SOFA XIV Brochure & Registration Form
ISU Workshop descriptions
SOFA, Speak Out For Agriculture, is ready to travel North and East to Ames, Cedar Falls and Adel. Teen planning committee members have put together an exciting trip for June 19 – 20.
Now in its fourteenth year, SOFA seeks to expose junior high and high school students to careers in agriculture and help them develop communication skills to be life-long spokespeople for the agriculture industry.
Trip highlights include Iowa State University’s new dairy farm and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences hands- on workshops; ALMACO manufacturer of precision plot equipment; National Ag-Based Lubricants; Center for Energy and Environmental Education; DMACC farm and Hawkeye Breeders. Wade Boehm, Greenfield native and SOFA alumni, will host the group at the DMACC farm near Adel as he is the farm manager.
Fifty-two 7th – 12th grade students from Adair, Cass and East Pottawattamie counties will be able to participate in the trip; the cost is $30. Need based scholarships are available through a grant from the Creston Decat Cluster. This trip always fills up fast so don’t wait to apply. Registration forms are available after April 14 at the Adair Extension office, online at www.extension.iastate.edu/adair or from planning committee members Kelsie Cass, Velista Martin or Joceline Holliday.
4/30/2008