I admit it: I was never in 4-H. I remember asking my parents about joining it once, but I was convinced that it was something city kids just didn't do. What was I gonna do, raise an animal in the back yard? So I lost out on that bit of early childhood education. But I'm okay—until I try to figure out what color award ribbon means what. Is purple better than red? Is blue the best? Why doesn't 4-H g…
