Head, heart, hands, and health are the words that thousands of 4-H members live by. Matias Habib certainly didn’t join 4-H to become a leader in sustainable agriculture – the then 10-year-old’s mom just wanted him to have a sense of community, a place to belong. But, for the now 17-year-old high school student, 4-H has become so much more than that – and earlier this month, it landed him the 2023 4-H Youth in Action Award for agriculture sponsored by Bayer. 

 National 4-H Council today announced the winners of the 2023 Youth In Action Awards, a national program that recognizes four young leaders with diverse backgrounds and perspectives who have positively impacted their communities in a 4-H core pillar area: Civic Engagement, Healthy Living,  Agriculture, and STEM.