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I noticed the annual livestock show is going on and the young people are busy showing the animal they've taken care of for months reminded me of years ago when my son was a member of FFA, Future Farmers of America, not that anyone had to become a farmer. The boys who belong to FFA may never be farmers, but the school furnishes facilities for their animals to be kept.
My son raised a pig and it was quite small in the beginning. A piglet. Eventually, she was huge. He became very fond of the sow and enjoyed caring for her. When the time came to show her to the visitors, he knew she wouldn't be around much longer. The show means buyers will be in the audience and will make offers. A well known meat packing company bought his pig and he was sad about it for a long time and told me not to buy any products from that company. He was afraid we might be eating his pet if we bought that brand of hotdogs, for instance.
I wouldn't be surprised if I learned he still thinks about it when he sees that brand, but I'm sure he realizes there wouldn't be any part of his pet still available in any products.
I've never known an FFA to function like this...
The ones I've known are basically like FBLA or FCCLA in that they're a civic organization of sorts, kids learn public speaking, parli-pro, persuasive writing, range judging and management, animal judging/management, etc.
But they're expected to have their own funds and facilities if they're going to be raising livestock...
I noticed the annual livestock show is going on and the young people are busy showing the animal they've taken care of for months reminded me of years ago when my son was a member of FFA, Future Farmers of America, not that anyone had to become a farmer. The boys who belong to FFA may never be farmers, but the school furnishes facilities for their animals to be kept.
My son raised a pig and it was quite small in the beginning. A piglet. Eventually, she was huge. He became very fond of the sow and enjoyed caring for her. When the time came to show her to the visitors, he knew she wouldn't be around much longer. The show means buyers will be in the audience and will make offers. A well known meat packing company bought his pig and he was sad about it for a long time and told me not to buy any products from that company. He was afraid we might be eating his pet if we bought that brand of hotdogs, for instance.
I wouldn't be surprised if I learned he still thinks about it when he sees that brand, but I'm sure he realizes there wouldn't be any part of his pet still available in any products.
Did you belong to FFA and raise an animal?
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Originally Posted by itsMeFred
I've never known an FFA to function like this...
The ones I've known are basically like FBLA or FCCLA in that they're a civic organization of sorts, kids learn public speaking, parli-pro, persuasive writing, range judging and management, animal judging/management, etc. But they're expected to have their own funds and facilities if they're going to be raising livestock...
In my part of the country FFA was open to both boys and girls for at least the last 50 or 60 years.
Also, your animals were kept at your own, or a friend's farm, never in a school owned facility.
Only the top, top animals, such as the Grand Champion animals at the state fair were sold for food by huge companies. Sometimes, the prices were in the tens of thousands of dollars.
The regular FFA animals was just sold to the local slaughter house for the usual price of a few hundred dollars.
Not sure why that's an LOL. I think the FFA encourages both sexes equally. My husbands sister became an accomplished seamstress through FFA, and they lived in a suburban town. We had an active FFA group at my rural HS and I know the kids raised the animals on their own farms. It's a great organization. National FFA Organization
Did you read each post in the thread?
It's an "lol" to the OP's comments about "the boys" in FFA.
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