26-02-2025
Aspiring farmers show appreciation at Owensboro Grain
OWENSBORO, Ky. ( WEHT) — At Owensboro Grain, day two of Future Farmers of America Week included a heartfelt thank you. Daviess County High School students visited the facility to deliver a surprise to farmers.
As they dropped off their harvest at Owensboro Grain, farmers were fueled by a small gesture of appreciation FFA at Daviess County High School thanked the people who put food on their tables by handing over a surprise lunch.
'A lot of people don't realize that without farmers we wouldn't have any food. Everybody thinks they can just go to the store for what they need, but that has come from somewhere,' says Jonathan Berry, a FFA committee chairman at DCHS.
One by one trucks rolled in, grains went up and a small brown sack with a handwritten note went through the drivers' windows.
School officials say around 150 students make up the FFA chapter, but nearly 400 are enrolled in agriculture classes.
Avery Wimsatt doesn't know life outside of living on a farm. She says these drivers keep her family legacy alive.
'They came through a few times. I know the farmers [and] how hard they work…all the hours they put in. To be able to give back, it really means a lot to me,' says Wimsatt, the FFA President at DCHS.
Abby Fish says it helped set up the opportunity for the school. She says joining the organization helped her get comfortable after moving from a small private school.
'I'm now a senior. I've made really good friends and created like a family in FFA, and they just keep me going,' says Fish, the FFA Parliamentarian at DCHS.
Now, Fish will get to spend the rest of FFA week celebrating those strong connections to both her peers and the agriculture community.
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