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CAMDEN EXTENSION CONNECTIONS
JUNE 2021 RECAP
Agriculture
Lawn Management Tips

As people are savoring time spent outdoors many are getting out
and enjoying their yards. Click the following link for lawn management tips to get your yard in tip-top shape.  https://camden.ces.ncsu.edu/2020/05/lawn-management-tips/
Camden Ag Agent Wins State Award
Austin Brown, Camden County Extension Director and Agriculture Agent, was recognized as a Young Agent Scholarship Award winner by the North Carolina Association of County Agriculture Agents at their annual meeting held in June. Austin began his career with North Carolina Cooperative Extension in 2016 as the Camden County Agriculture Agent. Austin consistently strives to keep his work at the forefront of emerging issues in the agricultural community. In his role, Austin has worked closely with the farmers of Camden County, other Extension personnel, and the agriculture community at large to meet needs and provide impactful programs.
4-H Youth Development
Northeast District Activity Day Outdoor Cooking
Thirty-nine (39) students and adults were present at District Activity Day's outdoor cookery competition where ten students showed off their grilling talents!
Kitchen Masters
Three (3) students attended a four day Kitchen Masters workshop where they learned safe food handling and knife skills, volunteered at the Albemarle food bank and earned their food safety certification.
State 4-H Camp-Eastern 4-H Center
Seven (7) students attended 4-H camp at the Eastern 4-H center in Columbia.  Here they participated in swimming, canoeing, crabbing, archery and so much more.
FOCUS Sailing Excursion
Seven (7) youth in the FOCUS (Fostering Originality Character Understanding and Success) group went on a sailing excursion on the Pasquotank River.
Family & Consumer Sciences
Cooking Demonstrations & More
As summer is in full swing the Family and Consumer Sciences Department is working to help residents young and old prepare healthy food safely for these warm months. Anyone can watch as we do live cooking demonstrations on the first Tuesday of every month at 10 am. Learn a new skill, find a new recipe and enjoy the fun bits of educational information that go along with each recipe we prepare. In June we prepared Basil, Shrimp, and Tomato Pasta and discussed how to purchase local fish and add fish to your diet on a budget. This video can still be viewed on the Camden Extension YouTube Page. If you don’t want to miss our make sure to subscribe and ring the bell to get notifications of when we go live!

Olivia, the Family, and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent assisted with summer camp by teaching several young ladies how to safely handle food and how to handle a knife. Participants even created apple swans using the knife skills they learned.

As things begin to look a little more like normal the family and consumer sciences department held their second hybrid virtual and in-person cooking class. While in-person attendance was low all registered participants joined us live to learn how to prepare local seafood. A total of 13 participants logged on to the virtual workshop to expand their knowledge of seafood preparation.
 
 
 
NC State University and N.C. A&T State University work in tandem, along with federal, state and local governments, to form a strategic partnership called N.C. Cooperative Extension.
 


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