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S witzer/ KS U Ag Camp for Y

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Growing New Gardeners One Peony at a Time!

About Me!

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4t h generat ion descendant of original set t lers t o Hist oric Nicodemus, KS

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My linage is t he Charles Williams family

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My fat her worked on t he Webst er Dam and met my amazing mot her

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Raised a phenomenal family here!

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Worked at Fort Hays S t at e, Universit y of Missouri – Columbia, and ret ired from Kansas S t at e Universit y

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Living legend and cousin Veryl S wit zer and I st art ed t he camp. We celebrat e

• ur 10t h year t his year!

Bragging a little

S witzer/ KS U Agriculture Camp for Y

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2007 - 2017

Veryl dreamed of a Ag camp

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tatically underrepresented youth are not exposed to Agriculture and farming

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tatistically this group graduate high school at a lower rate than their counter parts

1 out of 10 low-income youth have been to a farm

• 1 out of 8 youth have been to a farmer’s market
• 1 out of 4 youth eat fresh foods on a regularly!

Girls do not think they can be farmers!

• 23%
• f the 2017 graduating class at KS

U in agronmy were women.

• 15%
• f the producers and sellers at farmers markets are men!

About the Camp

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Curriculum developed in part nership wit h College of Agricult ure, Agricult ure in t he Classroom, and t he K-S t at e Ext ension office.

US DA-NRCS S upports the camp!

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NRCS support s t he camp each year by providing a wat er field day at Osborne and Pheasant s Forever provides us wit h a BBQ lunch!

Webster S tate Park and the S tockton Bait S hop has supported the camp!

In Historic Nicodemus Kansas

At KS U

What’s Peonies got to do with it? Our theme for camp this year is: Growing Gardeners one Peony at a time! We will bring the campers for a tour here in S tockton and, Each camper will be given a bulb to plant at their home or apartments. Containers (recycled) will be decorated and given to each camper with potting soil!