Mitchell County Cooperative Extension
Education
Why pick this one
Mitchell County Cooperative Extension offers hands-on 4-H education for youth ages 5-18 across STEM, agriculture, healthy living, and civic engagement.
Best for
- Youth ages 5-18 seeking hands-on STEM projects
- Youth interested in agriculture, farming, or sustainability
- Families seeking youth healthy living or cooking programs
- Young people developing civic engagement and leadership skills
- People seeking a guide to locally produced food in Mitchell County
Look elsewhere if
- People seeking emergency services rather than education or extension programs
- Adults seeking services outside agriculture, family and consumer sciences, community development, nutrition, or local foods
Specialties
- 4-H youth development
- STEM education
- Agriculture education
- Healthy living education
- Civic engagement education
- Local foods information
Certifications
- N.C. Cooperative Extension
- NC State Extension
What makes them different
- 4-H enrollment is open to youth ages 5-18
- 4-H uses hands-on projects in health, science, agriculture, and civic engagement
- The Mitchell County Center maintains a local food guide covering produce, meat, eggs, herbs, mushrooms, and other products
- The center provides access to county and regional agriculture, nutrition, family and consumer sciences, and community development staff
- The center is located at 10 S Mitchell Ave, Bakersville, North Carolina
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 10 S Mitchell Ave, Bakersville, NC 28705-8032
- Phone
- +18286884811
- Website
- https://mitchell.ces.ncsu.edu/mitchell-county-4-h/
- erin_silver@ncsu.edu
Services
- Youth education programs
- Agriculture and natural resources extension
- Family and consumer sciences education
- Community development
- Local foods guidance
- Nutrition education