Etowah County Educational Events

• ServSafe for Food Service/Cottage Food Safety Certificate Course
• Eat Smart Be Active/Today’s Mom Master Gardeners
• Earth Day Litter Pickup
• Raised Bed Gardens in Public Housing Communities Vegetable Seed Giveaway
• Virtual Programming
• Invasive Plant Management Workforce Academy
• Small Business Workshops
• Fact of Fiction? The Truth Behind GMOs
• Hometown Hospitality—Customer Service Training
• Alabama Department of Agriculture
  • Private Pesticide License
  • Training and Certification
• Local Growers Permits
• Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Voucher Program
• Nutrition Programs

Resource Areas Serving Etowah County

4-H & Youth

• Summer Camp
• In-School Clubs
• Photography Club
• Alabama Water Watch 4-H Club
• Animal Clubs
• Beekeeping Club
• Black Creek 4-H Archery Club
• Computer Science 4-H Club
• Cool Kids
• Cooking Club
• Dog 4-H Club
• Etowah County 4-H Homeschool Club
• Fly Fishing 4-H Club
• Forestry/Wildlife 4-H Club
• Horse 4-H Club
• KIND 4-H Community Club
• Livestock 4-H Club
• Outdoor Adventure 4-H Club
• Outdoor Survival 4-H Club
• Poultry/Rabbit 4-H Club
• Shotgun 4-H Club
• Top Shots 4-H Rifle Club

Agriculture

• Home Grounds
• Commercial Ag
• Agronomic Crops
• Livestock and Poultry

Family & Health

• Food Safety and Quality
• Money Management
• Nutrition Education

Natural Resources

• Wildlife/Forestry
• Pond Management

Economic Development

• Workforce Development
• Job Skills
• Community Development

Etowah County Extension Partnerships & Community Education Outreach

• Etowah County Commission
• Coosa Valley RC&D
• Greater Gadsden Housing Authority
• Downtown Gadsden Inc.
• Gadsden State Community College
• United Way
• Gadsden City Schools
• Etowah County Schools
• 5th Street Farmers Market
• Gadsden Public Library
• Greater Gadsden Tourism
• SPAN of Etowah County
• Gadsden Job Corps
• Gadsden – Etowah Chamber of Commerce
• Etowah County Farmers Federation
• Annual Community Health Fairs City of Gadsden
• Beautiful Rainbow Cafe
• Alabama Department of Public Health

Increasing Quality of Life for Alabamians with Research-Based Information

• 4-H’ers are four times more likely to give back to their communities and two times more likely to make healthy choices.
• Students who participated in the Nutrition Education Program ate 57 percent of the fresh fruits and vegetables through the school lunch program.

One Year by the Numbers

• 208 Soil Samples
• 200 In Expanded Food and Nutrition Education
• 29 Food Safety/ServSafe and Cottage Food Training Participants
• 1,457 Program Participants
• 353 Nutrition Education Participants
• 1,578 4-H’ers Enrolled

For more information:

Etowah County Extension

Eric Wright

County Extension Coordinator

3200A West Meighan Blvd.

Gadsden, AL 35904

Phone: (256)547-7936

Eric Wright, County Extension Coordinator

New January 2022, Etowah County Annual Report, ACES-2648