering, Technology and Math

STEM programs offer valuable science process skills and workforce skills in communication, leadership, and citizenship. These programs connect youth and volunteers with fun, safe, hands-on learning experiences developed by Iowa State University.

Citizenship and Leadership

In 4-H, we emphasize service learning processes and methods for including youth in community, state, and/or national decision making experiences. Emphasis is placed on programs that have long-term youth and community benefits.

Communication and Arts

4-H youth gain confidence when speaking in front of others, feel comfortable asking questions, demonstrate good listening skills, use technology to express ideas, create products to share ideas/information and express themselves through the creative process.

Volunteers=Caring Adults

In Iowa, almost 10,000 volunteers guide 4-H members in becoming productive citizens, outstanding communicators, effective leaders, and successful learners. We need more volunteers who are willing to share their creative ideas, time, talent, and skills.

Commodity Carnival
Once again, National 4-H and the CME Group have partnered for a fun, interactive game for kids! The Commodity Carnival is coming to several county fairs and the Iowa State Fair this summer! Check it out!

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Maize/Ujima Retreats

Registration is now open for the 2016 Culturally-Based Youth Leadership Accelerators!

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Your Adventure Starts Here. What are you into?

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Animals

Creative Arts

Family and Consumer Sciences

Personal Development

Science, Engineering and Technology

4-H IN THE NEWS

Iowa Teams Place First, Second in 2016 Regional Crop Scouting Competition

September 14, 2016

The top two teams of youth from Iowa, Nebraska and Indiana state crop scouting competitions competed in the Regional Crop Scouting Competition on Aug. 31 in Boone, Iowa. Both Iowa teams, Clayton...

17 Youth Get Top Awards at 2016 4-H Awardrobe

September 9, 2016

Seventeen Iowa youth received top awards during the 2016 State Fair 4-H Awardrobe Clothing Event Aug. 11-12 at the Memorial Union on the Iowa State University campus in Ames.

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