Who Knew this about FFA?

Last week I sat in on a Future Farmers of America presentation to Beth Swelha’s Agriculture Biology Class by two energetic young women. Tatiana Prestininzi is the California FFA State Sentinel and Kaylyn Schiber the FAA State Reporter. They both spent the night in our community at the home of Kathy and Jerry Cox.  They did several different programs for the AG Dept. In the one I attended they set up a ready, set, go! pace to run us through a film about careers in agriculture including pig farmer, forester, egg processor, mechanic and trucker and others. Both girls were poised beyond their years and kept the material relevant. Students were asked to decide what the benefits each job might have and to select one they might be interested in. I was surprised to learn that these “Ambassadors” from FFA are actually living at the FFA Center in Galt for a year of intensive officer based responsibilities. This year there are two men and 4 women living dormitory style, traveling and carrying out administrative tasks for FFA. After this year they will attend colleges that have already accepted their applications. This seems like a pretty dynamic opportunity for them and was good outreach for us. Beth told me that four of our students attended the North Coast Regional Officer Leadership Conference in Dixon last weekend; Veronica Magdaleno, Sierra Kuny-McClellan, Daniel Macias and Jonathan Ocampo. A good time was had by all. Sierra’s mom Lisa attended AVHS and was also a member of FFA during her high school days. Beth also wants you to know; Eggs! We have eggs. They are $3.50 a dozen.  First eggs tend to be smaller, medium size.  The eggs are getting larger by the minute.  One of our egg buyers has said some eggs have double yolks.  The hens are  laying about a dozen a day so far. Come and get them! Contact me by email bswehla@mcn.org to get pick-up details.- Beth Swehla

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