October News Spreader

The News Spreader October 2014

A summer HH to REMEMBER, and a fall of great new opportunities with -

4-H

LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW THROUGH LEARNING TODAY

The News Spreader QUEBEC 4-H 21,111 Lakeshore Road Macdonald College Harrison House 3-04 Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9 Phone: 514-398-8738 Fax: 514-398-8652 www.quebec4-h.com PRESIDENT Sarah Enright senright94@hotmail.com VICE-PRESIDENT Andrea Soesbergen farmergurl_12 @hotmail.com EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lorelei Muller executivedirector @quebec4-h.com

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4-H members and their livestock projects compete in Fairs all across the province: 1– Richmond Fair Dairy competition 2– Brome Fair Beef competition 4– Shawville Fair Sheep competition

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3- Junior Campers discover a patch of 4 Leaf clovers on a rainy day.

In this Issue Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8-9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16

Achievement Days Ayer’s Cliff Fair/Shawville Fair Havelock Fair/Photos Summer Junior Camp Youth Summit/AGM/ QFA Farm Food Forums Upcoming Events and Opportunities New promo items/ Back-to-School Pizza Party Opportunity: YAC member Online Auction/ Classique des Jeunes Ruraux FRAQ: Sommet mondial des jeunes agriculteurs Featured member: Jesse Bradley Junior Junction Show your 4-H Colours

I Pledge My Head to clearer thinking My Heart to greater loyalty AGRICULTURAL My Hands to larger service LIAISON My Health to better living Chelsea Daniel agliaison@quebec4-h.com For my club, my community and my country.

Quebec 4-H Motto: Leadership tomorrow through learning today.

Canadian 4-H Motto: Learn to do by doing.

OFFICE & COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT Norma Tolhurst office@quebec4-h.com

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Club News

Ormstown 4-H Achievement Day By: Ella Bryson, Ormstown 4-H Reporter

This year Ormstown 4-H held their Achievement Day on August 17th from 9:00am to 4:00 pm. The day started off with judging. All Ormstown 4-H’ers had to judge a 4th lactation cow class held at Riverbye Farm.

We also had to judge 2nd cut haylage and beets. The judge for the beets was Caitlin MacDougall and the judge for the haylage and cows was Chris Rember. All 4-H’ers were asked to bake either cakes, sweet bread or squares. We were also asked to bring in our crafts from the craft day last year. The judge for the baking and crafts was Rosemary Mason. For lunch everybody was asked to bring a salad. We had salads and corn for lunch along with sandwiches. All of which was made possible by the many parent volunteers from our Club.

Following the lunch was the show. There were about 12 heifers and 1 chicken, the judge for the show was Chris Studer. After the show there was a small ribbon and trophy ceremony and then we got to eat all the prize winning baked goods!! The day turned out great and it was really fun. Thank you to all the judges and volunteers who made this event a real success!

Huntingdon 4-H Achievement Day By: Chelsea Daniel, Agricultural Liaison

Members of Huntingdon’s 4-H club gathered on a sunny Friday morning in early August to present their accomplishment and hard work during their annual Achievement Day. In the morning the Garden Project was extremely well represented by many dedicated young members, projects from floral arrangements, to scrumptious bread animals, to carrots, onions and even alien tomato posters were on display. After a break for lunch, Jason Ness, a Howick 4-H alumnus, judged the afternoon dairy show which included Pee Wee showing and a friendly Municipality competition.

The Achievement Day was capped off with the decorating of a Huntingdon 4-H parade float. It was a very successful day and was the beginning to a beautiful weekend at Huntingdon fair.

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Club News

Hatley 4-H Pig Scamble at Ayer’s Cliff Fair By: Jessica Goodsell, PR Assistant

On the Thursday night of Ayers Cliff fair this year, the Hatley The next morning, was the 4-H conformation and showmanship competition where members presented their projects ranging 4-H club hosted a Pig Scramble where all members under twelve who wanted to participate were given the opportunity from poultry to cattle. to capture a piglet that they could then take home and raise for themselves. The event was organized as a spin on musical chairs, where there were a few more participants than pigs and the competition was on! Taking place between the stage and the grandstands, the competition was organized into several heats and divided by age, giving the younger members a chance to capture a pig before the older and often stronger members took their turn. There were instances of fierce competition between two members over the same pig and others of teamwork despite only one person being able to take the pig home. After all of the pigs were rounded up it was time to proceed to the judging competition where the categories included silage, dairy and beef calves, and chicken identification.

