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INTRODUCING LEAH HEFTY!

My time of profiling national star finalists is winding down.  I am writing this while I am at the 2017 national convention.  Leah is a great candidate for a national star in agriscience, and unfortunately the award can only be given to one student.  Leah did not take home the trophy this year, but her project was absolutely fantastic.

Leah has one of the most compelling projects that I have ever seen.  She definitely has the mind that is needed to pursue research in agriculture.  To begin she removed, algae from her uncle’s pond, dried it, mixed it with hay and then fed it to her goats.  She watched how much they ate of each mixture and determined the appropriate ratio.

She also figured out that she could grow vegetables in top soil bags.  Just by cutting holes in the plastic and planting the seeds in the soil she conserved water and cut down on weeds.  Amazing!

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Agriscience

HIGH SCHOOL: DeKalb High School; Waterloo, Indiana

MASCOT: Barons

FFA ADVISOR: Matt Dice

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LEAH HEFTY: 

Click on the picture below to be taken to the DeKalb High School Ag. Department’s website:

Leah’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: mdice@dekalbcentral.net

DeKalb High School’s Telephone Number:(260) 920-1012

FFA LINKS:

National FFA Organization

Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)

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REASONS TO DONATE TO FFA:

• Only 2% of Americans grow and raise most of the food and livestock consumed by the other 98% as well as the rest of the world.  FFA is providing the needed education, training and resources to Americans that will carry that torch forward and insure that America continues to have inexpensive, quality food.
• Rural Communities will rely on entrepreneurship in the future for population growth and job creation.  The FFA is a major catalyst to that entrepreneurial growth.
• Farmers, ranchers and those working in agriculture give the rest of America incredible amounts of freedom because the search for food is as simple as going to the grocery store:

“Because American farmers are able to provide for so many of us, they give more and more of us the freedom to pursue goals and livelihoods beyond growing the food we need to survive.”

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack 

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