Floyd County is a rural county located in Southwest Virginia north of the Blue Ridge Parkway and south of Virginia Tech. We are bordered by Patrick, Carroll, Pulaski, Montgomery, Roanoke and Franklin Counties and have a land mass of 383 square miles. The population totals over 15,500 residents, of which approximately 3,216 are youth, ages 17 and under (Kids Count, 2018). Students attend one of five schools: the elementary schools of Check, Floyd, Willis, and Indian Valley or Floyd County High School. There are two grocery stores, several restaurants, many artisan businesses, a variety of agricultural enterprises including cattle, conventional horticulture and organic food systems, forestry production, and our own farmers market. The 4-H Youth Development Agent is a professional educator who provides leadership to the local 4-H program and manages its day-to-day operation. 4-H is a community of young people learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills. The mission of 4-H is to develop youth, and adults working with those youth, to realize their full potential and become effective, contributing citizens. This is achieved through the development and delivery of research-based, non-formal, hands-on educational experiences.