UGA Cobb Extension

06/01/2026

Support Cobb County Georgia 4-H with a fresh produce box purchase!

For just $35, you'll receive a fresh assortment of seasonal produce that's perfect for family meals, summer recipes, and healthy eating. Every purchase helps support Cobb County Georgia 4-H programs, activities, and opportunities for local youth.

Typical produce may include:
• Bell peppers
• Cucumbers
• Green beans
• Cabbage
• Corn
• Zucchini
• Yellow squash
• Jalapeños

Please note that produce selections may vary based on seasonal availability.

Order deadline: June 19

Pickup Information:
Thursday, June 25
8:00 AM–5:00 PM

Pickup Location:
678 South Cobb Drive, Suite 200
Marietta, GA 30060

Important: This is a pickup-only fundraiser. Shipping is not available.

Order Link: Link: https://frontdoorproduce.com/products/cobb-county-georgia-4-h-fresh-produce-box-fundraiser

If ordering to support a specific Cobb County Georgia 4-H member, please enter their name during checkout.

Thank you for supporting local youth and helping Cobb County Georgia 4-H grow future leaders.

05/24/2026

We have couple spots left for our Strawberry jam class. You can still register!

Preserve the flavors of the season with us!

Join our FACS Agent, Zoe, for hands-on Food Preservation Workshops. Learn safe, research-based techniques for preserving fresh foods at home while making seasonal favorites.

2026 Workshop Schedule

May 28, 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Strawberry Jam
Register by May 21

June 25, 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Peach Jam
Register by June 18

July 8, 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Tomato Salsa
Register by July 1

August 11, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Green Beans
Register by August 4

September 10, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Pepper Jelly
Register by September 3

October 15, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Apple Pie Filling
Register by October 8

Registration is $30 per class.

To register, visit our office or call 770-528-4070.

Cobb County Extension Office
678 South Cobb Drive, Suite 200
Marietta, GA 30060

Please contact us at least 3 weeks in advance if you need an accommodation to participate.

05/12/2026

Salt it. Spice it. Ferment it.
Learn how to make kimchi safely at home.
Kimchi is a traditional Korean staple dish made of salted, fermented vegetables, most commonly napa cabbage and radishes, seasoned with chili powder, garlic, ginger, and fish sauce. Known for its spicy, sour, and pungent flavor, it is packed with probiotics.

6 - 8 p.m., Wednesday, June 3
at the Cobb County UGA Extension
678 South Cobb Drive, Suite 200, Marietta.

Attendees see a demonstration, and receive a recipe, ingredients, and a scale - all worth $25.
The class is $5.
To register, call 770-528-4070 or stop by the office, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. weekdays.

05/11/2026

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘰𝘣𝘣 4-𝘏'𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 Cobb County Government 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩! 🍀
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4-𝙃 𝘾𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙤𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙅𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

2024-2025 Georgia 4-H State Cotton Boll and Consumer Judging Champions and 2026 4-H Family and Consumer Science National Championship Team. They won Champion Team Overall, Champion Team for Placings, Champion Team for Group Think, and Reserve Champion Team for Reasons.
• Shubham Badve (Wheeler High School)
• Aarsheya Gunjal (Sprayberry High School)
• Naitik Maheshwari (Wheeler High School)
• Prayushi Padhi (Campbell High School)

2025-2026 Cobb 4-H Consumer Judging 2nd Place Team at the Georgia 4-H State Cotton Boll and Consumer Judging Competition.
• Phebe Burroughs-Thebault (Homeschool)
• Summer Burroughs-Thebault (Homeschool)
• Akua Owusu-Afriyie (Osborne High School)
• Kartikeya Shukla (Wheeler High School)

Sponsored by the Georgia Cotton Commission, Cotton Boll and Consumer Judging teaches 4-H'ers how to be smart consumers. State winners are invited to compete at the national competition in San Antonio, Texas.
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𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙎𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥

2025-2026 Georgia 4-H 1st Place Junior Varsity Team and National LifeSmarts Championship Junior Varsity 1st Place Team.
• Navin Natarajan, Team Captain (Simpson Middle School)
• Tara Manickaraj (Campbell Middle School)
• Ky’Lan Mullins (East Cobb Middle School)
• Joy Patadia (Durham Middle School)

2024-2025 Georgia 4-H Wild Card Varsity Team and National LifeSmarts Championship 4th Place Team; 2025-2026 Georgia 4-H 2nd Place Varsity Team and National LifeSmarts Championship 5th Place Team.
• Ajay Manickaraj, 2026 Captain (Campbell High School)
• Harith Jayavel, 2025 Captain (Campbell High School)
• Shubham Badve (Wheeler High School)
• Phebe Burroughs-Thebault (Home School)
• Summer Burroughs-Thebault (Homeschool)

2024-2025 Georgia 4-H LifeSmarts Championship Junior Varsity 1st Place Team and National LifeSmarts Championship 1st Place Team.
• Camille Days, Team Captain (Cooper Middle School)
• Rakshath Jayavel (Campbell High School)
• Navin Natarajan (Simpson Middle School)
• Joy Patadia (Durham Middle School)
• Malhar Rajole (JJ Daniel Middle School)

LifeSmarts teaches youth about personal finance, health & safety, the environment, technology & workforce preparation, and consumer rights & responsibilities. LifeSmarts is a program of the National Consumers League (NCL).

