Category: Upstate

Haven Blackwell 4-H Youth Development Agent Cherokee County I am Haven Blackwell. I began my career with Cherokee County Clemson Extension just a short time ago in June of 2023 as the 4-H Youth Development Agent. I was born and raised in Gaffney and after graduating from Gaffney High School, I went on to earn […]

Drew Jeffers Horticulture and Natural Resources Agent Spartanburg County 6th Annual IPM Symposium Keeps Growing! Horticulture agent Drew Jeffers has some exciting programs and projects coming up! The 6th Annual Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Symposium in Greer, SC, is sold out. It is now a hybrid event where satellite locations around the state can view […]

Laura Haddon 4-H Youth Development Agent Spartanburg County Spartanburg County 4-H has partnered with the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Upstate, now called Kids Club of the Upstate, for many years.  Through 21st Century grant funding the Kids Club contracts with Spartanburg 4-H to provide Healthy Lifestyles, STEM, and Ag in the Classroom lessons. […]

Bryan Smith Area Extension Agent-Agricultural Engineer The Laurens County Extension Office is currently hosting a hybrid Master Gardener course.  The Master Gardener course began on August 15, 2023 and will meet each Tuesday through December 5.  This year’s course has 13 students. Students in the course will complete 16 three-hour classes on subjects including lawn […]

Heather Nix Upstate Regional Water Resource Agent Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens, & Spartanburg Counties Water is often taken for granted, but we depend on it for nearly everything, such as drinking water, growing food, producing electricity, recreating, and for industrial purposes. Several state agencies are working hard behind the scenes […]

Mark Cathcart, Union County 4-H Agent Being a 4-H agent is the most rewarding, frustrating, difficult, and easiest job I have ever had.  4-H agents do everything at once while everyone thinks you are doing nothing, or just playing with kids.  As a blacksmith, I have a desire to pass the love of this trade […]