Shawville Fair By: Norma Tolhurst, Office and Communications Assistant As per tradition, the 158th edition of the Shawville fair was held on Labour Day weekend. For members of the Shawville 4-H club, this long weekend meant lots of activities to be involved in.

Thursday day night began with the opening ceremonies which featured a speech by this year’s Shawville fair Ambassador, April Judd, a 13 year old member of the Shawville 4-H Club.

On Friday, the arena was busy with steer judging followed by the local Achievement Day. Members young and old demonstrated their skills in showing sheep, rabbits, chickens, beef and dairy.

In the evening, many people gathered as the steers which were judged earlier in the day were auctioned off for as high as $3.50 a pound.

Saturday, the 4-H Regional show was held. The day finished off with the Supreme Champion Showmanship class, where the top 2 showman of each livestock category, tested their skills with all the other animals shown that day. Congratulations to Poultry showman Tyler Tubman for winning this prestigious competition.

The Pee wee Showmanship class was definitely a highlight of the weekend. Attracting quite a crowd and large number of participants on Saturday morning, the youngsters showed confidence in presenting a variety of animals During the weekend, Quebec 4-H Staff also assisted with educational presentations during the school visits, teaching the kids a little bit about the organization through a series of fun activities.

Photos Top Right: Tyler Tubman wins the Supreme Champion Showmanship Class during the 4-H Regional Show on Saturday.

Bottom Right: Darron Bruce parades his Reserve Champion Heifer around the Auction ring as a large crowd participates in the bidding.

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Club News

Havelock Fair By: Chelsea Daniel, Agricultural Liaison

“It never rains on Havelock fair”, unless it does.

Despite the November-like rain that poured down on Saturday, September 13th, 4-H’ers from across the Chateauguay Valley made the most of the 143rd edition of the Havelock fair. At 11 am the Ormstown 4-H Square Dancers entertained the crowd with their dance sets and reels, which has become something of a yearly highlight for fair-goers. Their Caller, Janice Barr, made sure that none of the dancers felt the chill weather by keeping their hands passing and skirts swinging.

Later, members took the bad weather in stride and made sure that the dairy show was also well represented, spectators were happy to watch the competitors from the shelter of the pole building. It is without a doubt that 4-H members and leaders alike made this year’s Havelock fair a delight for the visiting crowds, regardless of the rain.

Want to see more great photos from this summer’s Fairs? visit: www.quebec4-h.com

to connect to our Flickr Page.

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Provincial News

Summer Junior Camp By: Lindsay Gruer, Howick 4-H

Excitement grew as the summer 4-H Junior camp approached. As I had only just joined 4-H this year, this was to be my first experience at camp and the first time I was away from my family. My mom kept telling me that I would have so much fun and not to be nervous about anything. I knew some of the kids from school and from the 4-H club, but I was excited to make some new friends too.

Our first job was to put the tents up and get our sleeping arrangements sorted out. After that we did some fun activities than had our supper of corn on the cob and hot dogs. That night we sat around the camp fire and sang songs and told stories, we also cooked some beavertails over the campfire, and then it was time for bed.

The following days were busy cooking meals, doing activities, going to the beach, having campfires and generally just having fun. We also got to learn about the solar system, which was the theme of this year’s camp. We also got to make bottle rockets and that was a lot of fun too!

Although it rained on Wednesday when we were packing up to come home, it did not dampen my spirits. I was happy to be going home to see my family and pets, but I was sad to say goodbye to my friends and the chaperones. I can’t wait to go to winter camp now!

P.S. This summer camp was really “Out of this World”!

Be sure to check out the submissions from our Alien Drawing contest in Junior Junction on Page 15!

Special thanks to Sears for helping to make this event possible!

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Provincial News After the success of the first Ag-Summit in 2013, it has been announced that a 2nd Edition will be held on August 24-28, 2015, in Canberra, Australia!

Young leaders from around the world will gather to discuss ideas, develop a vision and deliver action. If you’re 18-25 and care about our planet’s future, agricultural sustainability, and food security, you should be part of this.

Deadline to apply January 30, 2015 www.youthagsummit.com

Quebec 4-H

Deadline to register: November 1st, 2014

AGM Annual General Meeting

November 22nd, 2014

Centennial Center, Macdonald Campus Registration Fee: $50

Open to All Participate in the AGM, Board Meeting, and committee meetings during the day, and enjoy a Banquet with 4-H’ers from across the province in the evening.

