Nutrition Plus: Summer Health and Nutrition - Learn About Seasonal Foods!
- 11:30 AM
Join us for a deep dive into summer health and nutrition, focusing on seasonal foods. It's Nutrition Plus!
Join us for a deep dive into summer health and nutrition, focusing on seasonal foods. It's Nutrition Plus!
This one-day event convenes digital inclusion leaders, practitioners, and advocates from across the state to discuss critical issues, share best practices, and collaborate on solutions for bridging the digital divide in Maryland. This year's event will offer a dynamic lineup of speakers and panel discussions, with ample networking opportunities. A special Maryland Digital Equity Awards Ceremony will also be held to recognize individuals and organizations leading the charge for digital equity in Maryland.
The first inaugural conference of its kind, the 2024 Cultivating Innovation in Maryland's Agriculture and Technology Conference has been designed to empower farmers and other agriculture industry stakeholders by providing in-depth knowledge of the latest and most promising technologies transforming the agricultural sector. By embracing cutting-edge agriculture technologies, farmers can significantly boost yields, enhance efficiency, and ultimately achieve greater profitability.
Cultivating Next-Gen Agritech Innovation with a Wide Selection of Conference Topics
The conference agenda boasts a diverse range of topics, including:
- Introduction to Technology: Gain a foundational understanding of the role technology is playing in modern agriculture practices when it comes to streamlining operations and improving productivity
-Uses and Applicability: Learn about the practical applications of technology across various farming and agriculture sectors.
-Data Management & Analytics: Discover best practices and explore the ways data is being used to improve crop yields and efficiency for a more sustainable and profitable future.
-Resource Management: Learn how drones, GIS, water management, precision farming, yield monitors, and other tech are being used successfully.
-Current Implementations: Hear first-hand experiences from early adopters who are already utilizing these hardware and software technologies in their fields.
-Future Outlook: Get a glimpse into the exciting future of agriculture technology, with insights into upcoming innovations and advancements expected in the next 3-5 years.
This conference is ideal for farmers from all sectors of agriculture, agriculture-related companies, University of Maryland Extension faculty, and USDA and other government agency workers.
Don't miss this opportunity to connect with fellow farmers, industry professionals, and experts in the field. Together, let's cultivate innovation and drive Maryland's agriculture sector toward a more technologically advanced and prosperous future.
Mark your calendar and start planning your garden now! Winners receive prizes and bragging rights! This event will include:
Taste testing different tomato varieties
Demonstrations and interactive displays
Celebration of tomatoes!
Categories judged:
Largest (size and weight)
Ugliest (misshapen)
Best tasting
Cherry (10)
FREE to participate.
If you need reasonable accommodation to participate in any event or activity, please contact the University of Maryland Extension at 301-334-6960 by Aug. 1, 2024.
Master Gardener volunteers will hold a table in the lobby of the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library to help answer garden/landscape-related questions; volunteers will also have give-aways, publications, and other resources to help you get growing this fall.
You can find us from 4-6pm on Thursdays, September 12th and October 10th. Feel free to bring in plant or insect samples!
ENTRY PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED :
www.wicomicofair.com
Entry Deadline : August 5, 2024
Wicomico County Fair Open Class (Junior/Adult)
Contact Wicomico County Fair
https://www.wicomicofair.com/about/contact-us
Rules & Regulations see Fair Premium Book
Wicomico County Fair 4-H
Rules & Regulations see 4-H Section Fair Premium Book
FFA members participating are to follow rules for 4-H
4-H Cloverbud (ages 5-7) only Registration Link:
https://forms.gle/BmWNvhEwaupWPpda7
Contact
Wicomico County Extension 4-H Office -
Melissa Esley-Collins
4-H Program Assistant
(301) 226-7719
Registration: Open July 1-24, 2024
Register through 4-H Online. Contestants will upload photos of their entries when they register for the contest in 4-H Online. No physical pieces will be submitted.
Age Divisions (age on January 1, 2024): Junior: ages 8-10 | Intermediate: ages 11-13 | Senior: ages 14-18
Classes: Fine Arts | Photography | Visual Arts
Virtual Art Show: All exhibits will be posted via a slide show on the UMD Horse Facebook page and on the UMD Horse Extension webpage. Award winners will be recognized in the slide show.
You are invited to the AAUFRC Urban Farm Tour Ice Cream Social at the Anne Arundel Extension Office located at 97 Dairy Lane, Gambrills, MD 21054 on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 from 5:00 to 7:30 PM. Ice cream will be served at 5:00 pm followed by a walking farm tour that begins at 6:00 pm.
This year the Anne Arundel County Extension Urban Farming Research Clinic will highlight: hops, wine grapes, apples, peaches, blackberries, sweet corn and flour corn varieties, pumpkins, gourds, high tunnel vegetables and herbs, cut flowers, market gardening, and bee keeping. Ice Cream Served at 5:00 PM Walking Farm Tour begins at 6:00 PM This event is free. However, a reserved meal ticket is required. If you need special assistance to participate, please contact the Anne Arundel County Extension office at 301-226-7470 by July 15th.