4-H is a free organization for youth between the ages of 5 to 19 who enjoy “learning by doing.”

Youth can take part in many programs, clubs, activities, and solo projects such as presentations, raising an animal, starting a club, starting a Business, camping, and many others.

Durham County 4-H also offers agricultural based programs and clubs.   These programs and clubs are:

• Soil Solutions,
• Project Learning Tree,
• 4-H Poultry Club,
• 4-H Livestock,
• and 4 Leaf Clovers 4-H Club.

Project Learning Tree: In partnership with Triangle Land Conservancy and the Forestry Department, we utilize PLT to teach environmental conservation to groups of youth at nature sites, Youth will utilize cross-disciplinary approaches to learn environmental science in outdoor settings.

4-H Poultry Club: Holds meetings on the Northern part of Durham. They work on poultry projects, gardening, and cooking among other things. The age range of this group in 5-16 years of age. The club meets on the 3rd Friday of the month from 6-7:30 pm.

4 Leaf Clovers 4-H Club: Meets on the East side of Durham. They are a new club and will work on poultry projects, gardening, animal studies and more. The age range of this club is 12-16 years of age. This is a home-school club and the meetings are on Thursdays from 2-4pm.

4-H Livestock Showing Club: This is not a formal club, however, we can connect youth to resources and specialists who can help them to sharpen their skills for livestock projects and showing competitions.

Soil Solutions:  Youth learn about soil and plant life. Click here to view training for teachers video lessons.

For more information, please contact Carlos Moses at (919) 560-8295 | carlos_moses@ncsu.edu