Pennsylvania 4-H Science of Agriculture Challenge

Holiday dinner conversations? If you could invent something to relate agriculture to one of the following areas...what would it be?

1. Economics
2. Food, Fiber, Energy
3. Lifestyle
4. Technology
5. Animals
6. Environment

With your answer consider a team 2-4 members for the Science of Agriculture Challenge June 17-19, 2020 in State College, PA. Registration will open in January!

Let's get excited! Some teams are already organizing!
The Science of Agriculture Challenge will be held June 17-19, 2020 in State College, PA.
New this year:.
Teams can be made up of 2-4 people. (Previously it was 3-4)
Training for leaders will be held at the Leaders Symposium February 8 ( zoom for this meeting upon request)

Creating awareness about the importance of drinking milk was part of one of our 2019 Pennsylvania Science of Agriculture teams. Here is a farmer that is taking on a commitment to educate about whole milk and it's benefits. Did you know you can petition your school board to offer this healthy drink in your school?

Got Whole Milk? Got Whole Milk?

Here is a visual of the pillars of agriculture:. T animals; food, fiber and energy; technology, lifestyle, economy, and environment. How do you benefit from agriculture beyond food and clothing?

Simple flowchart but gets the message across. The answer is YES!!!


National Agriculture in the Classroom Agriculture

Congratulations to the Pennsylvania 4-H Science of Agriculture Challenge pillar winner. The winners and their respective pillars were:

The Relationship between Agriculture and the Environment: Allegheny County. Team members included: Sydney Ford, Emilie Hoover, Sarah Mee, Connor Smith

The Relationship between Agriculture and Food, Fiber, and Energy: Westmoreland County. Team members included: Dominic McCafferty, Luke Sanner, and Sarah DuBrul

The Relationship between Agriculture and Animals: Armstrong County. Team members included: Jachob Haines, Donald Neese, Laurie Enders, and Alaina Leasure

The Relationship between Agriculture and Lifestyle: Indiana County. Team members included: Elizabeth Bruner, John Clark Bruner, Andrea Davis, and Ryan Fabin

The Relationship between Agriculture and Technology: Wayne County. Team members included: Eoghan Murphy, Paige Gries, Clara Murphy, and Brianna Metschulat

The Relationship between Agriculture and the Economy: Allegheny County. Team members included: Joi Anthony-Gray, Clara Swanson, Issac Koerber, Hannah Russel

Milk mission Fourteen-year-old Kaylee Knapp has a "passion" for milk, specifically for increasing its consumption among schoolchildren.

https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farm_life/youth/indiana-county--h-ers-focus-on-ag-and-lifestyle/article_f2c7508e-4a73-56b5-9329-5cdd67876010.html

Indiana County 4-H’ers Focus on Ag and Lifestyle Plan A group of Indiana County 4-H’ers wants to make “PA Preferred” foods the basis of a meal subscription program. The four students are taking part in a competition, the second

Check out this team? What can we learn from them?

We're gearing up for the PA 4-H Science of Agriculture Challenge. Check out one of the contenders!

https://www.indianagazette.com/news/h-members-launch-their-own-business/article_70c75246-b456-5e0d-a5d8-51fa445da171.html