240. National FFA Organization with Christine White

So you just mentioned a minute ago when we were speaking about working in the school in Philadelphia, and then you said that you went to Florida after that, right? I think I caught that you said at that school in Florida, did they own animals at the school or...

Yeah, so the school that we had, we had a livestock facility on the area.

So we had a chapter steer that we had a young person who was raising that with the help of the rest of the school members.

It was used as part of the classroom.

So we were learning how to, the animal nutrition, take care of the welfare, looking at all those pieces.

And then that one individual got to show it at the county fair.

And then...

Obviously the show was terminal, so that animal went on to be burgers and steaks and all the other things that we were able to enjoy later on.

But yeah, so it was kind of looking at that.

And so a girl raised in a very production agriculture, fruit and vegetable, taking that very first time figuring out how to work with animals was it was pretty interesting for me it was kind of one of those pieces I was learning just enough to be ahead of my students by a little bit but I also was very recognized that some of them had more experience and knowledge than I did and so I got to learn from my kids just as well

is it common that schools have like I can't remember what the term that you said was for where the animals are at the school

Yeah, so a lot of schools across the country do have livestock facilities, and so they may have different pieces related to that.

They usually have greenhouses.

They have welding shops.

That was one of the other pieces that I spent time learning how to weld just right before my students.

So I was being able to do some things, and so there was a way to do some things.

Tips and tricks to kind of stay ahead of that.

So yeah, most of the facilities and most of the chapters or ag programs across the country do have some type of facility based on, some of them even have food science labs because they're doing food science and things like that.

I was familiar with greenhouses and welding, but not, so in Indiana, what's a school here in Indiana that has a livestock program?

Do

you know?

Great question.

Off the top of my head, I'm not real sure which one.

Probably where you grew

up they did.

So you just mentioned a minute ago when we were speaking about working in the school in Philadelphia, and then you said that you went to Florida after that, right? I think I caught that you said at that school in Florida, did they own animals at the school or...

Yeah, so the school that we had, we had a livestock facility on the area.

So we had a chapter steer that we had a young person who was raising that with the help of the rest of the school members.

It was used as part of the classroom.

So we were learning how to, the animal nutrition, take care of the welfare, looking at all those pieces.

And then that one individual got to show it at the county fair.

And then...

Obviously the show was terminal, so that animal went on to be burgers and steaks and all the other things that we were able to enjoy later on.

But yeah, so it was kind of looking at that.

And so a girl raised in a very production agriculture, fruit and vegetable, taking that very first time figuring out how to work with animals was it was pretty interesting for me it was kind of one of those pieces I was learning just enough to be ahead of my students by a little bit but I also was very recognized that some of them had more experience and knowledge than I did and so I got to learn from my kids just as well

is it common that schools have like I can't remember what the term that you said was for where the animals are at the school

Yeah, so a lot of schools across the country do have livestock facilities, and so they may have different pieces related to that.

They usually have greenhouses.

They have welding shops.

That was one of the other pieces that I spent time learning how to weld just right before my students.

So I was being able to do some things, and so there was a way to do some things.

Tips and tricks to kind of stay ahead of that.

So yeah, most of the facilities and most of the chapters or ag programs across the country do have some type of facility based on, some of them even have food science labs because they're doing food science and things like that.

I was familiar with greenhouses and welding, but not, so in Indiana, what's a school here in Indiana that has a livestock program?

Do

you know?

Great question.

Off the top of my head, I'm not real sure which one.

Probably where you grew

up they did.