The annual plant sale sponsored by the Moses Lake High School FFA chapter helps support chapter activities. FFA member Samantha Underwood, left and horticulture student Madison Kehr work in the greenhouse prior to the plant sale.
April 27, 2023
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Hands-on learning: Lots of opportunity in FFA, 4-H programs
MOSES LAKE — Medical Lake High School ag teacher and FFA advisor Jennie Wagner said some of the people in the Medical Lake HS FFA chapter will go on to careers in agriculture, and some of them won’t. All of them, however, have picked up important skills through FFA - something that’s also true of the young people in the 4-H clubs she used to lead. “I think people, a lot of times, think FFA is just all those kids (raising) animals, or they wear those blue jackets,” Wagner said. “But what it really does is, it allows them to try things out in a safe environment and have experiences they wouldn’t get (in other clubs). Because it covers so many avenues, from public speaking to learning parliamentary procedure, raising animals, evaluating livestock, just tons of stuff.” Wagner said the 4-H program gives young people the same opportunities.