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We’re cracking up! Liquid eggs webinar

Dec 20, 2022
Liquid eggs!?! Cooper Farms partnered with Ohio Poultry Association and GrowNextGen to give students a tour of their egg cracking facility in the latest Chickenology virtual field trip. OPA’s Jenna Gregorich hosted the tour and relayed questions …
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GMOs and bioscience at Zane Trace High School

Dec 15, 2022
Students from Zane Trace High School near Chillicothe are learning about GMOs and bioscience during December and January. Students worked in groups to solve the puzzles in this breakout box lesson GMOs: What do you know?. Zane Trace’s FFA Advisor is …
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Soybeans and green oil

Dec 12, 2022
by Dusty Sonnenberg, CCA, Ohio Field Leader, a project of the Ohio Soybean Council and soybean check-off. Article from Ohio Ag Net Most family farms do not last for five generations without a willingness to change and adopt new technologies. For …
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Potato chips in science class

Dec 9, 2022
What’s the big deal about high oleic soybean oil? Participants in the summer Science of Food and Fuel workshop learned about how it features lower saturated fat while maintaining 0 grams of trans fat, which may lower cholesterol and support heart …
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Exploring genetics in Chickenology

Dec 6, 2022
Why is a controlled habitat important for growth? Chicks need proper warmth, moisture, movement, and shelter to develop properly. As an engineering design challenge lessons, teachers in the Chickenology workshop created incubators to provide an …
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Anthony Wayne-Penta FFA FT “Soy” Day 2022

Dec 6, 2022
On Friday, November 18th, the Anthony Wayne-Penta FFA Chapter visited Fallen Timbers Middle School 6th grade classes for “soy day”. Soybeans are the top crop produced in Ohio. In this agricultural literacy event, members taught 6th graders about …
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Sustainable egg production virtual field trip

Nov 30, 2022
Producing eggs; protecting the environment. In a virtual field trip sponsored by the Ohio Poultry Association, Trillium Farms, and GrowNextGen, we learned how those two things are being done here in our state. Ohio is number 2 in egg production in …
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Indy outreach at NABT

Nov 14, 2022
We had a great time in Indianapolis! at NABT 2022! Over 150 attendees came by our booth to learn about GrowNextGen’s great resources and pick up some cool give-aways. We were wowing them with a drone display, too! GrowNextGen lead educator Jane Hunt …
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Guthrie 2022 GrowNextGen Teacher of the Year

Oct 26, 2022
Shelby Guthrie, a Food Science and Ag Education teacher at Global Impact STEM Academy, has been selected as the GrowNextGen Teacher of the Year. This honor reflects Guthrie’s enthusiastic outreach and involvement with the Ohio Soybean …
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Soybean Halloween

Oct 25, 2022
Trunk or treat!! Global Impact STEM Academy recently hosted a community outreach event for Halloween. Shelby Guthrie, GrowNextGen teacher leader and Global Impact STEM Academy, organized her students to share the soybean seed necklace activity with …
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Acid rain and agriculture

Oct 25, 2022
Students are never too young to do inquiry-based science! How does the pH of water affect seed germination? 4th/5th grade teachers at Wickliffe Progressive Elementary School Sabrina Walters and Shelly Hughes led their students through an experiment …
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Fish and lettuce: interesting partners

Oct 13, 2022
GNG teacher leader Todd Tayloe is working on another aquaponics project this school year! The set-up includes tilapia in a tank that provides water for growing plants. “We started planting seeds on August 17 and also began cycling the tank that …