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INTRODUCING DAVIS FENSTER!
Davis Fenster is a junior in high school and his FFA chapter’s president. He is raising pastured poultry in chicken tractors and layers in a hen house. Davis is also the State of Virginia’s “prepared speaking” winner. I was very excited to speak with Davis as he was one of 140 winners of a $1,000 grant from the FFA for his supervised agricultural experience.
Davis is raising about 50 broilers in his chicken tractors and 100 layers in his hen house. He butchers and bags the birds for his customers with his family. They come and pick the birds up the next day. Davis is hoping to increase the amount of broilers he is raising with the grant money that he has received.
The grants were just awarded in December of 2015. I was able to judge several of the applications. I did not judge Davis’. However, based on the applications that I did judge I saw the quality of the competition that Davis had. He obviously stood out with his application.
SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Pastured Poultry Production & Egg Production
HIGH SCHOOL: James River High School
MASCOT: Knights
FFA ADVISOR: Zach Wakeman
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR DAVIS FENSTER:
Click on the picture below to be taken to the James River High School website:
Davis’ FFA Advisors’ Email Addresses: zwakeman@bcps.k12.va.us
James River High School’s Telephone Number: (540) 254-1122
FFA LINKS:
Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)
Donate to FFA – One way that FFA students are able to start small businesses is through an FFA grant of $1,000. In 2014, 141 FFA students received these grants. With your donations, more students can get this head start – pay it forward.
REASONS TO DONATE TO FFA:
“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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