{"id":11700,"date":"2022-05-10T11:17:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T15:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/?p=11700"},"modified":"2022-05-10T11:17:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T15:17:02","slug":"umaine-extension-4-h-umaine-aquaculture-research-staff-win-national-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/2022\/05\/10\/umaine-extension-4-h-umaine-aquaculture-research-staff-win-national-award\/","title":{"rendered":"UMaine Extension 4-H, UMaine aquaculture research staff win national award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H youth development professional Carla Scocchi is the recipient of the 2021 Denise Miller National 4-H Innovator Award presented by the National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals. The award \u201crecognizes an individual or team who exemplifies innovation, accomplishment, and commitment in the design and delivery of a unique 4-H program\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nae4hydp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nae4hydp.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1652271103675000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2BRMJdY1PI0Bvo9bPZheD2\">NAE4-HYDP website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Scocchi, along with award team members Melissa Malmstedt, education and outreach coordinator at the University of Maine Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research, and Scarlett Tudor, education and outreach coordinator at the UMaine Aquaculture Research Institute, developed and delivered an at-home aquaponics program to reach youth with interests in fish, home aquaria or modern agricultural technology who were isolated at home during the pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A recent UMaine Today magazine story,\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/umainetoday.umaine.edu\/features\/2021\/hooked-on-aquaponics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/umainetoday.umaine.edu\/features\/2021\/hooked-on-aquaponics\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1652271103675000&amp;usg=AOvVaw34CqLgjLy0v3BqGfB4InoJ\">Hooked on Aquaponics<\/a>,\u201d describes the journey of one young student who loves fish, aquaponics and learning. \u201cThis project illustrates a successful virtual program that sustained a hands-on component on the ground. What defines the 4-H Aquaponics Project as innovative is not only that the experience could be replicated by other 4-H programs, but that it serves as a model for how 4-H can preserve its learn-by-doing approach in the post-pandemic world,\u201d Scocchi said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tudor added, \u201cMany of the skills that kids learn in this program are highly transferable to careers within and outside of aquaculture, all of which are extremely important to our workforce in Maine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">More information is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/hancock\/4h\/aquaponics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/hancock\/4h\/aquaponics\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1652271103675000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0iUUjJhuLVP3WN7KLNoZ9F\">UMaine Extension 4-H Aquaponics Project website<\/a>. More information about the 4-H program is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1652271103675000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3_2tgKgbGSEqevzmP1-4Xn\">UMaine Extension 4-H website<\/a>, or by contacting 207.581.3877; <a href=\"mailto:jessica.brainerd@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jessica.brainerd@maine.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H youth development professional Carla Scocchi is the recipient of the 2021 Denise Miller National 4-H Innovator Award presented by the National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals. 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