\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I had typed a really long post on Wednesday evening.\u00a0 Nothing controversial just lots of good info.\u00a0 And that damn laptop struck again.\u00a0 Well,\u00a0 I am now in the market for a new computer as that was The End of that laptop.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 On Wednesday, every class period, I drove a yellow bus and hauled every Shattuck FFA student to the ag farm.\u00a0 We properly harvested broilers.\u00a0 46 birds that were 8 weeks old and averaged about 8.5 to 9 pounds apiece.\u00a0 Students were shown how to properly & humanely harvest, exsanguiate, scald, pluck, eviscerate, clean and bag these birds.\u00a0 Then the students got hands-on.\u00a0 Yes, some more than others.\u00a0 Yes, there was a girl or three that hid their eyes.\u00a0 Sure, there were plenty of girls that girl right in the middle of the action.\u00a0 And there were boys that watched but didn’t want to do the dirty work.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Shattuck is a very rural town.\u00a0 Roughly 1,200 people with an agriculture and oil background.\u00a0 Very few of the 120 ag students have a family that farms\/ranches full time.\u00a0 Most are related to somebody with cattle.\u00a0 Only two of the students had ever butchered chickens before Wednesday.\u00a0 This is the issue that agriculture is facing all across this country.\u00a0 Kids don’t know exactly how their food is produced.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I enjoy livestock evaluation contests.\u00a0 I also am a product of livestock showing.\u00a0 I still love these foundational skills that are learned from showing livestock.\u00a0 Kela and Duke were raised with family, friends and stock show animals.\u00a0 There are obviously some things about shows that I would like to change.\u00a0 My question–Are we properly teaching students about livestock through the stock show program?\u00a0 That’s a question for each of you to answer for yourselves.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0As a whole, I don’t think that we, as ag eduators, do a good enough job teaching meats, poultry or grain processing.\u00a0 I do a decent job, at times, but could definitely do better.\u00a0 All ag teachers spend time preparing for the next thing on the calendar–stock shows, speaking\/judging contests\/ leadership events, etc.\u00a0 Agriculture needs us to make sure students know how and why livestock are grown\/processed and how\/why farmers & ranchers do the things that we do.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Why doesn’t every school have some sort of meats lab?\u00a0 \u00a0Don’t tell me cost!\u00a0 \u00a0Gyms, wood\/metal shops, ag farms and ball fields all cost a lot to build and maintain.\u00a0 Food sciences & the production of those foods involve every student.\u00a0 EVERY student.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0And in the end, we will cook some of these birds.\u00a0 ALL students like to eat.\u00a0 \u00a0And when they have had a hand in the production\/processing of the food, they take ownership and learning takes place.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0It is fall break, the American Royal is taking place and I need to get on the road.\u00a0 Have a good one and a better tomorrow.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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