4-H

Rural youth organization

4-H is a youth development organization in the United States that focuses on agriculture, science, citizenship, and healthy living.

The name refers to the four H's in its pledge: head, heart, hands, and health.

Members, typically ages 5 to 18, participate in local clubs where they learn practical skills through hands-on projects like raising livestock, gardening, or robotics.

She showed her pig at the county fair through 4-H.

youth-development

clubs

Heavy striking sticks

pledge · motto · emblem · green · white · projects · demonstrations · competitions · alumni · USDA

education

STEM

Four-discipline academic grouping

curriculum · experiential · demonstrations · recordkeeping · scholarships · achievement · knowledge · training · enrichment · afterschool

livestock

showmanship

Skill at impressive presentation

  • cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
  • swineDomestic porcine animals
  • sheepWoolly farm animal

goats · poultry · rabbits · breeding · judging · fair · exhibition · grooming · halter · steer

leadership

officers

Those holding authority

citizenship · volunteering · mentorship · decision-making · initiative · delegation · presentations · confidence · communication · ambassadors

agriculture

farming

Cultivating land for food

gardening · soil · cultivation · planting · irrigation · sustainability · horticulture · agronomy · tractors · rural

Categories
Opposites
organizational focus

4-HDECA

Student business leadership organization

STEM camps · debate club · Model UN · chess club

setting/lifestyle orientation

4-Hcity life

Existence in populated centers

youth organization type

4-HBoy Scouts

Youth outdoor leadership group

Girl Scouts · DECA

Family

H

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Rated G