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Impact Report
| For plan | Youth Development (McKinley County) |
| Date | October 12, 2010, 4:48 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | Tribal Agent Food Preservation Training There are over 200 projects listed on the Literature Materials Short List that 4-H youth can choose from as their yearly projects. “Foods For The Future” was introduced by the Home Economist to the Tribal Agents that have 4-H responsibilities. This project has gained popularity in recent years and provides easy and inexpensive recipes for leaders/youth to learn about canning dehydration, and freezing. On November 17, 2009 tribal agents learned the 3 basic steps to preserving with these steps agents can teach interested leaders/youth the basics of preserving. Agents learned food safety canning tips, altitude adjustments for preserving at higher elevations, hot pack and cold pack methods of processing canned foods. As an added activity the prepared Apple Butter the recipe was taken from the “Complete Guide to Home Canning”. Agents were surprised as to how easy and fun is was to make something so delicious. Teaching tribal agents about traditional 4-H projects will help them to combine traditional 4-H and Native American cultural values and norms to 4-H projects. |