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Two 4-H Members Featured in Farm & Dairy

Farm and DairySoda Kiser and Ava Burrows—both Cuyahoga County 4-H members—were recently featured in separate Farm and Dairy articles in which each discuss the challenges and rewards of being involved in agriculture in a county significantly less rural than its neighbors.

Having developed his interest in agriculture during COVID, Soda Kiser raises 4-H Market Animals at Stearns Homestead, an educational farm (and the only farm for that matter) in Parma, Ohio. He is particularly interested in raising cattle, and plans to study Animal Science. Ava Burrow's passions, on the other hand, are geared towards poultry. Despite being just 13 years old, she's already won several awards and even started her own enterprise, Cluckity Homestead, LLC, to promote her business of raising chickens and quail.

Bunny BloomAnd yet another Cuyahoga County 4-H member has started her own agri-business.  Addison Nather founded Bunny Bloom, a small business that supplies soil fertilizer generated by her 3 Holland Lop rabbits.  Their names are Hershey, Misty and Lincoln.  Addison has had them for many years and has learned a lot about them! 

While Cuyahoga may have less land available for farming and agriculture than most counties in Ohio, these 4-Hers have proven that where there's a will, there's a way. After visiting with several Cuyahoga County 4-H members at Homestead Hoofers Potential Buyers Night, one Parma resident said, "These kids represent what is right in America." We couldn't agree more.

Click here to read the Farm and Dairy feature on Soda Kiser, or click here to check out the article on Ava Burrows.