Monroe County 4-H Wednesday Weekly February 10, 2021

Agricultural Literacy Week Ag Literacy Week is so fun and such an important program that we will be offering it all month long in 2021! How can you help to support? Consider sponsoring a book for $12! If you would like to sponsor a book, you can access the donor form here.

4-H Mighty Monday in Collaboration with Seneca County 4-H Join us for a fiber arts experience with special guest, Robin Houseworth, CCE Seneca County 4-H Educator and Alpaca Farmer with Cabin View Alpacas! In this Mighty Monday, we will learn about alpacas and what is involved in the daily life of an Alpaca Farmer! We will begin to create two types of weaving projects together and you will finish them on your own. For this workshop, fiber art kits will be available for pick up at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County Office (2449 St, Paul Blvd, Rochester NY 14617) during the week prior to the event. Kits will also be available at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Office of Seneca County (308 Main Street Shop Centre, Waterloo, NY 13165). Kits picked up at the Seneca County Office are funded by the Sharon Nelson Fund. These kits will contain materials needed for the weaving creations. In addition to a fiber arts kit, participants will need tape and scissors on hand.

Mushroom Monday, March 22nd Explore the fascinating world of mushrooms and learn how to grow mushrooms at home with Monroe County 4-H! In this online workshop, we will learn what fungi and mushrooms are, and how we interact with them in our everyday life. We will practice growing oyster mushrooms in a fun science experiment on toilet paper! For this workshop, mushroom kits will be available for pick up at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County Office (2449 St, Paul Blvd, Rochester NY 14617) during the week prior to the event. Mushrooms kits will contain spawn and substrate materials needed to grow oyster mushrooms.  Find out more and register here by March 15th.

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