Article Features Extension 4-H Livestock Program

An article in southern Maine’s KeepMECurrent newspapers about several Cumberland-area youths participating in livestock programs at local county fairs cites the students’ participation in 4-H, a youth development program run through the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. UMaine Extension’s Jessy Brainerd, who was interviewed for the article, said 4-H membership has grown to 2,765 members, up from 2,576 last year and 2,509 in 2010.

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