When I go into the classroom and ask the students where their food comes from, 90% of the students answer Kroger or Walmart. I teach a lot of the ag lessons in my school clubs. Our District Board purchased land and it was just sitting there not being used, so I ask if I could start a garden club. So a plot of 100 ft. by 150ft. was prepared to grow a garden. Carroll County Cattlemen group put a fence around the garden plot. I held the first meeting with 12 st
The problemIn Carroll County, it has been one of my goals to engage the youth in more farming activities and programming. I have worked collaboratively with our Cattlemen's association president, as well as our Carroll County High School Ag teacher. We came up with the idea of forming a Jr. Cattlemen's club. Our goal for this club is to be able to have our current producers mentor the kids in this group, take them out to show them the in's and out's of the industry, how to collab
