Impact Statements
Impact statements include information about specific areas of research, extension and teaching efforts and the impact these programs are making on the people of Idaho.
2022
2021
- AmeriCorps instructors expand programs to youth in Twin Falls County
- 4-H teen health advocates are building skills and giving back to their communities
- Using Zoom for adaptive youth programming leads to success in 2020
- Supporting volunteers during a pandemic: creating resiliency
- 4-H livestock participants learn the importance of quality assurance
- Career and science fairs focus on local job options and workforce skills
- North Dakota Sioux County and UI partner: National 4-H in Indian Country discussion
- New 4-H volunteer orientation materials provide consistency for statewide delivery
- Youth learn about beef production during agriculture week educational sessions
- Hydroponics as a medium for teaching STEM to middle school youth
- Animal science lesson plans meet the needs of 4-H volunteers
- Spark Your Imagination with Edison
- Teton County 4-H helps serve community needs through new STEAM offerings
- Partners inspiring community health (PICH)
- Cattle industry support helps educate Idaho County 4-H beef project members
- Eat Smart Idaho supports Juntos Family Engagement with healthy meal kits
- 4-H youth learn how they will influence the future of drones
- “Welcome to the Real World” teaches youth financial decision-making
- Idaho’s 4-H shooting sports: teaching youth, building safer communities
- Using Zoom to fulfill 4-H project requirements during pandemic constraints
- Idaho 4-H Volunteer Association (IVA) funding statewide opportunity grants
- Homeschool groups, the untapped educational opportunity
- 4-H outreach to geographically dispersed military children, youth and families
- 4-H Soccer for Success builds healthy habits in youth
- Mobile makerspaces reduce barriers to STEM education
- Long-term partnership with Hansen School impacts students
- Improving farm risk management skills through Annie's Project
- UI Extension in Fort Hall provides producer access to coronavirus livestock programs
- Pest alert newsletter targets eastern Idaho pest concerns
- Development of an economic threshold for thrips damage on Idaho alfalfa crops
- Making dormant season grazing work
- E. coli in streams and cattle grazing
- Finding the ideal cow for Idaho rangelands
- Innovative pesticide recertification webinar series — success amid COVID-19
- UI Extension demonstration project leads to a complete change in ranch operations
- Preparing beginning farmers and ranchers to secure farmland in Idaho
- Applications of gender-sorted semen in commercial beef operations
- Extending the grazing season with warm season annuals
- Feed efficiency — is it related to other important traits?
- Community wellness volunteers learn skills to build a culture of health in communities
- Well Connected Communities initiative: Building a culture of health in Idaho
- Reusable water bottle education results in behavior change
- Idaho Food Safety Cooperative helps food manufacturers
- Virtual cooking club brings youth and families together in their home kitchens
- Meat cutting and electric pressure cooker demonstrations highlight holiday workshop
- Idaho Falls police department learns about fueling for success is key to optimal health
- Our Financial Conference… the flip-side — it’s impact on small financial businesses
- Changing cooking behaviors helps save money at a local grocery store
- Partners inspiring community health (PICH)
- A little healthy competition makes for a successful healthy food drive
2020
- Youth cooking program builds knowledge and instills confidence in participants
- 4-H international exchange program promotes global awareness
- Walking career fair allows youth a look at local opportunities
- Early education summit meets community need for quality child care and education
- Teachers report U of I handwashing lessons in schools help students keep hands clean
- Young children learn about healthy eating through Farm to Early Care and Education
- New 4-H staff orientation guide provides foundation for quality programming
- Youth in Idaho and Oregon are learning to “Dabble in Dissection"
- Zoom into 4-H; central district bringing 4-H to local families
- Southern district 4-H volunteer training provides practical skill development
- Teaching cooking through the lens of science increases confidence
- Young children taste fresh, local vegetables through Farm to Early Care and Education
- The effectiveness of a fruit and vegetable prescription program for at-risk children
- 2020 Idaho 4-H State Teen Association Convention; a virtual and vibrant change
- Students experience “garden to table” at Salmon School Garden
- Juntos 4-H improves academic success of Latinx students through family engagement
- 4-H teen health advocates teach vaping prevention at national youth health summit
- Parliamentary procedures training proves to positively impact 4-H meetings
- Planting the Vandal seed through financial education in elementary schools
- 4-H outreach to geographically dispersed military youth and families
- Virtual field trips improve youth perceptions of insects and spiders
- Today’s 4-H youth volunteers become tomorrow’s community leaders
- Partnerships enhance program impact
- Living on the Land alumni gain knowledge, apply recommended management practices
- Pesticide recertification credits provided in person and via Zoom broadcast
- Beef producers learn new management techniques
- Adapting to the needs of Idaho pesticide applicators using a hybrid teaching method
- Farm stress management skills for Idaho agriculture producers
- Succession and estate planning may require a complete change in business structure
- Online Ten Acres & a Dream workshop extends audience, increases knowledge gains
- Camas Prairie spring forage trials conclude after a three-year study
- Idaho's Cultivating SuccessTM program increases digital outreach to small farms
