{"id":16672,"date":"2020-01-29T09:24:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T14:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/?page_id=16672"},"modified":"2020-01-30T10:07:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T15:07:35","slug":"growing-aspirations-maitc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/growing-aspirations-maitc\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Aspirations (MAITC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16735\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2020\/01\/Aspirations-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"icon for 4-H Growing Aspirations button\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2020\/01\/Aspirations-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2020\/01\/Aspirations-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2020\/01\/Aspirations-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2020\/01\/Aspirations-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2020\/01\/Aspirations-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2020\/01\/Aspirations-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2020\/01\/Aspirations.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,200px\" \/>Careers in the Maine Food System<\/h3>\n<p>Developed by a team of family and consumer science teachers and 4-H staff as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maineagintheclassroom.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Maine Ag in the Classroom<\/a> program, this kit features activities aimed to help youth identify and develop habits of mind, learn about the multi-faceted Maine Food System, and develop career aspirations and identify training and education pathways for reaching their goals. These activities incorporate videos from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/growing-maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Growing Maine project<\/a>\u00a0featuring Maine families and their stories of developing successful businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The activities are geared toward middle and high school-aged youth.<\/p>\n<p>Included activities:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachmefoodandfarms.org\/a-lifetime-of-farming-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">A Lifetime of Farming<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachmefoodandfarms.org\/growing-aspirations-sweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Sweet!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachmefoodandfarms.org\/maine-blueberries-and-macarons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Maine Blueberries and Macarons &#8211; Delicious Possibilities!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachmefoodandfarms.org\/create-a-label\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Create a Label<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachmefoodandfarms.org\/create-your-own-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Create Your Own Recipe!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Are you interested in learning more about what the University of Maine and UMaine system campuses offer?<\/p>\n<p>The University of Maine offers over 100 academic majors!\u00a0To learn more either:<\/p>\n<p>Visit UMaine\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/find-a-major\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Find a Major<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maine.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Explore our other campuses here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you need help connecting to UMaine or one of the other UMaine System campuses, contact us by\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:4Hscience@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">email<\/a> or call 207.581.3877 and ask for Laura, Greg, or Sarah!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Careers in the Maine Food System Developed by a team of family and consumer science teachers and 4-H staff as part of the Maine Ag in the Classroom program, this kit features activities aimed to help youth identify and develop habits of mind, learn about the multi-faceted Maine Food System, and develop career aspirations and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"parent":1679,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16672","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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