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On April 25th, GrowNextGen Teacher leader Abby Campbell presented at the Perry County Earth Day Event with a group of nine Fort Frye High School agricultural education students. The high schoolers presented a Soy Ink activity and discussed its …

The GrowNextGen ambassadors were in action at the recent “Score with STEM” event held at Cleveland’s Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Ambassadors presented Engineering an Egg Catcher and Making Soy Lip balm. Ambassadors Mekenzie Jolliff, Ellie Gehret, …

In December, Ridgemont FFA took part in an Agricultural Commodity Creations event promoting the use of agriculture. Ridgemont FFA members taught students in grades K-6 about agriculture in all 50 states and helped the students make Christmas gifts …

GrowNextGen ambassadors facilitated nine days of activities at three places in July! Their outreach activities included hosting a table for multiple days at the North Market, where the public was invited to make soybean seed necklaces. They also …

GrowNextGen ambassador Emma Schluep recently made an in-person visit to Chief Logan High School. She facilitated seed necklaces, biodiesel boats, career cards, soy ink, egg catcher, and Ozobots. Schluep said the students, in grades 9 through 12, …

GrowNextGen ambassadors recently attended a second training session to further develop their skills. This enthusiastic group of college students provides outreach activities through both in-person and virtual visits to classrooms and public events. …

GrowNextGen ambassadors have been doing some creative outreach, undeterred by the challenges of COVID-19. This energetic team, sponsored by the Ohio Soybean Council and Battelle, have been sharing about soybeans in ways both familiar and brand new! …

The Ohio Soybean Council and Battelle sponsor outreach activities to promote agricultural knowledge in Ohio. Here are some of the events where OSC ambassadors have presented: Bethany Sheridan visited North Union Elementary School in Richwood in …

How do you craft a ‘winning’ workshop proposal, one that gets accepted? Pam Snyder, GrowNextGen leaders and bioscience teacher, has partnered with GrowNextGen for many years. Snyder recently retired after 35 years with Columbus City Schools. She has …

by Abby Motter, Fort Frye ag ed teacher and FFA advisor The Fort Frye FFA recently participated in the “We are Fort Frye” Community Day held on Friday, December 20th, 2019. At this event, local community members, businesses, colleges, and others set …

Another great group of Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) ambassadors just took part in a special training event at Mohican State Park. The ambassador program is sponsored by OSC with a grant from Battelle. These energetic folks will be sharing ag-related …

A special group of college students has been doing outreach for the Ohio Soybean Council and GrowNextGen this summer, traveling around the state to share STEM activities and increase public knowledge of modern agriculture. Here are the 2019 …