Awards for the top 10 judges of the year, Most community involvement, Most improved club, Best public Speaker and

Don’t miss guest speaker Lyndon Carlson!

New this year to AGM:

As a former 4-H’er himself, Lyndon works as Senior Vice-President of Marketing for FCC and is a past-president of the Canadian 4-H Foundation. Watch for more details coming soon on this presentation!

Our Quebec 4-H Leaders are some of the best in the Country, so its time to celebrate those who have given 10 years to our organization!

Volunteer Celebrations!

FARM FOOD FORUMS

Each evening covers a topic of interest to Quebec’s agricultural producers and rural community. Taking place in English, the Forums are hosted in Community Learning Centres on the last Thursday of each month from October to April, beginning at 19h30 and ending by 22h00 (excluding December). Highlights are published in the Advocate and resources are available on the website. Video footage highlights depicting what can be expected will be uploaded on to the website shortly. Here is the tentative program for the 2014/15 season:

October 30 – “Drowning in paperwork? Organise your office and paperwork better” November 27 – “Improving nutrient management and crop production” January 29 – “Employee recruitment and retention” February 26 – “Your farm insurance questions answered” March 26 – “Genomics explained; and how it can work for you” April 30 – “Improved margins through better livestock nutrition and health” October 2014

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Upcoming Events...

PROVINCIAL

Quebec 4-H Winter Junior Camp Presents

COMPETITION

Amazing Animals January 23-25

Square Dance

Hosted by MAC/JAC 4-H club Sunday February 22, 2015.

Centennial Center, Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Clubs interested in participating must register with the provincial office, more details to come.

4-H Canada Leadership Summit February 12-15, Ottawa This opportunity provides volunteer leaders a stimulating and insightful forum for learning, sharing experiences and contributing to growing 4-H movement.

There are 3 Volunteer leader delegate positions available for Quebec Leaders!

Deadline: November 5th

Base des Pleines Air le Bosquets Otterburn Park, Quebec Deadline to submit registration: January 5th Maximum 30 participants ! First come, first served!

4-H Canada Youth Exchanges Opportunity for provincial groups of 10 members and two chaperones to take part in the interprovincial youth exchange program.

Eastern Canada to travel West July 8-19, Western Canada to travel East Aug 5-15, 2015.

Deadline to apply: October 31st

exchange.4-h-canada.ca

National Volunteer Leader of the Year Has your leader made a difference in your life?

Show you appreciation by nominating them!

Deadline: November 21st

apply.4-h-canada.ca

4-H Canada has just confirmed the following four host countries for 2015 exchanges: • Jamaica • Finland

• Japan • UK

Canadian youth, ages 18-25, will travel abroad in July 2015 and stay with their “exchange twin” for two to four weeks. They will then return to Canada and host their international exchange twin for two to fourweeks in August.

Apply from September 30 to November 15

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...and Opportunities!

Help us collect pop tabs to donate to the Ronald McDonald House!

Start collecting now, and bring your tabs to AGM on November 22nd!

FCC Club Grant $500 grants available. Project must be completed by June 30, 2015. Application must be from a registered 4-H club/district/region. Funds must benefit a group not an individual. Must recognize FCC for the funding. Funds cannot be used for endowment funds. Awarded based on first come, first serve.

apply.4-h-canada.ca

Holstein Quebec Education Bursary Must be the child of a Holstein Quebec member or a junior member themselves, must be attending college or university in the field of agricultural study.

Deadline: December 1st holsteinquebec.com/evenements/jeunesse Youth of Distinction This award is presented to a youth aged 18 to 25 who are involved with the Jersey breed in Canada. Eligible candidates with strong leadership and involvement in agriculture, the community, and the Jersey breed are encouraged to apply.

Deadline: January 31st www.jerseycanada.com STEP-UP Mentoring Program On-farm mentor-ship program for those interested in learning Farm Business Management Skills in a hands-on setting.

www.fmc-gac.com/step-up October 2014

Ag Institute of Canada call for new Board Members The AIC is devoted to research in agriculture.

Their objectives are to Influence public policy, disseminate information, promote careers, facilitate networking and be the key partner in Canada for international activity. They have opened a seat for a candidate with an interest and understanding of the importance of agricultural research. The person should be under 30 years of age with leadership skills.

Contact Serge Buy, Chief Executive Officer: sbuy@aic.ca for more information.

