The next generation of farmers
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Dylan Legg, 15, and 4-H hog Mable are ready for the fair. When Legg got Mable, she weighed 80 pounds and now she is 280 pounds.
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Chelsea Croy,16, shares a quiet moment with Z. She volunteered to show Z, the FFA Chapter steer, at the Charlotte County Fair.
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Hydroponic strawberries grow in the greenhouse at the FFA Ag. Barn at Charlotte High School.
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A lionhead rabbit peeks out of her box at the FFA Ag. Barn. Students raise and breed rabbits as part of their animal science class at Charlotte High School.
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Chickens scratch in the compost pile at the FFA Ag. Barn in Punta Gorda. The chickens help control pests and keep things clean in the animal pens.
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Getting ready to head to the fair are from, left to right, Justin Dutton, 15, Chelsea Croy, 16, Charlotte High School agriculture teacher Cindy Webb, Katie Goffe, 18, and Kelsea Dutton, 14.
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Dylan Legg, 15, exercises his hog Mable.
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Chelsea Croy, 16, and her steer Z, workout before heading to the fairgrounds.
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Rows of 4-foot-by-4-foot garden boxes are filled with fresh veggies. They can be found at the FFA Ag. Barn at Charlotte High School.
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Landscape plants are grown in the shade house at the FFA Ag Barn at Charlotte High School. Landscape plants are for sale. To purchase, call 941-575-5460 and ask for Cindy Webb.
By JOAN KEENEY
Correspondent
When you walk through a grocery store or go out to eat in a restaurant, do you ever think about who grew the food you are buying or where it comes from? Fruits and vegetables along with beef, chicken and pork are not made in a factory by machines and computers, they come from the land and require human knowledge and experience.
They come from the world of agriculture.
