LAUDERDALE COUNTY SUCCESS STORIES

2009 Success Stories

• Bark in the Part 2009

• Southeast Dairy Goat Conference

• Master Meat Goat Herdsman Program

• Promoting Alabama Grown Chevon, Lamb, & Rabbit

• Open House for Goat Dairy

• Successful Aging Initiative Conference

• Volunteers Recognized for Outstanding Extension

• Marketing Lamb and Goat

• Promoting Goat and Lamb

• Kids in the Kitchen

• Bringing Farmers and Agencies Together

• 4-H and Fire Ants

• Elmore County Goat and Sheep Expo

• Sustainable Meat Goat & Sheep Production

• Sand Mountain Forage Field Day

• Value-Added Goat Milk

2008 Success Stories  

• Shoals Summer Techonology Institute

• Still Maintaining Our Weight After Four Years

• Region 1 Piggy Bank Pageants

• Internet Safety Education for Parent/Guardians

• Parent Adolescent Training

• One Opportunity Results in New Partnership

• Seniors Learn Healthier Eating Habits

• Children Learn Healthier Eating Habits

• From Washington D.C to Alabama

• Farmers Giving Back to the Community

• Dairy Goat Production & Value Added Products

• Extension Specialist Works With Rabbit Producers in the Caribbean Basin

• Marketing Goats From Farm to Market

• North Alabama Parasite Identification and Management Workshop

• Pasture Renovation Workshop for Lawrence and Surrounding Counties

• Sand Mountain Regional Pasture Renovation Workshop

• Northwest Alabama Kidding and Lambing Workshop

     *Cent$ible Nutrition

     *Doggie Day Camp

     *Extension Specialist Works With Rabbit Producers in the Caribbean Basin

     *2008 Lauderdale County Beef Field Day

     *Pasture Management Workshop for Northwest Alabama

2007 Success Stories

    *Shoals Family Festival

    *2007 Lauderdale County Beef Field Day

    *Preventing Women's Heart Disease

    *Taking Information to the Producers

    *Recordkeeping and Performance Evaluation

    *Parasite Management Workshop Scores With Producers

    *Therapy Rabbits

    *Dairy Goats, Cheese, and Soap

    *Reproduction Workshop for Goat Producers

2006 Success Stories

    *Tomato Production Seminar

    *Parenting Again

    *Walking and Eating for Your Health

    *Food $mart Class a Success 

    *Extension Highlights Dangers of Radon to Hundreds of Participants at Shoals Home Show

    *Outreach Efforts in Haiti

    *Advertising Pays for Producer Couple

    *Sunbelt Expo 2006 A Big Success

    *Successful Dairy Goat Operation

    *Parenting 101: Continures to be a Headstart for Children

    *Shoals Master Gardeners Volunteer 14,496 Hours To The Shoals Community

2005 Success Stories

     *Multi-County Workshops and Exhibits on Fire Ants for Urban Areas

     *Grazing School 2005

     *Six Years of Success

     *Monthly TV Program

     *Regional Recreational Pond Meeting

     *Outdoor Sports Activity Day

     *Food Smart Class A Success

     *Nutrition Education Evaluations Can Be Fun

     *Radon Exhibit NAACP Senior Health Fair

     *Radon Exhaust Fan at Hopkins Hall, Alabama A&M University

     *Shoals Employment Project

     *Survival Skills for Parents & Teens and Florence Middle School Career Fair

     *Parenting 101:  A Headstart for Every Child

     *Annual Report - School Supplies

     *Annual Report - Walking and Eating Programs