Success StoryEngineering and Agriculture



Engineering and Agriculture

Author: Tracey Tashjian

Planning Unit: Graves County CES

Major Program: Agriculture 4-H Core Curriculum

Plan of Work: Skills for a Better Life

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

In October of 2017, five Graves County Middle School students travelled to Eastern Kentucky with Tracey Tashjian and Samantha Anderson, Extension Agents for 4-H and Agriculture to learn about hemp production.  The tour was arranged by Anderson who grew up learning and working in the about the industry.  The students spent the day touring three farms (Atalo, GenCana, Kenneth Anderson's) to learn about hemp firsthand.  Students applied this knowledge in writing a 1500 word essay for the Future City Engineering Contest that explained the benefits of hemp for the environment and more specifically to the aging population. The group demonstrated their mastery of the process in which hemp is converted into energy and over 50,000 products and received first place out of sixty entries and $500 cash from the American Association of Retired Persons.






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