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Learning to Do
Healdsburg FFA is a growing chapter in the North Coast Region . Situated in northern Sonoma County , the school population is at an all-time low , with just under 600 students . While the school is small , the FFA program is growing ! We have around 20 % of our school population in our classes . Classes have expanded in the last four years with the hiring of a full time Agriculture teacher . We offer all A-G courses , and are teaching the new UCCI Agriculture Science courses in addition to our electives , like Farm to Table . Our Farm to Table class is a favorite on campus . We regularly take our egg layers on fi eld trips around campus visiting classes and offi ces . We spend half of our time in our growing garden and half the time in our large culinary kitchen . Our students learn about the production and business of a commodity , like eggs , and then learn how to utilize them in various foods , like quiche and custards .
Doing to Learn
Outside the classroom , our students have some amazing SAE projects . Healdsburg is very fortunate to have a supportive community that holds the Healdsburg Future Farmers Fair each year on Memorial Day weekend . We have over 50 % of our students raise an animal for the Healdsburg Fair . Our fair is unique because it is limited to our FFA chapter and Healdsburg 4-H clubs . It ’ s also held on our football and baseball fi elds in the center of town . All food vendors are local non-profi ts and the Athletic Booster corndogs are pretty much famous ! Students who don ’ t raise animals ,
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