By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Grace Goyings The Paulding FFA Chapter’s Food Science and Technology career development event (CDE) team did a tremendous job at the district competition. The Food Science and Technology CDE requires students to have an in-depth understanding of food product development, presentation, and food safety issues. Participants use their sensory skills to…
AgCredit, one of northern Ohio’s largest lenders for farmers, rural homeowners and agribusiness, today announced that it is awarding $120,000 in Mission Fund grants to 13 community organizations in support of their efforts to improve the quality of life in communities primarily within the cooperative’s 18-county service territory. Now in its sixth year, the Mission…
By: Elizabeth Bok The 96th National FFA Convention was held from November 1st through the 4th. Nine members from the Fairview FFA Chapter had the opportunity to attend this convention. The National FFA Convention is held in Indianapolis, Indiana every year. The members who were able to attend the convention this year were Miguel Garcia,…
This year, Cooper Farms celebrates its 85th Thanksgiving since the company’s inception in 1938. Now in its fourth generation of family ownership, Cooper Farms is the 7th largest turkey producer in the United States and plays a vital role in responsibly producing turkey products for consumers across North America. “Each Thanksgiving, our Cooper Family takes…
By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Grace Goyings From October 31st through November 4th, thousands of FFA chapters from across the nation, including 12 Paulding FFA members, traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana for the 96th Annual National FFA Convention. Our members had a busy schedule full of educational and leadership experiences that allowed them to learn more about…
Last week 10 members of the Wayne Trace FFA Chapter attended the 96th annual National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN along with members from Crestview, Lincolnview and Parkway High schools. This year’s convention theme was “Evolve” and we helped set a new record with over 72,900 members from all over the United States attending. We…
By: Grace Goyings, Paulding FFA Reporter On Saturday, October 21st over 370 first-year FFA members from the state of Ohio gathered at Versailles for the annual Greenhand Conference. Paulding FFA had 5 first year members attend the conference; they were Trenton Bail, Jose Gonzales, Olivia Breier, Mackenzie Leatherman and Myrriah Manz. At the conference,…
By: Grace Goyings, Paulding FFA Reporter On Wednesday, October 25th, the Paulding FFA Chapter had 25 members travel around Paulding County to feed the farmers in the fields. The chapter first started doing this service project four years ago and it’s one of their favorite projects to do each year. The chapter found that…
By: Elizabeth Bok To start the school year off many chapter members competed in various contests. Freshmen and sophomores had the opportunity to be a part of the rural or urban soil judging teams. The rural team consisted of Owen Speiser, Kaitlyn McCord, Brooke Pollard, Althea Spangler, James Smith, Riley Schindler, Kalvin Woodring, and Timothy…
By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Grace Goyings On Tuesday, October 3rd, 8 students from the Paulding FFA attended District 4 Soils CDE in Tiffin, Ohio. All students that attend this event are split into 6 different groups and within those groups, about 2 members from the same school are with each other. One student will be…
By: Anna Gurney, Education Specialist, Paulding SWCD The third annual GREEN Day, or Growing Resources for Environmental Exploration in Nature, was held on Friday, September 29th at the Black Swamp Nature Center, and the Paulding County Fairgrounds. The Paulding Soil and Water Conservation District hosted the annual event for all the 5th graders in Paulding…
By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Grace Goyings The Paulding FFA had 31 members and 2 advisors attend Farm Science Review on Tuesday, September 19th. Members started the early morning with breakfast then headed to London Ohio. Farm Science Review teaches visitors about the arising discoveries happening in the agriculture industry, as well as shows off Ohio’s…
Celebrate Open House & 4K at Camp! October 1st will be of our Celebrate Camp open house. EVERYONE is invited for the festivities. Activities will run from 12:00 Noon – 4:00 p.m. and a free will donation lunch will be served from 12:00 Noon – 2:00 p.m. The camp store will be open. There will…
