On Thursday, May 14, the Crestview FFA Chapter held Food for America, its yearly community development event.
Food for America is a program made to teach FFA members leadership skills by educating elementary students and the community about agriculture.
Chapter members acted as group leaders and station leaders during this event, educating Crestview Elementary School’s third graders on different aspects of agriculture. The stations consisted of pedal tractors, welding, classroom, camp games, greenhouse, livestock lab/petting zoo, tractors, and a wagon ride. Station leaders had the responsibility of making a lesson plan that would educate those at their stations and would allow them to have fun.
Members running the Livestock Lab/ petting zoo station brought in their SAE (Supervised Agriculture Experience) projects to share, along with informing third graders about how the Crestview FFA Livestock Lab works and what a Livestock Lab is. At the greenhouse station, members talked about growing plants and planted flowers with the third graders.
Overall, Food for America is an experience in which FFA members improve agricultural literacy in elementary student’s by educating them with the importance of farming in our area and the numerous benefits that come out of agriculture.
