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Northview FFA’s Food For America Program Named Best In Florida
June 18, 2010
The Northview High School FFA’s Food For America program was named the best in Florida Thursday during the 82nd Florida FFA State Convention in Orlando.
The North Escambia Food for America Program, sponsored the National FFA Organization and conducted by the Northview FFA in March, gave hundreds of elementary school students a chance to learn about agriculture firsthand up close and personal with farm animals, farm equipment and more. About 600 elementary school students and about 200 volunteers took part in the program.
The program is designed to encourage FFA members to participate in Agricultural Literacy and Awareness projects on the local level. The awards were announced Thursday during the General Session of the 82nd Florida FFA State Convention in Orlando.
The Northview FFA has participated in the program for 15 years, placing second in the state in 2007 and 2009. Northview has placed in the top five in the state for the last ten years.
Pictured top: Students pets a horse at Northview High School FFA’s Food for America Program last March. Pictured inset: Northview FFA students. Pictured bottom: Students taste homemade butter during the NHS Food for America program. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
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3 Responses to “Northview FFA’s Food For America Program Named Best In Florida”
GREAT JOB NORTHVIEW FFA!!! This is a wonderful program that the students and Mr. Byars plan and implement each year! Careful planning and much hard work goes into each and every program. Thanks to Mrs. Wilson and the EWMS FFA Chapter for joining in to help with this program, the many vendors that participate, AND the elementary schools that choose to make this one of their field trips for the year. If you have never been to a “Food for America” program you don’t know what you are missing! Northview is the only school in Escambia County with this type of program and it is truly one that the students from ALL over the county enjoy attending! WONDERFUL to see positive recognition given to these students as they teach so many kindergarten students about the importance of agriculture and how it affects each of us. WAY TO GO NORTHVIEW FFA!!! Glad to see you take the TOP SPOT IN THE STATE!!!
Congratulations to you all. You put on a fantastic program and the Molino Park Elementary children that attended had a GREAT Day. You deserve this recognition.
This is just one more thing we do better. this success does not come without strong leadership. Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Byers work very hard to prepare their students for this. anyone who has ever attended knows what I mean. NHS is lucky to have such a good ag teacher like Perry Byers. Congratulations to everyone who helped make this program the best in the state.