Events

Youth Crop Scouting Competition

A competition that prepares youth for life beyond the field.

For youth looking towards a career in agriculture, specifically within the agronomy sector, the Illinois Youth Crop Scouting Competition…

4-H Project Show at the Illinois State Fair

Save the date!

If you want to see what 4-H is all about, make sure to visit the Illinois State Fair. Award-winning 4-H members display their general project work during three amazing days of the…

Inflation: How it Affects a Fixed-Income Budget

Learn strategies and resources to deal with inflation.

Have you visited the grocery store recently and noticed that an item you regularly purchase is more expensive than usual? According to the…

Giving the Gift of Flowers

Join us for a program on August 12, 5:30 p.m. at the Jackson County Extension Office. Flowers can offer many benefits to us aesthetically, as food, and as an added value item to your farm stand.…

2025 State 4-H Shooting Sports Competitions: Air Rifle

Join us for the Illinois 4-H Air Rifle State Shoot!

Illinois 4-H State Shoots in air rifle, archery, and shotgun are intended to provide an opportunity for teenage 4-H members to compete with those…

Birding Walks with Master Naturalist Lily Glaeser

Join Master Naturalist, Lily Glaeser, for a leisurely walk in nature to look at birds on August 24 from 8:30-10 a.m. at Green Earth Chautauqua Bottoms Nature Preserve: Main Parking Lot - 2100 W…

Caterpillars and their Host Plants

Join us for a day of garden stewardship, education and fun as we partner with the US Army Corps of Engineers at Rend Lake Project Office to provide public pollinator garden stewardship…

Where to Start: Declutter Your Home and Finances

Discover simple steps to organize your space and financial documents.

Do you feel overwhelmed trying to organize your stuff? Do you have a filing cabinet spilling over with financial paperwork?…

Birding Walks with Master Naturalist Lily Glaeser

Join Master Naturalist, Lily Glaeser, for a leisurely walk in nature to look at birds on September 11 from 8:30-10 a.m. at Green Earth Oakland Nature Preserve: 1319-1321 N Oakland Ave, Carbondale…

2025 State 4-H Shooting Sports Competitions: Archery

Illinois 4-H State Shoots in air rifle, archery, and shotgun are intended to provide an opportunity for teenage 4-H members to compete with those with like interests from throughout Illinois.…