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INTRODUCING KNEELAND MUNSON!

Today we are returning to Housatonic Valley Regional High School.  For a small town in Connecticut they seem to have all things cattle covered.  Last Wednesday we interviewed Maggie Baldwin, the president of this chapter, who was raising dairy cattle.  Today we have Kneeland Munson who raises and competes with oxen.  And, Maggie and Kneeland are both presidents.  Kneeland serves as the “junior president” of his chapter as a freshman.

This interview is the first time that I have ever heard of an FFA student competing with oxen.  Kneeland is really into it.  Admittedly, I knew very little about oxen, if they were a breed or if that was just a descriptive term.  Kneeland sets me straight in this episode.

For being a first year high school student, Kneeland is extremely well spoken.  I talked with him for a long time as it was fascinating to hear about the oxen and what it takes to make it all work.  You are going to love this interview!

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Dairy Production

HIGH SCHOOL: Housatonic Valley Regional High School; Falls Village, Connecticut

MASCOT: Mountaineers

FFA ADVISOR: Karen Davenport

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR KNEELAND MUNSON:

Click on the picture below to be taken to the Housatonic Valley Regional High School Ag. Department’s website:

Kneeland’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address:  kdavenport@hvrhs.org

Housatonic Valley Regional High School’s Telephone Number: 860-824-5123

FFA LINKS:

National FFA Organization

Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)

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REASONS TO DONATE TO FFA:

• Only 2% of Americans grow and raise most of the food and livestock consumed by the other 98% as well as the rest of the world.  FFA is providing the needed education, training and resources to Americans that will carry that torch forward and insure that America continues to have inexpensive, quality food.
• Rural Communities will rely on entrepreneurship in the future for population growth and job creation.  The FFA is a major catalyst to that entrepreneurial growth.
• Farmers, ranchers and those working in agriculture give the rest of America incredible amounts of freedom because the search for food is as simple as going to the grocery store:

“Because American farmers are able to provide for so many of us, they give more and more of us the freedom to pursue goals and livelihoods beyond growing the food we need to survive.”

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack 

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