Tagged outreach

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,…

GrowNextGen ambassadors are the best! They bring great activities and information to classrooms and public events around the state. Here’s a glimpse of where they’ve been and what they’ve been doing recently: Alexa Rednour’s Agriculture, Food, and…

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.…

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…

Our mighty ambassadors shared with over 1000 people during this terrific day in downtown Columbus. Visitors to our booth were able to make and use soy ink and pick up a soybean seed necklace kit. In addition, they could take a candy challenge to see…

GrowNextGen ambassadors Tylar Bailey and Shelbie Snoke worked with 21 4th through 6th graders at Windsor STEM Academy for two weeks in late February. They taught the students about entrepreneurship in agriculture and led them in some activities to…

GrowNextGen ambassadors are college students trained and willing to help the public learn more about modern agriculture! Their outreach is made possible by Ohio Soybean Council and Battelle. Ambassadors recently participated in COSI Farm Days. This…

GrowNextGen ambassadors shared information and activities at the Ohio FFA State Convention in May. They did the soy lip balm activity with attendees. The ambassadors were also able to share about the use of soy products in the makeup industry, in…

Each year, energetic and enthusiastic college students are trained to go out and share about soybeans with students and the general public. Ten new ambassadors recently took part in this training and are ready to go! The session included a talk by…

GrowNextGen sponsored the inaugural We Grow Scientists event on May 3. This fun outing was hosted by The Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Science (CFAES) at Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources…

The first of four agriculture entrepreneurship challenges took place recently at the YWCA of Central Ohio summer camp, held at Mark Twain Elementary School in Westerville. Pairs of students were challenged to create a product or service that helps…

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…