2024-25 Marshall County Educational Events

• Direct Marketing Your Meat
• Alabama Beginning Farmer
• Alabama Drought Reach
• Drip Irrigation Workshop
• Elementary School Farm Days
• Operation Grow Veteran Farmer Startups
• Filing for Success: Business Start Ups (Spanish and English)
• Tree & Shrub Pruning Workshop
• Pasture to Rail & Calf Health
• Junior Achievement Programming
• Chick-Fil-A Community Fair
• Creating Creative Containers
• Reading a Soil Test Report Workshop
• Private Pesticide Training & Certification
• Diagnosing your Plant Problems
• ServSafe Certification (English and Spanish)
• Alabama Cottage Food Training & Certification
• Breastfeeding Certification
• Leadership Training for United Way Loaned Executives
• Safe Sleep Initiative Training
• Watermelon Day Celebration
• Tomato Taste Off
• Escape Vapes: Vaping Prevention
• Animal Disease Traceability & Record Keeping Workshop
• Color Me Healthy Nutrition Education for Head Start
• Good to Great Grant Writing
• Your Money, Your Life Financial Planning for Students
• Hoop Houses vs Greenhouses
• Homeowner Pecan Tree Care
• Alabama Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
• Southern Christmas Tree Association Annual Meeting
• Career Countdown
• Dicamba Training
• FFA Land Judging Competition
• On-Farm Poultry Service Rep Training
• Barley in Alabama
• Alabama Nursery & Landscape Battery Operated Equipment Impacts
• Alabama Nursery & Landscape Drone use in Plant Nurseries
• International Poultry House Fan Maintenance Training
• Sheep & Goat Production Meeting
• Moisture Management 2 Ground Level
• Growing a better Farm Business
• Natural Resources Webinar Series
• Money Wise 101
• Walking Like a Champion
• County Row Crop Meeting
• Job Success: Resume Writing, Choosing Careers, and Interview Skills
• Money Wise: Credit Course, Identity Theft & Scams, and Savings Accounts
• Body Quest
• Farm-City Tour
• Farm-City Awards Banquet

Programming Delivery

4-H & Youth

• In-School Clubs
• Summer Camp
• Pig Squeal
• Chick Chain
• Rabbit Project
• Home School Clubs
• Archery Club
• Youth Council
• Pumpkin Project
• Woodworking
• Architecture
• Photography
• Baked Foods

Agriculture

• Agronomic Crops
• Animal Science & Forages
• Commercial Horticulture
• Home Horticulture
• Farm & Agribusiness

Family & Health

• Food Safety & Quality
• Food Preservation
• Financial Management
• Nutrition Education

Natural Resources

• Forestry & Wildlife
• Fisheries & Pond Management

Community Development

• Workforce Development
• Job Skills
• Food Access
• Disaster Preparedness

Ongoing Partnerships & Community Education Outreach

• Marshall County Commission
• United Way
• Marshall County EMA
• Marshall County Schools
• Arab City Schools
• Albertville City Schools
• Boaz City Schools
• Guntersville City Schools
• Alabama FFA
• Alabama Mountains, Rivers & Valleys RC&D Council
• Marshall County Legislative Delegation
• Marshall County Cattlemen’s Association
• Marshall County Farmers Federation
• Marshall County Legislative Office
• Marshall County Leadership Challenge
• Marshall County Youth Leadership
• Albertville Chamber of Commerce
• Guntersville Chamber of Commerce
• Marshall County Soil & Water Conservation District
• Marshall County Forestry Service
• Marshall County Farm Service Agency
• Marshall County Natural Resources Conservation District
• Boaz Senior Center
• Progressive Agriculture Foundation
• Marshall Christian Academy
• ALFA Farmers & ALFA Insurance
• Marshall County Health Department
• Shepherds Place School
• Albertville Farmers Market
• Cornutt Farms
• Marshall County Christian Women’s Job Corps
• Neighborhood Inn
• Marshall County Master Gardeners
• CASA of Marshall County
• Marshall County CAJA
• Progress Rail
• Guntersville Museum
• Arab City Parks & Recreation
• Marshall County RSVP
• Advertiser Gleam
• Jimmy Harris VFW Post 6837
• Sand Mountain Reporter
• Arab Tribune
• Guntersville City Parks & Recreation
• Guntersville State Park
• City of Guntersville
• WQSB Radio Station
• WTWX 95.9 Radio Station
• Guntersville Tree Commission & Beautification Board
• K Supply, Inc.
• Lakeview Community Civic Organization
• Guntersville Library

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.

One Year by the Numbers

• 300+ Educational Programs Delivered
• 2,074 Youth Involved in 4-H Activities
• 102 4-H Animal Projects Completed
• 67 4-H Members Attending Regional and State Competitions
• 31% 4-H’ers are Hispanic or Latino
• 8,400 Pounds of Produce Grown & Donated to Homebound Seniors (Master Gardeners)
• 1,150 4-H Competitive Event Projects Completed

For More Information

Marshall County Extension

• 424 Blount Avenue, Guntersville, AL 35976
• (256) 582-2009

Kristen Roberson, County Extension Director, Marshall County

New November 2025, Marshall County Annual Report, ACES-2823