Kanabec County 4-H

06/06/2026

It's that time of year when we get to brag about our amazing graduating seniors from the Kanabec County 4-H Program! We have 8 wonderful 4-H'ers, most have been with our program since cloverbud age.
Our next senior recognition is:
Brock Peterson

Years in 4-H: 12 years

Future Plans: My plans after high school are to attend Alexandria Technical College for diesel mechanics.

Projects you have been involved in during your 4-H career: I've been involved in the swine, beef, horse, sheep, Shooting Sports and Wildlife, and general projects and Mechanical Science

Favorite 4-H Achievement: I have been the swine barn Jr Superintendent, and youth coach for trap and also a State Shooting Sports and Wildlife Ambassador. I have held many officer positions in the Quamba Crusaders and received a leadership award.

Favorite 4-H Memory: My favorite memory is fair week.
What advice would you give to future 4-H’ers?: My advice would be to try something new, even if it is out of your comfort zone.

06/05/2026

It's that time of year when we get to brag about our amazing graduating seniors from the Kanabec County 4-H Program! We have 8 wonderful 4-H'ers, most have been with our program since cloverbud age.
Our next senior recognition is:
Ava Showers 🐐🐖🐔🪡

Years in 4-H: 11 years

Future Plans: My plans after high school are to attend St. Ben’s to major in nursing.

Projects you have been involved in during your 4-H career: I've been involved in the meat goat, swine, poultry, and needle arts projects.

Favorite 4-H Achievement: My favorite achievement is making it to the State Fair with my meat goat.

Favorite 4-H Memory: My favorite memory is the barn dances at the State Fair.

What advice would you give to future 4-H’ers?: My advice would be even if the task is tough, the results are what truly counts!

06/04/2026

Kanabec/ Isanti County Farm Bureau is sponsoring Breakfast on the Farm! There will 4-Hers there helping with the event as well.

This a fun, family event welcome to everyone!

06/04/2026

It's that time of year when we get to brag about our amazing graduating seniors from the Kanabec County 4-H Program! We have 8 wonderful 4-H'ers, most have been with our program since cloverbud age.
Our first senior recognition is:

Dakota Harris 🐄🐂🎯🍰🎹🌻🥕🔧🪓🪡🎨

Years in 4-H: 13 years

Future Plans: My plans after high school are to to be in the US Air Force for the next 6 years as a multi domain operations aviator.

Projects you have been involved in during your 4-H career: I've been involved in the beef, dairy, shooting sports and wildlife projects, as well as many general project areas.
I was also an ambassador for shooting sports and wildlife at the state level and a county 4-H ambassador.

Favorite 4-H Memory: My favorite 4H memory would be all the county fairs and shooting sports/shooting sports state competition.

What advice would you give to future 4-H’ers?: My advice would be: do everything you can to the fullest. Sure, the busy might be stressful but you’ll come out on the other side better for the effort you put in

05/29/2026

Mark your calendars to have breakfast with our Dog Project at the Crystal on June 27th!

05/21/2026

The Knife River Ramblers 4-H club hosted Kindergarten Day on the Farm!

Kindergarteners from the area came to learn about sheep, goats, pigs, horses rabbits, chickens, cows... and even emus!

Students saw how to spin wool into yarn, pet a bottle calf, and learned about what farm animals are used for and how farmers keep them healthy!

Thank you to Ginny and Byron Anderson for opening up your farm for this event for so many years.
📷💥 Emily Gebhart

05/17/2026

Yesterday was a beautiful day for the rabbit and poultry session of our Cloverbuds Exploring Livestock Program.

Thank you to our youth mentors who brought their animals and taught our cloverbuds:
Rabbit Mentors: Maddie and Liam
Poultry Mentors: Mary, Cooper and Julia

Our cloverbuds and their families learned about different kinds of rabbit and poultry that can be shown at the fair and how to show those animals. Then they had a chance to practice on their own.

05/16/2026

We had a beautiful day for our Showmanship Clinic today! Thank you to all of our clinicians who came to talk with our Livestock project about Showmanship!
Rabbit: Natalie from Crow Wing County 4-H
Poultry: Brinley Sundermeyer, Kanabec 4-H alum
Sheep: Nicole from Kanabec County 4-H
Swine: Emily, Ellie, and Sawyer from Mille Lacs County 4-H

Thank you for all our volunteers who helped put this event on and for all our 4-Hers who came out to learn todat.

05/05/2026