Agriculture
The number of field trials currently underway in Halifax County.
What is five — corn, cotton, peanuts, bale grazing, and crabgrass?
This is the recommended number of minutes of physical activity adults should get each week to maintain good health.
What is 150 minutes per week?
The number of youth from Halifax County placed at the State Level Presentations in 2025.
What is 4? (All four youth placed—two earned Gold awards, and two received Bronze awards.)
This type of volunteer work helps improve neighborhoods by cleaning up parks, planting gardens, or helping at food banks.
What is community service?
This year held the first Harvest Days.
What is 1992?
This acronym stands for the Chowan, Roanoke, and Meherrin Rivers.
What is CHROME?
This annual event highlights local services and resources for seniors living in Halifax and Northampton counties.
What is the Annual Roanoke Valley Aging Expo?
A new club starting this year will involve students from all Halifax County school systems and focus on local government, job skills, and public speaking.
What is the Junior Commissioners Club?
Our free 8-week summer camp allows youth to try new activities like collaborating with 4-H kayaking, crabbing, and rock climbing. This type of camp is known for combining fun with learning.
What is an enrichment camp
This is the primary goal of Harvest Days.
What is to promote the heritage, history, and agrarian culture of Halifax County?
Out of NC’s 100 counties, this is where Halifax County ranked in cotton acreage in 2024.
What is 1st?
According to the American Diabetes Association, this is the target fasting blood sugar range for a person living with diabetes.
What is 80–130 mg/dL?
This number of students increased their knowledge of the life cycle through hands-on embryology lessons in 21 classrooms across 5 elementary schools.
What is 303?
Attending summer camp can build this important social skill by encouraging teamwork and friendship.
What are communication skills?
This is the goal of Friday’s activities during Harvest Days.
What is to provide educational stations and activities specifically for all 4th and 5th grade students in the county?
This program provides free seeds and a place to donate seeds for other gardeners across Halifax County.
What are the Seed Libraries in each of the county's libraries?
This temperature range is known as the "Danger Zone" because bacteria grow rapidly.
What is 41°F to 135°F?
This is the number of youth served by the 4-H Rural Life Center Summer Day Camp during the summer of 2025.
What is 341?
The Cooperative Extension program that handles youth offenders ages 16-24.
What is the WIOA student incentive youth program?
These people are involved in each year’s Harvest Days event
Who is everyone?
This non-profit organization provides opportunities for youth to prepare themselves and their animals to compete at the NC State Fair each year.
What is the Eastern Carolina Showmanship Circuit?
This practice helps you plan meals, track purchases, and prevent overspending at the grocery store.
What is making a shopping list, and checking what items you already have on hand?
This was the number of scholarship opportunities available for a free week of summer day camp.
What is 31? ($1,750)
These services are provided through the WIOA program.
What are resume building, seeking employment, supportive services (assisting with transportation), community support (assisting at food banks)?
These are the dates for the 2025 Harvest Days event.
What is October 17–18?