Georgia 4-H Northwest District Georgia LifeSmarts Cobb County Schools Georgia 4-H Georgia 4-H Foundation Cobb County Schools

05/08/2026

Congratulations, Navin, Tara, Joy, and Ky'Lan!

https://nclnet.org/georgia-wins-the-2026-junior-varsity-national-lifesmarts-championship/

Cobb County Government Georgia 4-H Northwest District Georgia 4-H Cobb County Schools Cobb County Farm Bureau

May 7, 2026: In a hard-fought match where the lead went back and forth, Georgia won the Junior Varsity National LifeSmarts Championship title. The Georgia team members are Navin Natarajan; Ky’Lan Mullins, Joy Patadia, and Tara Manickaraj, and coaches are Colleen Bakhsh and Kathleen McElroy.

05/08/2026

Introducing the 2026 National JV LifeSmarts Champions!

Congratulations to Team Captain Navin Natarajan (Simpson Middle School), Tara Manickaraj (Campbell Middle School), Ky’Lan Mullins (East Cobb Middle School), and Joy Patadia (Durham Middle School) on bringing in the gold for Georgia for the second year in a row! Congratulations to our fellow National JV LifeSmarts Teams!

We are so grateful to Cobb County Government ITS, Mr. Stan Kirk, Cobb County Farm Bureau, LifeSmarts, National Consumers League, Georgia LifeSmarts, Georgia 4-H, and UGA Extension for all of their support. A special thank you to Cobb County ITS for helping us with the technology equipment and to Cobb County Farm Bureau for treating the team to Chick-fil-A lunch during the competition.

All in all, our Cobb 4-H’ers are “LifeSmarter” in technology and workforce preparation, health and safety, personal finance, consumer rights and responsibilities, and environmental science.

If you have a 6th-12th grader coming up next year, and are interested in LifeSmarts make sure to visit the Cobb 4-H Open House in August to learn more about the program!

05/01/2026

Have you been wanting to learn about fermenting foods at home?

Join UGA Extension Cobb County for a Make Kimchi Safely at Home Workshop. Participants will learn safe, research-based food preservation practices through a kimchi-making demonstration.

Workshop Details
Wednesday, June 3
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
UGA Extension Cobb County
678 South Cobb Drive, Suite 200
Marietta, GA 30060

Cost: $5
Registration is required. Only 12 spots are available.

To register, call 770-528-4070 or stop by the office Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

The workshop includes:

1-hour workshop
Demonstration of kimchi making
Kit valued at $25, including a tested recipe, dry ingredients, and a weighing scale

Questions? Contact Zoe Soltanmammedova at [email protected]
or 770-528-4070.

UGA is an Equal Opportunity Institution. If you need reasonable accommodation or language access services, contact the Cobb County Extension office at 770-528-4070 or [email protected]
at least three weeks prior to the program date.

04/22/2026

The Cobb 4-H Varsity Bananas LifeSmarts Team would like to give a special recognition of appreciation to Cobb County Farm Bureau for their generous sponsorship! We are grateful for your support as we continue to give our local youth the opportunity to become "LifeSmarter" by learning about personal finance, consumer rights and responsibilities, environmental science, technology, workforce preparation, and health and safety. Thank you, Cobb County Farm Bureau, for supporting and cheering on The Bananas!

04/22/2026

Cobb County 4-H volunteers are the heart of the program, empowering youth to learn, grow, and become confident leaders. Thank you for your tireless commitment, from leading clubs and mentoring to chaperoning, which makes the 4-H experience possible. Your dedication directly impacts the future by helping youth build essential skills.

04/21/2026

The Cobb 4-H Varsity Bananas LifeSmarts Team would like to thank and honor our business sponsors for supporting our team at the LifeSmarts National Championship in Orlando! LifeSmarts teaches youth about insurance, how to buy a car, healthy living, environmental science, how to be smart consumers, and so much more to help them prepare for their future. Your sponsorships are helping our youth to grow smarter! Also, many thanks to LifeSmarts and the Georgia 4-H Foundation for their support! Special shoutout to LifeSmarts Banana alumna and Cincinnati team captain Emma B. for volunteering!

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤:

𝐂𝐨𝐛𝐛 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐮
𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥
𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐳𝐳𝐢’𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐏𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐚 &𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚
𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐋𝐋𝐂
𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐚

The Cobb 4-H LifeSmarts Varsity Bananas, Captain Ajay, Harith, Shubham, Summer, and Phebe, tied for 5th place out of 46 teams at the National LifeSmarts Championship! Harith won the inaugural ConsumerMan LifeSmarts scholarship sponsored by the Herb and Debra Weisbaum fund. Shubham and Summer also won LifeSmarts scholarships for their outstanding work.

At the Awards Luncheon Harith was honored as a LEAP Member and our graduating seniors - Harith, Ajay, and Shubham. The celebration also brought many great surprises for our team:
Harith 1st place in Environmental Science
Summer 1st place in Technology and Workforce Preparation
Shubham 2nd place in Consumer Rights
Phebe 2nd place in Health and Safety
Summer earned a scholarship for her OTC project!
Shubham won the LifeSmarts Impact Scholarship!

LifeSmarts doesn’t end here - the Cobb 4-H JV Team will be looking for a repeat of last year when they won first place at the National LifeSmarts Championship! Cheer them on for their virtual competition which will be on May 6 and May 7.

Want your rising 6th-11th grader to join LifeSmarts? Make sure to get all the information at the Cobb 4-H Open House in August (date pending).

In the meantime, get YOUR LifeSmarts on with the Daily Quiz! https://competition.lifesmarts.org/daily-quiz

Let’s go, Bananas!

Cobb County Farm Bureau
Stanton Optical Austell
Capozzi's New York Pizza & Pasta
TruPrep
Dina’s Family Italian Restaurant & Pizza
Georgia 4-H Foundation
LifeSmarts

Consumerman Cobb County Government Georgia 4-H Northwest District Georgia 4-H




See you in Buffalo, NY/Niagara Falls for the National LifeSmarts Championship in 2027!