We had a wonderful time at the District 5 4-H Food Show/Food Challenge today.  Cherokee County was well represented.  

Jr. Team made up of Kara Woffard, Kendall Filer and Amber Dickey placed 4th in the Food Challenge.

Intermediate Team made up of Katy Dickey, John Woffard, Sarah Woffard and Trey Shipman placed 1st in the Food  Challenge.

Amber Dickey placed 3rd in the Jr. Division/Vegetable category in the Food Show.

Trey Shipman placed 3rd in the Intermediate Place Setting, 2nd in the poster contest, and 1st


in the Intermediate Division/Vegetable category.

David Wingard placed 5th in the Senior division/Vegetable category, and 1st in the Senior Place Setting for the Food Show.

We are so proud of ALL of the participants!!  

Long Eared Drifter - Cute video to remind us of the importance of good nutrition.

The District 5 4-H Food Extravaganza is now on

 4-H Connect and ready for entries.  The last day to register will be January 24, 2014.

The memo for this contest was sent out in October 2013 and is available on the D5 Web page.     Fillable forms are also available on the website.

District Food Show/Challenge Reminder

The District Food Show will be held at SFA in Nacogdoches on February 1st.  Now is the time to sign up on 4honline.com.  The deadline to sign up is January 24th.

Masterchef Jr. Open Casting Call

Recipe Rally

Information on the 2014 Recipe Rally contest, held in conjunction 
with Texas 4-H Roundup, is now available at texas4-h.tamu.edu/
healthy_lifestyles. 

The contest is open to intermediate and senior 4-H members. To participate, youth (as a team or individual) create a video of them demonstrating the preparation of a recipe while highlighting nutrients, food safety practices, serving size and cost analysis. 

The theme for the 2014 contest is breakfast. All video entries are due by March 1, 2014, with the top 6 finalists in each age division advancing to participate at Texas 4-H Roundup.

District Registration now open for the Food Show/Challenge

Registration for the 2014 District Food Show/Food Challenge is now up on 4honline.com.

You must register on the website to be eligible to compete at the District Food Show.  The deadline to register is January 24th, so be sure to register before then.