Growing the next generation of agriculturists
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March 22, 2024
FFA Agriculture Literacy Committee members smile for a picture after visiting Longfellow Elementary School to teach the third-grade class about sheep production. Members (from left) are Cristen Bosch, Brooklyn Murrow, Myah Graves, Allison Blocker, Kodee Ohm, Jazzni Hembree, Gunner Pingelton and Brynden Hunt.
Many FFA members can still remember what it was like wearing a green 4-H jacket instead of the blue corduroy one of the FFA. Others can remember a time when they had nothing to do with agriculture. Unfortunately, the number of kids who don't know where their food comes from is growing. The Alva FFA Ag Literacy Committee is determined to change this statistic in Alva.
What originally started as a plan to check off another box for the FFA National 3-Star Award Chapter has turned into so much more. Headed by Brooklyn Murrow, this committee is teaching second- and third-grade students about agricu...
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