It’s easy being green on Show Your 4-H Colours Day

Nov 02, 2021

Don’t be green with envy, be green with 4-H pride.

November 3 is Show Your 4-H Colours Day—and the colour is green!

The Show Your 4-H Colours Day is an easy way to express your support for 4-H Canada, the global institution that provides support and leadership for world-class positive youth experiences in our country.

The wearing of the 4-H green event is a means for 4-H members, leaders, alumni and supporters to band together to spread awareness of 4-H youth association and to support the positive impact the 4-H program is making here in Canada and internationally.

Farms.com president and CEO Graham Dyer (see photo above) isn’t merely paying lip service—he’s a proud 4-H alumni.

“I was a 4-H member for many years—many fun years,” Dyer related. “I showed my beef heifers across Ontario, and joined many other clubs including leadership and financial management."

He said that it was via his time at 4-H that he learned new skills, had many great experiences, and met wonderful people who had a life-long impact on him.

“The 4-H motto of ‘Learn To Do By Doing’ still resonates with me today,” he said. “I am proud to show my colours—and want to thank the many volunteers and club leaders who have helped me throughout the years.”

Along with wearing green on Show Your 4-H Colours Day, you can also show your support by purchasing a 4-H tee shirt - HERE, or by visiting one of the Canadian landmarks for its evening green light showcase on November 3. A full list of participating Canadian sites can be found at: https://showyour4hcolours.ca/landmarks/

As one of the largest youth organizations in the world, 4-H can be found in over 70 countries, including Canada, which has over 23,500 active members and 7,800 fantastic volunteers.

With humble origins in Roland, Manitoba in 1913, the 4-H Canada moniker was adopted in 1952 and maintains its reputation as one of the most well-respected youth-serving organizations in Canada.

Contact 4-H Canada to find out how you can become a part of our nation’s agricultural present and future at https://4-h-canada.ca/. And don’t forget to show your green.

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.