- Supporting small farms and local food systems during COVID-19
- Homeowners learn winterization techniques for their landscape
- Zoom as a delivery method for multi-county master gardener programming
- UI Extension Fort Hall develops and provides Russian olive management program
- Growing the master gardener program using hybrid online/in-person learning
- UI Extension provides community development activities in Troy, Idaho
- Summer internships position U of I CALS students for future employment
- Idaho’s Cultivating SuccessTM program increases digital outreach to small farms
- UI Extension participants learn how to improve sleep
- Statewide trainings help Idahoans realize the benefits of cooking at home
- The effectiveness of a fruit and vegetable prescription program for at-risk children
- Mealtime Inspirations provides new ideas to save time and money
- Eat Smart Idaho helps high school students create food pantry
- College students learn to be “debt-free” with Ossie’s student success scavenger hunt
- Planting the Vandal seed through financial education in elementary schools
- Community walking program goes virtual!
Previous few years
2019
Agriculture Production, Profitability, Competitiveness and Natural Resource Stewardship
- Agriculture technology boot camp launching food producers into the future
- Regional trainings prepare Idaho produce farmers for federal food safety regulations
- Economic impact of regulations on the trout industry
- Beef cattle producers learn improved stockmanship skills to increase profits
- Management-intensive grazing helps producers improve profits and decrease risk
Agricultural Stewardship and the Environment
- Bingham County collaborates to host range and pasture seminar for producers
- Idaho Master Gardeners educate the public at spring gardening events
- West Central Mountains Food Coalition is increasing capacity for local food
- Fort Hall’s UI Extension partnerships expand community noxious weed education
- Zeolite filter reduces ammonia and odor emissions from dairy manure flush pit
- Spanish Pesticide Safety Training Program draws new audience to UI Extension
- Spring forage trials conducted on the Camas Prairie
- UI Extension helps to protect pollinators in Mountain Home, Idaho
- Ranchers install solar pump to eliminate hauling water and utilize more pasture
- Education with a focus on forages helps farmers in eastern Idaho
- High-Altitude Victory Garden course delivers proven tips for short season gardening
- Weed workshops help landowners
- Understanding climate change and its potential impacts to rural landowners
- Integrated Pest Management provides pest alerts for home gardeners
Farm and Ranch Economics and Management
- Ranchers do rangeland photo monitoring with assistance of a monitoring “tutor”
- Cultivating SuccessTM grows 49 new sustainable small acreage farmers in Idaho
- “Funding for Farmers” series brings new research and structures to Palouse area farms
- Managers gain insight into creating healthy and productive grazing systems
- Spring forage trials conducted on the Camas Prairie
- SARE program for farmers market managers and local food producers
Community and Economic Development
- Pitch it! UI Extension enhances entrepreneurship workshops with Celebration Event
- Intern engagement may be impacted by cohort hire versus independent hire
- Marsing’s Community Conversation utilizes teen and adult input in decision-making
- West Central Mountains Food Coalition is increasing capacity for local food
- Ripple Effects Mapping: Skill building for Extension educators across the state
- Master Preparedness Program teaches skills for Idaho residents to be prepared
- Money coaching: learning why we are the way we are with money
- Leadership training provided for Idaho’s rural library professionals
- SWOT approach helps focus group analyze the local food system in Bonners Ferry
- SARE program for farmers market managers and local food producers
- Tri-state economic development community review collaboration
Health, Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
- Extension educators expand diabetes prevention program in southwest Idaho
- Eat Smart Idaho uses mural to improve lunchroom environment
- Extension offers train-the-trainer webinar educating professionals throughout nation
- Preparing meals at home with hands-on cooking under pressure workshops
- Dining with Diabetes class participants increase knowledge
- Elementary students taught about internal cues to regulate food intake
- Mealtime Inspirations improves participant knowledge and projected behaviors
- Regional trainings prepare Idaho produce farmers for federal food safety regulations
- Eat Smart Idaho collaborates with Head Start to reach preschoolers
- Workshop teaches consumers why beef should be what’s for dinner
- Let’s Get Cooking series: Workforce skills development in Valley County
- Master Preparedness Program teaches skills for Idaho residents to be prepared
- Long Live Idaho! Let’s get healthy together
- Extension educators teach older Idahoans to live healthier lives
Family Resources, Individual and Youth Development
- Cooking skills for youth can have lifelong health impacts
- Teen advocates partner with Extension to assess community health needs
- Idaho’s 4-H program develops positive attitudes towards science
- Idaho’s 4-H State Teen Association Convention; STAC’s new name and vision
- Elementary students taught about internal cues to regulate food intake
- Eat Smart Idaho collaborates with Head Start to reach preschoolers
- AmeriCorps placements expand education and outreach in Valley County
- Master Preparedness Program teaches skills for Idaho residents to be prepared
- Extension professionals deliver 4-H Yoga for Kids improving youth wellness
- Idaho's 4-H Know Your Government Conference has a new evaluation
- Idaho 4-H STAC positively impacts college and career readiness
- 4-H Shooting Sports camp — ethics, tracking and orienteering, oh my!
