SHS FFA Members Win Scholarships

Due to their outstanding applications and agricultural related essays, Seneca FFA members Candace Gibby, Bailee Hawkins, and Brittany Shook, were recently awarded a scholarship to attend the New-Era Sustainable Farming workshop sponsored by the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, Clemson University and the Daniel-Mickel Foundation.  Only a small group of students from Upstate South Carolina was chosen to have the opportunity to attend this groundbreaking workshop that will take place in October at Clemson University. The New-Era Sustainable Farming workshop will provide an introduction to modern sustainable and organic practices, including cutting edge production methods and thoughtful, creative marketing strategies that make small, family farms viable, profitable and sustainable. New-Era Sustainable Farming will feature short presentations by the best and brightest of South Carolina’s young and successful farmers, highlighting their innovative production techniques and profitable business practices. A visit to the Clemson University Student Organic Farm will be included to provide experiential learning at one of SC’s best examples of permaculture principles at work.