05/08/2026
Edwards County 4-H youth participated in weekly food programs following the Food Challenge Explorer Guide every Friday from March 20th through April 24th. Lessons in this explorer guide included: My Plate, Food Preparation, Food Substitutions, Keeping Food Safe, Food Garnishing, and Cost Analysis. After each weekly lesson, 4-H members created a meal for the group to enjoy.
The weekly food programs always come to and end with the Edwards County Food, Art, and Photography Show. This year, the Food, Art, and Photography Show was held on May 2nd at the 4-H barn. This year, we had 14 youth enter 26 photographs, 12 youth enter 13 art entries, and 12 youth participating in the food show (9 entered into the bonus desert category). The placings for each of these shows are as follows:
Photography:
Clover- Cooper Iselt 1st, Cooper Iselt 2nd
Junior- Miller Peterson 1st, Austin Davis-Hickey 2nd, Austin Davis-Hickey 3rd, Miller Peterson 4th, Michael Hurt 5th, Barrett Bissett 6th, Tian Estrada 7th, Michael Hurt 8th, Tian Estrada 9th
Intermediate- Olivia Bissett 1st, Jakob Magana 2nd, Lewis Hurt 3rd, Lewis Hurt 4th, Olivia Bissett 5th, Jakob Magana 6th
Senior- Dryden Peterson 1st, Laura Martin 2nd, Laura Martin 3rd, Flynn Peterson 4th, Andrew Hurt 5th, Andrew Hurt 6th, Madison Brown 7th, Madison Brown 8th, Flynn Peterson 9th
Champion Photography- Miller Peterson
Reserve Photography Entry- Dryden Peterson
Art:
Clover- Copper Iselt 1st
Junior- Tian Estrada 1st, Austin Davis-Hickey 2nd, Michael Hurt 3rd, Barrett Bissett 4th
Intermediate- Olivia Bissett 1st, Jakob Magana 2nd, Olivia Bissett 3rd, Lewis Hurt 4th
Senior- Dryden Peterson 1st, Andrew Hurt 2nd, Madison Brown 3rd
Champion Art Entry- Dryden Peterson
Reserve Art Entry- Tian Estrada
Food:
Junior- Miller Peterson 1st, Barrett Bissett 2nd, Austin Davis-Hickey 3rd, Michael Hurt 4th, Tian Estrada 5th
Intermediate- Olivia Bissett 1st, Lewis Hurt 2nd, Jakob Magana 3rd
Senior- Dryden Peterson 1st, Flynn Peterson 2nd, Madison Brown 3rd, Andrew Hurt 4th
Champion Food Show Entry- Dryden Peterson
Reserve Food Show Entry- Miller Peterson
Bonus Desert Category- Flynn Peterson 1st, Andrew Hurt 2nd, Tian Estrada 3rd, Austin Davis-Hickey 4th, Madison Brown 5th, Jakob Magana 6th, Michael Hurt 7th, Lewis Hurt 8th, Olivia Bissett 9th.
Thank you to all parents and youth members who helped lead a weekly food program, to all who helped during the Food, Art, and Photography Show, to our food show judges, to our dessert category judge, to our art and photography judge, and to all of the donors who helped make the weekly programs and the show a success!
Congratulations to all of our members on submitting high quality entries in every category!
I have included a few of the pictures I have from the weekly programs and during the show.