- Military installation grants help youth at the Mountain Home Air Force Base
- Idaho’s 4-H Volunteer Association targets greater statewide representation
2018
Agriculture Production, Profitability, Competitiveness and Natural Resource Stewardship
- Spanish sessions at the University of Idaho Potato Conference — 17 years of success
- Grain producers gain insight from summer field days
- Farmed trout best choice — research-based information demonstrates sustainability
- Enterprise budgets help producers shift cropping strategies to increase returns
- Telephone survey demonstrates impact of viticulture program
- Introducing new landowners to cattle ownership and management
- Educating landowners in ecological forest management provides many benefits
- UI Extension brings current science to Idaho panhandle foresters in 2017-2018
- Over 160 panhandle loggers learn more about sustainable forestry in 2017-2018
- Idaho Master Forest Stewards spread better forestry in 2017-2018
- UI Extension empowers hundreds of families to manage forests in 2017-2018
Agricultural Stewardship and the Environment
- Fort Hall’s UI Extension collaborates on troublesome aquatic weed problem
- PNW pest alert network delivers pest information to urban audiences
- Interseeding cover crop into growing corn shows promise for grazing and soil cover
- Annual pesticide training offers needed education for upper valley producers
- Open dialogue with the urban pest control industry and UI Extension
- Interpretive clean water project educates about stormwater pollution solutions
- Home gardening classes teach skills promoting success of beginning gardeners
- Advanced Idaho Master Gardener program keeps volunteers engaged from year to year
- Backyard Agriculture Live — extending the classroom/expanding the audience
Farm and Ranch Economics and Management
- Beef producers in eastern Idaho learn new management practices
- Succession planning workshop impacted farmers and ranchers in the Magic Valley
- Cultivating SuccessTM webinar series delivers statewide small farm education
Community and Economic Development
- Youth learn about credit scores from educational app
- Multi-state youth financial education summit a success
- Scholarly writer’s retreat; connection, collaboration and completion
- Let’s talk business! Extension reaches Latinas with adult entrepreneurship education
- Idahoans simplify their lives by taking charge of future financial decisions
- Helping aspiring “foodpreneurs” turn their ideas into business
- Cascade Mobility Team: bicycle and pedestrian counts
- Teaching techniques in high schools by combining STEM and watershed science
- Home gardening classes teach skills promoting success of beginning gardeners
Health, Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
- Smarter lunchrooms — making the healthy choice the easy choice for Idaho students
- My Plate: Meal planning and shopping tips for teens
- Sit n’ Fit program teaches older adults practical exercise techniques
- Farmed trout best choice — research-based information demonstrates sustainability
- Youth learn Choose MyPlate with new healthy lifestyle education program
- School pantry “Mystery Box Cook-Off” increased students’ food insecurity awareness
- Fitness class in Bannock County results in seniors increasing physical activity
- Mealtime Inspirations positively impacts participants in southeastern Idaho
- Helping aspiring “foodpreneurs” turn their ideas into business
- Mindfulness: living with intent and purpose
- Multiple counties implement community walking programs
Family Resources, Individual and Youth Development
- Idaho 4-H Rangeland Skill-a-thon: increasing youth education in rangelands
- 4-H steering committees; youth and adults leading the way for teen programs in Idaho
- Teamwork provides camping success for international 4-H youth
- Leadership Now! 4-H provides leadership opportunities when youth need them
- Youth demonstrate knowledge of animal science at statewide Livestock Skill-a-thon
- Quality curriculum counts
- Meat quality camps help youth understand eating quality of livestock products
- University of Idaho Extension provides afterschool educational enrichment
- Youth learn Choose MyPlate with new healthy lifestyle education program
- Youth learn about credit scores from educational app
- Multi-state youth financial education summit a success
- 4-H youth learn to improve market projects through quality assurance
- School pantry “Mystery Box Cook-Off” increased students’ food insecurity awareness
- Turning a dream into a reality — youth practice entrepreneurship
- New ideas for established 4-H livestock committees
- 4-H Youth Development outreach to military kids and their families
- Interns strengthen a county’s Extension program while gaining valuable skills
