FFA Partnership Grows Chickens for Hunger Relief

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During Spring Break, an unusual package arrived in the mail.  It was a shoe-box sized parcel, with several air holes on each side.  It filled the post office with a surprising amount of noise for its size.  Chirping to be precise.  That chirping heralded the beginning of a Spring project and an exciting new partnership.

In February of this year, the…

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Unity FFA visits Waldo County Tech FFA

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A group of Unity College students who are part of the College's FFA club visited the FFA club of Waldo County Technical Center to collaborate on the current Pastured Poultry for Food Security project that was made possible by the National FFA Food for All Grant. The meeting started out by playing the icebreaker game  "Have You Seen My Goat" so that students from both schools would get familiar and  be open for discussion later in the meeting, then we moved on to a presentation by the Unity College FFA members that informed Waldo County FFA students about the project, some basic information on pastured poultry, and general chicken knowledge.  

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We are so proud of all of our Food for All grant recipients! Here's another great project being conducted with Living to Serve funds. If you're interested in apply for a Living to Serve grant, check out the webpage for information about availability and deadlines.