Tracy: This is the Area F 4-H Horse
Show of the Florida 4-H program which
includes the counties in the South
part of the state, all the way over
from Collier and and Lee County
to Miami-Dade.
Most of these participents have
qualified at a county show in order
to participate and the winners from this
show qualify for the state horse
show that'll be at the State
Fairgrounds this summer in Tampa.
Well our mission is to develop youth and
develop life skills and make them
competent contributing citizens for the
future and so this is just one program
to develop those life skills.
The Horse project areas is a little
bit unique compared to other 4-H
projects because they're truly passionate
about this project. Most of the 4-H
members, they love their horses, they
love their project.
Some people may love science and not
realize there's other ways to get into
science-- there's Food Science and
there's Agricultural Science and
you don't have to be
in a rural area and work with row crops
or something to get into something like that
and through 4-H, we expose the youth to
all sorts of opportunities that they may
not know about in an urban area.
We also want what youth learned in
their project work
for them to take home what
they've learned into their own
family environment so that
that through 4-H
we have not just youth development
but family development.
It's great to see a kid succeed
to see them work through a goal and
make progress through a goal and then
achieve them at the end
and to see their family
see how they have developed and learned,
it's just a nice warm fuzzy feeling.
Narrator:  Throughout the South District
education is the focus this year.
In Miami-Dade County.
agent Lisa Krimsky is teaming up with
agents from around the state
to educate Floridians about the
economic importance of sea food.
The Seafood Safety program is a series
of half-hour webinars that
are scheduled during the lunch break.
And the goal is to give residents a
better understanding of the management,
harvest methods, and nutrition available
through local seafood.
In Highlands County, citrus farmers are
learning about alternative bio-energy crops.
The goal is to help growers
diversify and teach them how to grow
and manage biomass crops.
The program also includes a field test
site where agents can collect
information on planting dates and 
variety selection.
And for ten years, Cesar Asuaje's
program in Palm Beach County has
taught Spanish speakers about farm
safety in their native language.
The program combines lectures and hands-on
learning to teach workers how to safely
handle pesticides and other hazards they
will encounter on the farm.
In total, the program is educated more
than fifteen thousand people.