- Carcass show and judging contest educates Idaho County 4-H and FFA members
- A dynamic future for 4-H shooting sports programs in Idaho
- Youth quality assurance trainings benefit 4-H and FFA members
- Youth gain valuable life skills through district oral presentation contest
- 4-H healthy living teen advocates emerge as community leaders
2017
Agriculture Production, Profitability, Competitiveness and Natural Resource Stewardship
- Fort Hall Extension develops program to reduce cattle deaths on rangeland
- 2017 Idaho Young Cattle Producer Conference
- Upper Snake River Beef School benefits local livestock producers
- University of Idaho Extension continues important cover crop research
Agricultural Stewardship and the Environment
- Assessment of the mineral status of forage and range grass in Idaho
- University of Idaho Extension, Canyon County educates on pollinators
- Straw bale gardening — good, not-so-good and challenges
- Pest management programs support local producers and pesticide applicators
- University of Idaho Extension continues important cover crop research
- Helping landowners assess site potential for viticulture
- Idaho Nutrient Management Conference updates audience on latest developments
- Master Gardener volunteers create database for more effective reporting
- Expanding the reach of University of Idaho Extension
Farm and Ranch Economics and Management
- Idaho Ag Outlook seminars empower producers in decision making
- “Marketing Mornings” develops market savvy for grain farmers
- New interactive website makes it easy to find local farm products
- Course helps new and existing farmers navigate standard financial statements
Community and Economic Development
- Community partnerships: America’s Best Communities
- Education Summit moves the Salmon community to action
- Salmon community uses dinner to build a sense of belonging
- Helping Treasure Valley farmers markets evaluate impact and plan for the future
- Idaho residents not immune from identity theft challenges
- Helping landowners assess site potential for viticulture
- Recycling at the Fair program educates the community and reduces costs
- Exploring healthy active living in rural Idaho using participatory photography
- Learning to be an adult… That’s Life goes statewide… again
Health, Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
- Mealtime Inspirations: An educational community event in southeast Idaho
- Home preservers learn safe canning practices in northern Idaho
- 4-H changemakers tackle hunger and food security in the Tetons
Family Resources, Individual and Youth Development
- Idaho 4-H teen programs — restructuring for the future
- STEM outcomes in Blaine County
- Youth learn responsible use of credit cards
- University of Idaho Extension, Canyon County educates on pollinators
- Preserve@Home increases food preservation knowledge and behavior
- “Sold on Looks” teaches youth the negative effect media has on body image
- Livestock day camps increase industry understanding
- Build Your Future: connecting underserved youth to career planning
- Eastern Idaho swine camp provides youth with hands-on experience
- Improved test scores for University of Idaho 4-H afterschool program in Potlatch
- Youth Beef Education Day links livestock production, food quality and safety
- Learning to be an adult… That’s Life goes statewide… again
- Financial program impacts youth in Intensive Supervision Program
2016
Agriculture Production, Profitability, Competitiveness and Natural Resource Stewardship
- Fort Hall Extension teaches tribal youth about agriculture and food production (pdf)
- Swine Camp teaches nationally recognized good production practices (pdf)
- New forest management workshops provide useful information for landowners (pdf)
- Prospective rural landowners use Extension workshop to conduct land purchases (pdf)
- Wildfire recovery conference held in response to 2015 wildfires (pdf)
- Variable density thinning: a forest management approach for private landowner (pdf)
Agricultural Stewardship and the Environment
- Pesticide Safety Education in Treasure Valley is needed annually (pdf)
- University of Idaho Extension helps answer cover crop questions for producers (pdf)
- Southern Idaho regional Master Gardener program outreach (pdf)
- Making gardening information accessible in the digital age (pdf)
Farm and Ranch Economics and Management
- Livestock day camp: Learning about the birds and bees... sort of (pdf)
- Communication style encourages better operational management for women (pdf)
- Cultivating Success: collaborating to grow and support sustainable Idaho small farms (pdf)
- Alfalfa variety trials provide valuable information to north Idaho farmers (pdf)
- Livestock symposium: Integrating the needs of animals, rangelands and people (pdf)
