The Southern Local High School FFA Chapter has obtained grant funding for a program designed to support both students and the community.
The organization received a $3,500 Ohio FFA Foundation Chapter Success Grant to build sustainable relationships and programs through a new hydroponics project. FFA Advisor Shelley Pirogowicz said proposals were submitted from chapters across the state and a total of 19 recipients earned allocations ranging from $1,000 to $4,000.
"As one of the grant recipients, the FFA chapter will work in collaboration with the Columbiana County OSU Extension Office to build a hydroponics-based food production system and will use the produce to learn about plant science and food preparation and preservation," she added. "The primary responsibilities are concentrated in the agronomics and food science classes that have about 40 students, but all of the agriculture education students have been eager to help with the project."
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