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Flyer for the Coastal Plains Chicken Project and Show featuring text about the program along with six photos: two images of youth practicing and showing their chickens, three images of chickens, and one image of the previous year’s winners holding their r

2026 Coastal Plains Chicken Project and Show

Perhaps you might be thinking it’s way too early to be planning spring activities. However, exceptions should be made for 4-H Projects, especially the Coastal Plains Chicken Project and Show. This is…

Two youth standing at a counter, cooking together in a Chopped! International 4-H class, preparing a recipe from another country.

Agriculture Education: Why It’s Important

Why Agricultural Education Matters Of course 4-H thinks agricultural education is important. You’re the 4-H Agent, and 4-H is all about agriculture. Well… 4-H might have started in North Carolina…

Collage of images of Pamlico County fall 4-H programs: "It's Electric", "Sew Much Fun", and "Chopped! International"

Autumn 4-H Fun

Summer is winding down and many of us are thinking about back to school, new pencils, and thinking about what sports we might like to do. While we had a ton of fun this summer, attending Electric…

Pamlico County 4-H members standing in front of the sleepaway camp sign

Youth Programs in Pamlico County: A Look Back at 4-H Summer 2025

Summer has a way of surprising us—one moment we’re welcoming the warm breeze of early June, the next we’re flipping through calendars and wondering where the days went. In our 4‑H youth program, it…

Victoria Vargas proudly standing with her dairy calf and first place ribbon

4-H Fun at the Dairy Show

Pamlico County Youth Learn Dairy Skills Through 4-H This year, Ms. Kristi Welke, our tri-county livestock agent, worked very hard to bring this opportunity to Pamlico County. Our 4-H Dairy Project…

Child demonstrating a mini Tesla coil by holding a small light near it to show how the light activates wirelessly.

It's Electric 4-H Fun

Why STEM Education Still Matters STEM, or Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, has been a buzzword in youth development for decades—so prevalent in the conversation that sometimes we don’t…

Children practicing how to halter dairy cows under a covered structure during a 4-H agricultural education activity.

Fun 4-H Ag Education

4-H: Rooted in Agriculture, Growing with Opportunity When most people hear “4-H,” they think agriculture—and for good reason. Agriculture is where it all began. 4-H started back in 1909 with corn…

Youth learning to put a halter on a dairy calf tied to a fence.

The Calves Have Arrived!

Perhaps one of the greatest things about 4-H is that there is always something to look forward to: 4-H Embryology, Summer camp, Presentations, Horse Shows, State Fair Exhibits. This year we have been…

A young girl sits on a stone retaining wall beside her 4-H presentation trifold board at the Cloverbud Presentation Competition. She is smiling, holding a stick to point at her board, and displaying a green ribbon in her left hand, indicating her achievem

Conquering Fears and Gaining Skills for the Future

The Fear of Public Speaking In a survey done by the Wall Street Journal public speaking was ranked as people’s #1 Fear. Which might seem shocking at first. Why is Public Speaking So Scary? Public…

A collage of four images with the title 'Pamlico County 4-H Fall Programs'. The image shows various 4-H activities: youth holding crops in a garden, sewing in a classroom, building an electrical project, and preparing food in a cooking class.

Agriculture Education. It’s Important.

Of course 4-H thinks agriculture education is important. You’re the 4-H Agent, and 4-H is all about agriculture. Well… 4-H might have started in North Carolina with corn clubs in 1909, but it’s been…