{"id":1999,"date":"2022-09-28T14:38:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T18:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/?p=1999"},"modified":"2022-09-28T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T18:40:12","slug":"vermont-4-h-2022-big-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/vermont-4-h-2022-big-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont 4-H Represents at the Big E"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2001\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2001 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/4-H-Big-E.jpg?resize=525%2C276\" alt=\"A large group of 4-H students with their leaders, all wearing green jackets, are posing together at the Big E event.\" width=\"525\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/4-H-Big-E.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/4-H-Big-E.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/4-H-Big-E.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dairy Project Members at the Big E. Photo credit: Amy Parent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vermont 4-H members represented their state at the 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebige.com\/\">Big E<\/a> event, held at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, MA. They participated in the event in several ways, including representing the dairy and horse projects, and at the New England Center where they performed stage presentations and demonstrations for the public.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Among the many highlights, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/extension\/youth\">Vermont 4-H<\/a> Dairy Quiz Bowl team toppled their competition and earned first place for the New England region.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2003\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2003\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2003 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/4H-cookie-clickers.jpg?resize=525%2C276\" alt=\"Four 4-H students are standing in an auditorium, and one is on a stage holding a microphone. \" width=\"525\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/4H-cookie-clickers.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/4H-cookie-clickers.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/4H-cookie-clickers.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Cookie Clickers 4-H Club give a presentation on the robot they made for the FIRST Robotics competition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Participants in the New England Center were also featured by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfsb.com\/video\/2022\/09\/19\/great-day-top-stories-plus-h-returns-big-e\/\">News Channel 3<\/a> for a piece on 4-H returning to the fair this year. Overall, 60 Vermont youth proudly represented their state at this annual event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vermont 4-H members represented their state at the 2022 Big E event, held at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, MA. They participated in the event in several ways, including representing the dairy and horse projects, and at the New England Center where they performed stage presentations and demonstrations for the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1,13,53],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-1999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals","category-events","category-ext","category-programs","tag-4-h"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3650,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/cals-in-the-news-october-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":1999,"position":0},"title":"CALS in the News-October 2023","author":"CALS Communications","date":"October 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Julie Smith, veterinarian and UVM animal and veterinary sciences research professor, and Madeline Beaudry, UVM animal sciences graduate student gave presentations on farm biosecurity at the Vermont Dairy Industry Association Meeting on October 18. 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