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Oklahoma FFA Members Selected to Participate in Costa Rican Travel Seminar

Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:14:18 CDT

Oklahoma FFA Members Selected to Participate in Costa Rican Travel Seminar


As the agricultural community becomes increasingly global, it is crucial that young people considering careers in the industry understand the opportunities and challenges of international trade. A group of 50 National FFA award winners toured agricultural sites in Costa Rica this summer and compared the industries in Central America and the United States. Following an orientation session in Atlanta on June 9, the group departed for a 10-day tour.

Oklahoma FFA was well represented with seven students participating in the tour, including: Reighly Blakley of Oologah; Baylea Block of Harrah; Kaylee Brunker of Stillwater; Jacob Cammack of Edmond; Dakota Crissman of Pauls Valley; Bayli Hyde of Burlington; and Kohl Murray of Perkins.

Costa Rica is an ideal agricultural tour site as it includes some of the most diverse agriculture and geography in the world. Yet, the country is small enough that the contingent selected for the National FFA Organization's 2016 Costa Rica Proficiency and Stars Travel Seminar immersed themselves into a complete agriculture experience.

Seminar participants were selected from national agricultural proficiency award finalists and American Star Farmer and Star in Agribusiness finalists named last October at the 88th National FFA Convention in Louisville, Ky. The seminar, in addition to cash awards and plaques, are made possible by business and industry contributions to the National FFA Foundation.

Through June 18, the group visited Dole's Costa Rican banana farm, several of the country's large and small production farms, a Starbucks coffee plantation, and rainforests. They also took in plenty of sights during their trip. FFA members toured the Costa Rican capital of San Jose, one of the country's national parks and a host of popular tourist destinations.

During the seminar, students had an opportunity to truly experience global agriculture and the culture of Costa Rica. The international seminar is an educational study seminar designed to introduce the award participants to agriculture as it is practiced in other countries.

Aside from those from Oklahoma, 43 other students from 20 different states participated in the trip as well, including:

California: Jillian Drake of Fallbrook; Kiana Almaguer of King City


Colorado: Cody Corsentio of Wiggins


Florida: Haley Stark of Deland

Georgia: Sarah Spradlin of Comer


Illinois: Amy Wyant of Morrisonville


Indiana: Madison Boston of Sullivan; Riley Lewis of LaGrange


Iowa: Kellie Einck of Primghar; Emily Martins of Fairbank


Kansas: Casey Craver of Gypsum; Stone Hayden of Chapman


Kentucky: Nicholas Hope of Beech Creek


Louisiana: Christen Wall of Holden


Minnesota: Rebekah Aanerud of Donnelly; Brett Petersen of Murdock


Missouri: Dylan Massa of Lamar; Benjamin Niendick of Wellington; Jacob Noblitt of Bolivar; Clayton Robinson of Center


Nebraska: Logan Peters of Pender


Ohio: Emily Beal of Conover; Zeb Burton of North Fairfield Minster; Sarah Cox of Chillicothe; Collin Dunaway of Felicity; Zach Hasting of Covington; Kelsey Kirchner of Conover; Ellyse Shafer of Bellville; Nathan Teeters of Fletcher


South Dakota: Andrew Streff of Salem


Tennessee: Anita Best of Cookeville; Caleb Brannon of Puryear; Britney Kellum of Burlison


Texas: Lacie DeRojas of Dawson; Britt Larson of Pilot Point; Rory Tucker of Tomball


Virginia: Claire Seibel of Roanoke


West Virginia: Sarah Page of Burlington


Wisconsin: Eric Coddington of Montello; Zachary Olson of Arkdale; Lindsey Rettenmund of Black Earth; Stephanie Theil of Plymouth; Kelly Wilfert of Two Rivers


The National FFA Organization provides leadership, personal growth and career success training through agricultural education to 629,367 student members who belong to one of 7,757 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.


Pictured: Bayli Hyde of the Burlington FFA Chapter



   

 

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