PHOTO: UMaine Extension 4-H dairy team members (left to right) Alexis Landry, of Gorham, as well as Jillian Sawyer and Owen Brown during the cooking competition. (UMaine Extension photo)
ORONO — Alexis Landry, of Gorham, is a member of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H state dairy team that brought home blue ribbons from the Eastern States Exposition Sept. 17–18, held in Springfield, Mass.
The multistate fair, known as the Big E,draws 4-H members from across the Northeast.
UMaine Extension 4-H was represented in part by dairy team members Landry, Owen Brown of Exeter; Jillian Sawyer of Limington and Kat Leach of Arundel. Events included the 4-H dairy quiz bowl and two dairy cooking competitions, which involved creating grilled cheese sandwiches and extreme milkshake recipes.
The Maine 4-H dairy team took first place in the quiz bowl competition, with Leach named high-scoring junior and Sawyer named high-scoring senior in written exams. Brown, Landry and Sawyer also won first place in the grilled cheese sandwich competition. In the extreme milkshake competition, Brown and Leach took first place for their entry using only Maine-made ingredients.
For more information about Extension 4-H programming, call 207-581-3877, email jessica.brainerd@maine.edu or visit Maine 4-H website.
