GROW FFA – Middletown High School FFA http://mhsknightsffa.org News, Events, and Communications for the Middletown, MD FFA Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:55:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.13 A Late Harvest http://mhsknightsffa.org/?p=1072 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:25:38 +0000 http://mhsknightsffa.org/?p=1072 Continue reading →]]> Yet another late harvest. It’s been a fickle weather year, and we had a break to fit in this late harvest. Superstorm “Sandy” caused us to postpone the class trip last week, and finally it wasn’t too muddy. The students harvested many full crates of cool weather crops which were prepared and served that evening to those in need at a local community facility.

 

 

 

]]> Grow FFA- Frederick News-Post Online http://mhsknightsffa.org/?p=980 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:49:16 +0000 http://mhsknightsffa.org/?p=980 Grow FFA 2012 The Frederick News-Post Online

]]> GROW FFA planting http://mhsknightsffa.org/?p=926 Tue, 15 May 2012 17:32:16 +0000 http://mhsknightsffa.org/?p=926 Today we planted more cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and onion sets. Members of the Boys and Girls Club of Frederick helped with this planting.

]]> Grow FFA Builds Chicken Coop http://mhsknightsffa.org/?p=855 Mon, 07 May 2012 16:10:23 +0000 http://mhsknightsffa.org/?p=855 Continue reading →]]> As a part of our Food For All Grant this year (Grow FFA) , our students have constructed a large chicken coop and will raise layers to produce eggs to distribute to community members in need of food. Assisting with this project are Mike Dickson from Seed Of Life Nurseries, a manager from Home Depot in Frederick.

]]> Food For All Volunteer Schedule (tentative) http://mhsknightsffa.org/?p=823 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:07:59 +0000 http://mhsknightsffa.org/?p=823 Continue reading →]]> Welcome!

We’ve had a couple of student committee meetings and things are off to a great start for the 2012 Food For All grant partnership. We’re moving forward quickly with facility preparation. Here’s our volunteer schedule for working at our (use donated) 7.5 acres at Bethel Farm, 5602 Old National Pike, Frederick (Alt Rte. 40 between Blentlinger Rd. and Meadows Farms). More dates will be added:

Friday, March 23: 1 pm – 4 pm, Tuesday, April 10: 3 pm- 5 pm,  Saturday April 21: 9 am- 11 am,  Tuesday May 8: 3pm – 5 pm,  Tuesday may 22: 3 pm- 5 pm,  Tuesday June 5: harvesting TBA + school field trip, Tuesday July 10: 9 am- 11 am,  Tuesday July 24: 9 am- 11 am, Tuesday August 14: 9 am- 11 am,  Tuesday August 28: 3 pm – 5 pm, Tuesday September 11: 3 pm – 5 pm,  Tuesday October 9: 3 pm – 5 pm.

]]> Food For All http://mhsknightsffa.org/?p=803 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:47:09 +0000 http://mhsknightsffa.org/?p=803 Continue reading →]]> We’ve received a 2012 FFA: Food For All grant to support year-long service-learning projects, developing and implementing sustainable agriculture education programs and helping to fight hunger. We’ve already started working on ideas to educate and engage our community in sustainable gardening practices. Our FFA Chapter has partnered with Michael Dickson, founder of Seed of Life Nurseries (and our FFA Landscape CDE coach) for this exciting learning experience and community outreach opportunity.

FFA: Food For All grants are provided through funding from Farmers Feeding the World and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation.

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