
Tori Pedersen, Head Sheep Intern. She is a junior at EHS.
This week FFA and 4-H students from all over the county traveled to the San Diego County Fair with their livestock projects. Escondido was well represented among them. These students were from Escondido High School.
Future Farmers of America, otherwise known as FFA, is a national organization that

Escondido FFA at the awards ceremony for Livestock Week 2015.
Escondido High School is only one of the chapters that is very dedicated to the FFA department. With two advisors, more than

Cassandra Coffey, sophomore, giving a presentation about lambs to elementary school students.
Over the past five months, we have been at our school farm twice daily, feeding and caring for our animals, and cleaning our

Sierra Takacs, sophomore, showing elementary school students her lamb, Marley.
Livestock week at the San Diego County Fair

Verenice Garcia, Head Goat Intern a EHS junior, at the fair.

Three Escondido FFA students waiting to show for Master Showmanship 2015.
There will also be showmanship competitions that judge how well the exhibitor can handle their animal. The goat showmanship will be Friday, July 1 at 11 a.m., lambs on Friday, July 1 at 1 p.m., and beef on Friday, July 1 at

Hailey Baldwin ~ Escondido FFA Chapter President and a junior at EHS.
The livestock auction will be on Saturday, July 2 at 10 a.m. Escondido FFA has worked very hard all year for this one week at the San Diego County Fair, and we would love to get as much support as we can. Future Farmers of America

One of the steers at the Escondido Farm.
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Tori Pedersen is chapter reporter of the FFA department at Escondido High School.
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