5 | TheBucknerClarion.com November 2017
Five students from the Career & Technology Center at Fort Osage's
Agriculture Production program competed in the Farm-to-Table
Challenge. The Kansas City-based event provided students with an
opportunity to pitch an idea for an activity or event centered around
one of three topics: healthy eating, active lifestyle or farm-to-table.
Fifteen groups were given $1,000 grants to put their idea into action
in their school.
A CTC team's concept of a Farmer Appreciation Week was the
recipient of one of the grants. Veronica Brosan, Skylar Johns, Tess
Kinne, and Jeffrey Tonahill described how their event would bring
local farmers into the high school to raise awareness about farming
among their peers. The event would include trivia and feature
produce from the farms.
"This was a wonderful learning opportunity for my students," said
Michelle Preslar, the CTC Agriculture instructor. "As a teacher it was
enjoyable to watch them work together to come up with an idea and
present something that was completely original that would benefit
other students and individuals as well."
For more information, contact Michelle Preslar at
mpreslar@fortosage.net.
Fort Osage wins
Ag Farm-to-Table Challenge