4-H AgriVenture Scholarship Opportunity 4-H Canada is pleased to announce a $3,000 scholarship will be awarded to one student nationally, to be used toward an AgriVenture travel and work program. Please send your application to your provincial office.

Deadline: November 1st, 2014

www.agriventure.com

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Provincial News

New Promotional Items Available!

Design Winning T-shirts!

T-shirts New year/ New Projects!

You voted , and the winning design was this beautiful charcoal t-shirt with green writing. A special thank you to 99Designs for making it all happen!

$15.00 T-shirts are charcoal grey with lime green writing, see our Facebook group or Page for colour images

While we could only choose one winning T-shirt, many of you loved this design from the 99 Designs competition. Our solution: put it on a water bottle!

$10.00 Water Bottles are bright green in colour with black text. For more information about ordering promotional items, contact office@quebec4-h.com.

Learn to Do by Doing

Aluminum Water BOTTLES

For the 6th consecutive year, 4-H and AJRQ members, along with their friends joined together at Harrison House on Macdonald campus for this annual event. An opportunity to meet other 4-H’ers who are now living in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, and to come see the provincial office, this event brought out nearly 30 participants again this year.

Members introduced themselves to the group and discussed upcoming activities , upcoming meetings for the MAC JAC 4-H Club available on campus as well as other 4-H related activities such as the Judging Club and Mac Royal.

The pizza party was followed by a meeting of the Quebec 4-H Board of Directors.

Any 4-H’ers on Campus interested in volunteering, are more than welcome to join us at the provincial office whenever you’ve got time to spare!

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National News

The Quebec 4-H YAC delegate also serves on the Province's Board of Directors. For more information about the opportunities available to the youth member that fills this position, and application forms visit,

www.quebec4-h.com/4-h-canada-youth-advisory-committee Deadline to apply to provincial office: October 10th, 2014 October 2014

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Online Auction

Bidding OPEN until October 29th at 9:00pm Online Auction!

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To donate items and learn more visit: www.quebec4-h.com Or contact us at office@quebec4-h.com

Use your smart phone to connect LIVE to the Auction

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La Jeunesse Rurale du Québec

Sommet mondial des jeunes agriculteurs Alex Berthiaume représentait la relève agricole québécoises au Sommet mondial des jeunes agriculteurs qui s’est tenu du 3 au 5 septembre dernier, à Bordeaux, en France. De jeunes agriculteurs de plus de 60 pays ont débattu d’enjeux communs: établissement, accès au foncier et au capital, place et rôle de la relève dans le développement de l’agriculture familiale.

Qualifié d’exceptionnel, l’événement a donné lieu à la signature du Manifeste international des jeunes agriculteurs « faire de l’agriculture familiale une solution d’avenir.

Ce document réclame la reconnaissance du métier d’agriculteur au sein de l’Organisation internationale du travail, la création d’un mécanisme de représentation des agriculteurs au sein du comité sécuritaire alimentaire de la FAO (Organisation des Nations unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture) et l’organisation d’un groupe de réflexion de la profession agricole pour réagir aux enjeux agricoles discutés par le G20.

En plus de sa présence au sommet, Alex a contribué aux échanges en participant à une table-ronde. « J’ai eu la chance de faire partie d’un panel avec cinq jeunes de différents pays – Italie, Indonésie, Philippines, Kenya – et de présenter la réalité québécoise devant 200 participants. Ce passionnant échange était axé sur la reconnaissance sociale, économique et juridique des agriculteurs familiaux.

Par exemple, au Kenya, 80% de la population vit de l’agriculture, mais ce n’est pas du tout reconnu car les paysans sont pauvres.

Aux Philippines, la punition d’un enfant à l’école est d’aller désherber le potager et, du coup, le métier d’agriculteur est considéré comme une punition. Le contexte italien ressemble à celui du Québec. L’agriculture n’est pas considéré comme un métier « cool », donc les jeunes sont moins intéressés à se tourner vers cette profession, même si aujourd’hui, on peut bien en vivre. » Alex a partagé son expérience uniqueavec les membres de la FRAQ aux Journées FRAQassantes, les 19 et 20 septembre 2014, à Lac -Mégantic.

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Featured Member Jesse Bradley, Lachute 4-H Norma Tolhurst, Office and Communications Assistant

score higher than some of the experienced judges participating that weekend. “It was a great feeling to be the youngest one there and it being my Since joining the organization at the first time, and to have done so well.” age of 12, Jesse has participated in Jesse also had the opportunity this year mostly showing Dairy, but also fell in to participate in the Ontario Judging love with Square dancing. Over the School where he once again demonyears, he has attended nearly a dozen strated excellent skills, finishing with Provincial Rallies and many will rean overall placing of 5th out of 68 parmember him for his performance as ticipants.

