RTC Agriculture

Don’t forget our plant sale!

Just added, Fresh eggs from our school flock will also be available for purchase 🥚🌼🥒🍅🫑

🚨 Don’t Forget 🚨

Chapter meeting in the ag room Thursday 4:30-5:30!

A LOT of important information will be discussed including:

• Plant Sale
•Summer Camp
• State Convention
• Chapter Officer Applications/Elections
• Chapter & State Degree Applications
• Banquet
• Senior RA’s
• Remaining CDEs

Dinner will be served

Save the date! 🌸🌺🥒🍉

This years plant sale will be held inside the schools greenhouse instead of the parking lot. We will be implementing barcodes and an online receipt system to make it a faster and more convenient shopping experience. All proceeds support members of our FFA chapter and assist in paying for leadership development opportunities!

Our spring plant sale is just around the corner and the greenhouse is putting on a show!

Flyer with details coming soon!

Thank you Ware Shoals FFA for inviting us out to celebrate tonight! We had a blast.

We kicked off National FFA week at 5:30 this morning and hosted a staff appreciation breakfast. A big thank you to the members who showed up before the sun this morning!

Don’t forget, Ag Olympics tomorrow!
Wednesday’s dress up theme is College Game Day. Rock your teams favorite colors 🐅 🐓 🍊

Happy FFA Week from our National Blue and Corn Gold wearing, public speaking, horse judging, tractor driving, road tripping group!

A little greenhouse progress update. 🌸🌺🪴🌱

Still to come:
• Cucumbers
•Zucchini
•Squash
•Watermelon (red and yellow varieties)
•Green Bell Peppers
•Jalapeño

One of our best sellers, Wandering Jews, are being transplanted next week!

Support the Emerald High School band and purchase some delicious chicken salad which will be delivered to Emerald. Pickup will be February 2nd from 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. in the EHS student parking lot. Thank you for supporting the EHS Band and GO VIKINGS! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScn7pJqqQlybyJKmt23BHwMPZKC3OpjN5RngQC0RhAYubJ-Zw/viewform

It’s our favorite time of year around here! Our plant shipments are steadily arriving and the greenhouse is filling up quickly. 🪴🌱🪻

Be on the lookout for plant sale details soon!

Any students interested please see Ms. P!

Do you have a student interested in coming to Clemson, majoring in Agriculture, Forestry or Life Sciences? Then make plans to attend the CAFLS Open House this April!

From the first plow to the use of drones and drought resistant crops, we covered many of the inventions and technologies from early agricultural production to current years this week in ag science.

Next up is the importance and impact that the agricultural industry has on the state of South Carolina and Greenwood County!

Did you know that the state of SC produces more peaches than Georgia? In fact, one county alone in our state yields more than the entire Peach State and ranks second to California in overall production nationally. 🍑

A big congratulations to two of our very own for their early graduation from GHS! During their time in our courses and the FFA they have made a huge impact in our program and created quite the résumé.

Both Kassidy and Genna were chartering members of our FFA program, both served as FFA president, Kassidy is our current Student Advisor and Genna is the current President. Both have participated in multiple CDEs, have served on committees, gained industry certifications, volunteered with the Special Olympics State Equestrian Show with the Greenwood Burton Center and became completers in our Horticulture pathway.

Kassidy and Genna will both continue their education at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) located in Tifton Georgia in the fall majoring in Veterinary Sciences and Livestock Production, respectively.

We are proud of their dedication and commitment to not only our program and FFA chapter, but to their community and other studies as well.

Congratulations girls, I expect big things from you in the future.

Greenwood School District 50 plans to operate on a normal schedule tomorrow, Friday, January 12, 2024.

Students are back! Ag Mech started the semester off in the shop putting together our new chicken coop. We have grown our flock and they needed an upgrade. 🐓🐓

From us to you, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Greenwood 50 FFA!

T shirts have arrived! We will be sorting through the order forms today and shirts can be delivered/picked up in the ag room (teachers and staff only) tomorrow-Thursday 😊

We’ve been experimenting with our hydroponic system. I’d say so far we have had pretty good success with our lettuce crop! 🥬 what should we try next?

Another successful Greenwood Christmas parade in the books!

Many of our FFA members celebrated thanksgiving early this week. We enjoyed fellowship and missed our members that weren’t able to attend. 🦃

Snuck in some measurements and science with our 2 morning classes today! We wrapped up our dairy science unit and celebrated by making our own ice cream (even though it was in the upper 20s this morning 🥶)

For the past few days students in Ag Science have been putting their math skills to the test to formulate a mixed feed ration for livestock animals. Today they created their own “feed” and designed labels for them as well.

Good morning from our newest classmates 🐣

This year’s chapter shirt design is in!

Shirts are $20 each this year. See Ms. Pearson or an FFA member to place your order.

Mark your calendars! Our chapter will be set up at the Greenwood TSC on November 4, 2023 and holding a bake sale. All proceeds will support travel expenses and learning opportunities for our students.

BIG news coming out the ag room from 2 of our seniors.

Kassidy and Genna have officially been accepted into Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton Georgia. We are so proud of them and excited to see what the next step in their journey of life will be!

Checked on our babies today and came out to a surprise. Our girls are officially laying!

Students in D1 will come back from intersession to a LITTLE surprise in the classroom. You may have to PEEP in to see what we have. Can you guess what it is 🤔

Morning classes dissected Lily’s today to locate and identify the reproductive parts of a flower. They also described the role each part plays in the process of plant reproduction! 🪴🤓