Growing Hope Cayuga held its annual Food Systems Career Day on Thursday at Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES.
From left,聽Curtis Veiock, the East Coast regional director for Growing Hope Globally, Doug Young of Spruce Haven Farms, Union Springs High School students Avery Koch and Troy Gardner and their agricultural sciences instructor, Alyssa Roorda, pose for a photo with an award check made out to Growing Hope Globally at聽Growing Hope Cayuga's Food Systems Career Day at Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES March 12.聽
Katy McCumber, 水果派AV
Kirsten Workman of PRO-DAIRY at Cornell University, right, speaks to Cayuga County-area students about the work she did with Union Springs High School students experimenting with biochar fertilization methods at dairy farms during Growing Hope Cayuga's Food Systems Career Day at Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES March 12.聽
Katy McCumber, 水果派AV
Anthony Colangelo, the senior innovation and AI lead for Farm Credit East, answers a student's question about technology advances in the agriculture industry at Growing Hope Cayuga's Food Systems Career Day March 12.聽
Katy McCumber, 水果派AV
Students of the Cayuga Onondaga FFA sit for panel discussions on the agriculture industry during Growing Hope Cayuga's Food Systems Career Day at Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES March 12.聽
Katy McCumber, 水果派AV
Food Systems Career Day attendees enjoy a buffet of food cooked by Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES culinary students, who used poultry from Growing Hope Cayuga Vice President Ed Staehr and beef from Doug Young of Spruce Haven Farm.聽