Opheim FFA Receives A Living To Serve Grant From National FFA Organization

The Opheim FFA chapter has been awarded a Fall Semester-Long Living to Serve grant in the amount of $1,200. The nationwide program provides grant money to local FFA chapters to support semester-long service-learning projects that address needs related to community safety; environmental responsibility; hunger, health, and nutrition; and community engagement during the fall semester.

The Opheim FFA plans to help address the economics of providing locally grown food versus the cost of shipping food from outside the community by implementing a curriculum that includes nutrition, plant production, morphology, vegetable,and fruit propagation, soil health, hydroponics, and hands-on learning.

Community sustainability is a common goal between the Opheim FFA, Opheim students, staff, and Opheim residents. FFA is addressing access to fresh food and the benefits of a nutritional diet. School greenhouses encourage teamwork, individual responsibility, and a commitment to success. The greenhouses strengthen the bond between the school and the community.

The program provided over $60,000 to FFA chapters in 23 states. The 2022 Fall Semester-Long Living to Serve Grants are sponsored by Tractor Supply Company and Cargill. For more information and a complete listing of sponsors, visit FFA.org/ livingtoserve.

The National FFA Organization is a school-based national youth leadership development organization of more than 735,000 student members as part of 8,817 local FFA chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.