Subject: Servsafe - St Clair County Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: St Clair County Extension 1815 Cogswell Ave, #103 Pell City, AL 35125 Calendar: ACES Food Safety, Preparation & Preservation
Subject: Servsafe - St Clair County Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: St Clair County Extension 1815 Cogswell Ave, #103 Pell City, AL 35125 Calendar: ACES Food Safety, Preparation & Preservation
Subject: Starting Seeds Workshop Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Location: Pell City Civic Center, 2801 Stemley Bridge Rd., Pell City, AL 35128 Calendar: ACES Home Grounds, Gardens & Home Pests
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Subject: Cooking Smart Class Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: St. Clair Co Extension Office, Suite 103, lower level of Pell City Courthouse Calendar: ACES Human Nutrition Diet & Health
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Subject: Rain Barrel Workshop Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Location: Pell City Civic Center, 2801 Stemley Bridge Rd., Pell City, AL 35128 Calendar: ACES Home Grounds, Gardens & Home Pests
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4-H to Join in Alabama Gives Day February 2nd to Support Nonprofits Alabama 4-H, the state’s largest youth development organization, is joining other nonprofits in the state for the first, massive, one-day online giving opportunity on Thursday, Feb. 2nd. Click here for more information about 4-H and Alabama Gives Day. Click here to watch the Alabama Giving Day Promo. Please consider giving to help St. Clair County 4-H .
Forage Basics Mini-Series Offered in March All livestock producers, horse owners and hay producers are encouraged to attend a three (3) night forage mini series. Soils and Fertility, Forage Nutrition and Economics and pest management are the three (3) central topics for discussion. Meeting dates are March 13, April 10 and May 15, 2012. All meetings will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held at the Ohatchee Municipal Complex (7801 Hwy 77 in Ohatchee). Meetings will also be held on March 15, April 12, and May 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Blount County Extension Office Oneonta. There is no cost for attending this series but pre-registration is strongly encouraged. Please contact regional agent Henry Dorough at the St. Clair County Extension office at (205) 338-9416 for more information and to RSVP. Click here to see a copy of the flyer.
If you are 45 years old or older and want to learn how to use the computer and navigate the internet, please call Kathleen Monaghan, peer coach, at the St. Clair County Extension office at (205) 338-9416. The program is FREE and Monday & Tuesday appointments are currently available. This program is made possible through a continued partnership with the Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging and is a national community service initiative which is intended to reduce the digital divide among older adults.
Cooking Smart Class If you are a parent or grandparent and want to learn more about how to prepare healthy meals at home for your children to balance their caloric intake, which is essential for weight management and obesity prevention, make plans to attend our Cooking Smart Class on Friday, February 24th. The class will be held in the Extension office auditorium from 9 a.m.--3 p.m. Cost is $10 and lunch is provided. For more information, please contact Regional Extension Agents, Jennifer Dutton or Angela Treadaway at (205) 338-9416. You must pre-register no later than Wednesday, February 17th. Class is limited to 18. Click here to download a registration form.
The Talladega County Extension office, neighbor to the St. Clair office, is offering a "Blueberry Pruning Workshop" on Wednesday, February 15th from 9--11:30 a.m. at Craft Blueberry Farm in Talladega.. Regional Extension Agent, Chip East, will teach the class. Click here for more information or to print a flyer/registration form.
The Talladega County Extension office, neighbor to the St. Clair office, is offering a "Muscadine Pruning Workshop" on Wednesday, February 15th from 1--3:30 p.m. at Curtis Watt Farm in Munford. Cost is $5. Regional Extension Agent, Chip East, will teach the class. Click here for more information or to print a flyer/registration form.
Starting Seeds Workshop to be held on Friday, February 17th from 9 a.m.--11 a.m. at the Pell City Civic Center. Cost is $10 per person.This workshop will cover all aspects of growing healthy seedlings for transplanting at home. This is a hands-on workshop, so prepare to get your hands dirty. Participants will take home a flat of tomatoes to grow indoors at home. You must pre-register to attend by Friday, February 10th. Click here to download a registration form. Class size is limited to 25. For more information about the workshop, please contact Danielle Carroll, Outreach Programs Administrator, at 205-338-9416.
Rain Barrel Workshop A Rain Barrel Workshop will be held on Friday, February 24th from 10 a.m.--2 p.m. at the Pell City Civic Center. Cost is $40 per person and includes a rain barrel to take home and lunch. You must pre-register to attend no later than Friday, February 17th. Click here to download a registration form. For more information about the workshop, please contact Regional Extension Agent, Charles Pinkston, at (205) 338-9416. This workshop is being presented by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, St. Clair County office, in partnership with the Middle Coosa Watershed Project and the Coosa Basin Clean Water Partnership.
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Home Gardening Information Available
Free Soil Sample Boxes available at the St. Clair County Extension Office. Cost to have analyzed is $7/per sample.
Master Gardener/Horticulture Hotline #1-877-252-4769 Call toll-free, choose menu #5 for our area. Available Monday-Thursday, beginning April 4th, from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Contact an Expert. Regional Extension Agents Charles Pinkston and Sallie Lee are available to answer your home horticulture, home garden, and home pest management questions. They can be reached by phone at (205) 338-9416 or by email.
Free publications available at the St. Clair County Extension office, located on the lower level of the St. Clair County Courthouse in Pell City, and on this website. Just click the Publications link at the top of this page and type in what you are searching for.
From Farm to Table: Virtual Poultry Farm Tour Click here to see our recently released Virtual Poultry Farm Tour hosted by, Kent Stanford, Extension Specialist. It was first utilized this summer during our 4-H Clover Classroom and is now being shown at 4-H club meetings across the county to promote Farm-City Week. Thanks to our sponsors: Alabama Contract Poultry Growers Association, St Clair Farmers Federation & the St. Clair County Poultry Growers Association.
Looking for U-Pick Operations & Farmers Markets in St. Clair County? Click here to visit the Alabama Farmers Market Authority website for more information about what's available here in St. Clair County.
St. Clair County Master Gardeners Website The St. Clair County Master Gardeners are now on the web! Click here to visit their new site. A Master Gardeners class will be offered at the St. Clair County Extension office in September. Click here for more information and to download a Master Gardener Volunteer application.
Extension Offers FREE Newsletter Subscribe today to receive the Extension Newsletter, a FREE bi-monthly newsletter published by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System's St. Clair County office. It contains timely, research-based information on issues directly related to St. Clair County families. Information about Extension program events and activities is also included. To be placed on our newsletter mailing list, please call the St. Clair County Extension office at (205) 338-9416 or email your name and address to County Extension Coordinator, Lee Ann Clark. The newsletter is also available electronically. Click here to see current and past issues.
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About St. Clair County
St. Clair County was created in November of 1818 by the Alabama Territorial Legislature. It was named for General Arthur St. Clair who came to America from Scotland as an ensign in the British Navy. The county seat was incorporated and given the name Ashville, to honor John Ash. In 1836, a portion of St. Clair County was divided to establish Cherokee and DeKalb counties. After the Civil War in 1866, a northeast section of the county was used to create Etowah County.
Current population is 78,054 with 90 percent white, 8 percent black, and 2 percent hispanic and other. The county has twenty-five educational outlets which include eleven elementary schools, seven middle schools, seven high schools, and one community college.
Beef cattle, hay, tomatoes, poultry and sod are major agricultural crops. Major industries include Avondale Mills and Chandler Mountain tomato fields.
St. Clair County 4-H Program Website 
From Farm to Table: Virtual Poultry Farm Tour 
