more... > Lafayette > 4-H Youth Development > News > Strawberry Sale [Image: Strawberries] It's strawberry season! Order your flat today! The Jr. Leadership club will begin taking orders for flats of strawberries ($15 per flat) in March. Orders will continue to be received until Wednesday, March 19, please call to place your oder today. Make Plans to Visit AgMagic! [Image: Image File ] A continuation of the total remake of the successful 4-H Mini Farm is planned for April 21-27, 2009, at the John M. Parker Coliseum. The event is called AgMagic. This is an opportunity for individuals, families and schools to experience the benefits of real-world agriculture. 4-H The Original Green, the new Louisiana 4-H service-learning Web site [Image: 4-H the original green website] This summer a group of 4-H’ers sat around dreaming and planning for a state wide service-learning project. We wanted a project that could have some effect on every mile of the state; as far north as Shreveport, and as far south as New Orleans. Many great ideas were thrown out on the table but we decided to go green! After all, 4-H is the Original Green! Louisiana 4-H License Plate [Image: Image File ] The Office of Motor Vehicles has released the new 4-H license plate. Purchase your plate today and support the 4-H Youth Development Program.  more articles... 2008 National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference [Image: Group from Louisiana] LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Brandon Guillory, Calcasieu Parish 4-H’er, took first place in the National 4-H Chicken Barbecue Demonstration contest held here Nov. 19-20. Wetland researchers meet [Image: Herry Utomo lab tour] (Distributed 11/19/08) More than 70 researchers and others involved in addressing Louisiana’s coastal wetland disappearance met recently for an update on wetland plant research and restoration efforts. Louisiana 4-H team competes in national contest [Image: meat judging team] (Distributed 11/12/08) The Louisiana 4-H Meat Judging Team won seventh place overall at the 2008 American Royal Livestock Show National 4-H Meat Evaluation and Identification Contest held Oct. 28 at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan. 4-H has big day at State Fair of Louisiana [Image: kids with chicks] (Distributed 10/31/08) They celebrated and educated at the 2008 State Fair of Louisiana 4-H Fun Day Oct. 29. Featured activities included the 4-H Express, the Ark-La-Tex Ag Council Junior Livestock Sale, the launch of a new children’s Web site, a Platoon Patrol skit for pre-schoolers and a Louisiana 4-H Foundation drawing for $10,000. Louisiana 4-H Museum hunting for items (Distributed 10/13/08) The Louisiana 4-H Foundation is conducting a “scavenger hunt” in a quest to find memorabilia for display in the new Louisiana 4-H Museum in Mansura.