AGRISCIENCE FAIR
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
SOCIAL SCIENCE,
DIV. 5
Jonathan Moules,
Turlock FFA
Career and
Family/Life
Balance of
California High
School Agriculture
Teachers
FOOD
PRODUCTS AND
PROCESSING
SYSTEMS, DIV. 3
Emma Thorpe,
El Capitan FFA
The Comparison
of Different
Pasteurization
Methods Affecting
the Outcome
of Mozzarella
Cheese
CALIFORNIA NAMED HALL OF STATES WINNER AT NATIONAL
FFA CONVENTION
As members know, FFA is a national organization that reaches
from the state of Alaska to the U.S. Virgin Islands and from the
state of Maine to Hawaii. Members and chapters are involved
in countless aspects of agriculture. Held within the National FFA
Expo at convention every year, the Hall of States showcases
some of the diversity that FFA and American agriculture have to
offer.
This year’s challenge to participating states was to highlight their
state’s agricultural commodities. Twenty-three states exhibited,
and California was named this year’s winner.
The Patterson FFA Chapter designed California’s booth after
being named the winner of their state’s chapter booth contest
held earlier this year.
Jasmine Collins, Daniela Valenzuela, Samantha Wisbar and
Xandra Carter were the four lucky members who brought the
booth to convention.
“We wanted to explain [agriculture] in our state. We are number
one for agriculture in the U.S.,” said Wisbar.
The California booth featured the state’s top 20 agricultural
commodities, displaying samples of the actual products, along
with a map of where these products are produced throughout the
state. The chapter also designed an interactive quiz for visitors to
test their knowledge of California’s agriculture.
“It’s truly an honor to be named the winner,” exclaimed
Valenzuela. “It’s our first time at convention; we did this for the
experience. It’s been really fun meeting new people.”
The Patterson FFA Chapter is led by advisor Kendall Green.
They would also like to thank Blue Diamond Almonds and the
California FFA Association for their support, along with all of the
members of their chapter who helped design and construct the
booth.
Pictured left to right: Kendall Green, Patterson FFA advisor;
Daniela Valenzuela, Jasmine Collins, and FFA COO Joshua
Bledsoe.
Reprinted from www.ffa.org, New Horizons, Abby Marion,
October 26, 2017
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