Don Cherry in Shawville for “The His successes ultimately led to an Good Old Hockey Game”. invitation to the National Judging Congress on Prince Edward Island this past August. An experience that Jesse himself could only describe as “Amazing!”

Being the only youth delegate from Quebec, Jesse represented us well among many of the best judges from across the country, as well as some of the best in the world.

Since then, invitations to judge at local fairs and shows have been plentiful. .His first opportunity this summer was to judge the Shawville 4-H Achievement Day. Feeling nervous to be judging where His commitment to his club and the he had showed not so many years ago, association has continued after many Jesse tackled the opportunity head on. years of involvement. While he has As the day progressed, his nerves aged out of showing in the 4-H division, Jesse still participates as a member to help the younger kids, as well as acting as the Lachute Board Member to the provincial association.

His involvements in 4-H, as well as the Dairy industry, have put him on the path to realizing his life-long dream: to follow in his grandfather’s and father’s footsteps of having the opportunity to judge the Ayrshire show at the Royal Winter Fair.

This past year, Jesse took it upon himself to make his dreams a reality by participating in the Judging school put on by Holstein Quebec. While notably His Favorite 4-H Memory: one of the youngest participants there, “Winning the Spirit award at Rally in 2012, words can’t describe how his hard-work and determination regood that made me feel!” sulted in an overall score of 87%, a If there was one word to describe Jesse, it would be passion; Passion for his work, his cows and for 4-H.

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Jesse judging his first of many 4-H and dairy shows.

Shawville 4-H Achievement Day 2014 Photo Credits: Jennifer Davies

ceased and the end result was a huge success. Many of the parents and spectators attending that day commented on his professionalism and the excellent feedback he gave the 4-H members participating in the show.

His advice for those hoping to become a judge: “Be your own person; don’t let anyone else change your opinion; your decision is what matters today.”

While this was only his first show of many of his way to the Royal, Jesse is inspired by his family, friends and 4-H Leaders to do whatever it takes to achieve his goals: “My dad always told me: No matter what comes in your way, no matter what comes across your path, always keep your eyes on the prize.”

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Alien Drawing Contest

Hey Junior Members!

For those of you who came to camp, we hope you had an amazing time!

Thank you also to those who submitted your aliens to the drawing contest!

After reading what you guys liked most about camp, it was clear that we had some pretty awesome food! So for this edition of Junior Junction we thought we’d share with you how to make your favorite camp foods at home. Enjoy!

Drawing by: Lindsay Gruer

Congratulations to Christina Knox of the Ormstown 4-H club, who won the prize for having completed the puzzle on the back of the June News Spreader! Congratulations also to Lindsay Gruer, your name was picked as the winner of the Alien contest, we will send your prize shortly.

Beaver Tails

For this edition’s Junior Junction activity, we decided to take our favorite snack from Summer Junior Camp, and show you how to make them at home!

You will need:

General Instructions  

1 package of crescent rolls

Sugar

Cinnamon

2 prong skewers (for Campfire)

Campfire instructions

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Mix sugar with cinnamon, for every 1/4 cup of sugar, add one tablespoon of cinnamon Divide each crescent triangle into 3 “strips”

Oven instructions

1. Using a 2 prong marshmallow skewer, gently stretch a small strip of crescent roll dough around the prongs. The thinner the dough is stretched, the faster it will cook, 2. Dip the dough in your mixture of sugar and cinnamon to lightly coat all sides Hold your barbeque skewer in the coals of your campfire, rotating every so often in order to cook all sides.

When its done cooking, wait a minute for it to cool, and enjoy!

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1. Coat a cookie sheet with a non –stick cooking spray.

2. Unroll sections of the crescent rolls flat onto the cookie sheet. If desired, use cookie cutters to make fun shapes with the dough.

Sprinkle with cinnamon/ sugar mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees for 5-8 minutes, depending on the size of your Beaver tails, cooking times may vary. Keep a close eye on them, they will be done when the tops have browned evenly.

Want to learn how to make more fun recipes from camp including Banana Boats and Tacos in a Bag? Visit the Junior Junction webpage: www.quebec4-h.com/junior-junction October 2014

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