Community and Economic Development
- Stash Your Cash is exemplary collaboration with Idaho Commission for Libraries (pdf)
- Cultivating Success: collaborating to grow and support sustainable Idaho small farms (pdf)
- Farm to Table fundraiser celebrates local food production in Boundary County (pdf)
Health, Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
- Healthy Living for Challenged Youth (pdf)
- "Fabulous Fruits and Vegetables" teaches youth why and how to eat more produce (pdf)
- Elementary students learn to "Get Going with Grains" (pdf)
- A community food assessment to create a more sustainable and robust food system (pdf)
- Farm to Table fundraiser celebrates local food production in Boundary County (pdf)
- 4-H Healthy Living Teen Advocates teach nutrition education classes (pdf)
- Healthy beef meals learned through hands-on preparation (pdf)
Family Resources, Individual and Youth Development
- Fort Hall Extension teaches tribal youth about agriculture and food production (pdf)
- Swine Camp teaches nationally recognized good production practices (pdf)
- Livestock day camp: Learning about the birds and bees... sort of (pdf)
- Robotics education in rural schools promoted by 4-H school enrichment (pdf)
- Plots for Tots; preschoolers learn about healthy food from their school garden (pdf)
- Youth learn real life skills through livestock day camps (pdf)
- Idaho 4-H Teen Conference encourages teens to “go on” after high school (pdf)
- 4-H Friday Friends provides all day programming for Boundary County youth (pdf)
- Extreme Adventure Club introduces life-long activities to youth (pdf)
- 4-H Food Smart Families: Implementation in two states’ diverse settings (pdf)
- Youth gain valuable life skills through Welcome to the Real World program (pdf)
- Teaching 4-H youth humane and ethical husbandry practices (pdf)
- 4-H Healthy Living Teen Advocates teach nutrition education classes (pdf)
- Regional educators — Forging the future for Idaho 4-H programming (pdf)
- Healthy beef meals learned through hands-on preparation (pdf)
2015
Agriculture Production, Profitability, Competitiveness and Natural Resource Stewardship
- Conserving and managing water supplies in the Big Wood River Watershed (PDF)
- Making money from your land: assisting hay producers on the Weippe prairie (PDF)
- Making money from your land: conducting timber sales and creating a forest plan (PDF)
Agricultural Stewardship and the Environment
- Recycling food waste reduces school environmental impact, teaching ag concepts (PDF)
- Winter education for Treasure Valley growers (PDF)
- Multi-state horticulture in-service training for county Extension educators (PDF)
- Extension response to the 2015 fire season: multi-agency coordination for fire recovery (PDF)
- Extension response to the 2015 fire season: public outreach and information (PDF)
- Procrastinator's Clinic works for professional and private applicators (PDF)
- Water and energy losses due to leaks and worn nozzles on set-move systems (PDF)
- Modification of center pivot irrigation systems with water-saving LESA technology (PDF)
Farm and Ranch Economics and Management
Community and Economic Development
- Idaho Victory Garden: A vintage idea with modern appeal grows a wider audience (PDF)
- Rural high schools get a glimpse into their career and financial futures (PDF)
- Growing the community food system through annual Food Summit outreach (PDF)
- Latah County Master Gardeners provide community service and education (PDF)
Health, Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
- Idaho Extension health and nutrition programs can decrease health care costs (PDF)
- Recycling food waste reduces school environmental impact, teaching ag concepts (PDF)
- Fort Hall gardening program provides education and food for tribal members (PDF)
- Idaho Victory Garden: A vintage idea with modern appeal grows a wider audience (PDF)
- Personal fitness consultations improve participants overall motivation to exercise (PDF)
Family Resources, Individual and Youth Development
- 4-H Afterschool—Giving youth life skills for tomorrow (PDF)
- 4-H Teens as Mentors—developing positive role models for youth (PDF)
- 4-H camp: Where life skills are learned (PDF)
- Students learn entrepreneurship skills through Extension partnership (PDF)
- Lewis County 4-H Leaders Appreciation Dinner provides top notch training (PDF)
- Impact of farm tractor safety training on 4-H youth (PDF)
- Ada County 4-H robotics program gives kids love for science (PDF)
- The Village Project provides migrant youth with learning opportunities (PDF)
- IDAH2O and 4-H Urban Interface increase natural resources education offerings (PDF)
- Facilitation Coach volunteers fulfill a need in the county 4-H program (PDF)