Through local food enterprises, FFA members serve their communities

Amy Hadachek
Feb 16, 2024
Feb 16, 2024

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Weeping Water agriculture student Samantha Hall harvests lettuce for lunches at the school cafeteria.

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Litchfield FFA members Malynn Boyles, Tessa Henry, Ida Gross and Jimmy Fletcher harvest potatoes to donate to area schools and sell in local grocery stores.

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Amy Hadachek

FFA members learning to grow food and help feed their fellow students and community members is a positive, growing trend in FFA chapters across Nebraska.

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Weeping Water enterprise 1.jpg — Two seniors Jillian Rathe, left, and Blake Henderson manage the Limestone Coffee Company, which operates out of a new trailer as a project of Weeping Water FFA.
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Weeping Water enterprise 3.jpeg — The Limestone Coffee Co. operates from a trailer that the Weeping Water FFA chapter owns.
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Weeping Water enterprise 4.jpg — Litchfield FFA members Patsy Fowler, Kylee Zulkoski and Topanga Boyles harvest watermelon to donate to area schools and sold in local grocery stores.
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Weeping Water enterprise 5.jpg — Litchfield FFA members Gracie Reitz, Jimmy Fletcher and Tessa Henry along with adviser Brian Johnson harvest radishes that will be donated to area schools and sold in local grocery stores.
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Freelance writer Amy Hadachek is a two-time Emmy Award winning meteorologist and a storm chaser who earned her NWA and AMS Broadcast Meteorology Seals of Approval. She and her husband live on a diversified farm in Kansas. Reach her at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.