Food For America2015

Sponsored by thePlymouth FFA Chapter

Food For America Program

• Introduction of FFA members– Name– Year in School– Career Goal– Favorite Wisconsin Food– Favorite FFA Activity

Food For America Program

• Farm visit• Fischer Valley Dairy• Family Owned and Operated • Many learning stations with animals and

food

Wisconsin Agriculture

• Ranked #1 in producing– Cheese

• American Cheese and Muenster

– Cranberries– Snap Beans– Ginseng– Mink Pelts– Corn for silage– Dry whey Facts source

Wisconsin Agriculture

• Ranked #2 – Milk for drinking– Cheese:• Italian• Mozzarella

– Baitfish for anyone that fishes– Milk cows: 1.27 million animals– Carrots– Green peas

Facts source

Wisconsin Agriculture

• 354,000 jobs• 77,000 farms• Dairy farms alone make $20.6 billion• Farmers make 16 cents for every dollar you

spend

Facts source

Activity #1• Sampling Product “A”– What is this?• Craisins

– (dried cranberries)– Have Antioxidants…..which help you stay

healthy

Activity #2• Butter making– “a churning process”– Science: physical separation of the

fat from the fluid in milk

– 2 students per group– Materials needed:

• 1 canning jar• Couple of crackers and a butter knife• Salt (optional)• Heavy whipping cream

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Butter Making

• Did you here the thud sound?

• Have a FFA member help you remove the butter and the skim milk.

• Enjoy!

Activity 3 - Cheese Sampling

• Which companies in Plymouth produce cheese and manufacture it into many different goodies?– Sartori, Sargento, Masters Gallery, DFA, and Great Lakes

• Does anyone’s parents work for these companies?

About the Farm

Fischer Valley Dairy Farm• Milks 150• Run 500 acres• Has a total of 300 head of cattle

Reminders

• Farm Day is Friday!!!!!!!!– Please wear appropriate clothes….no white.

– Close toed shoes.

– Any questions about the farm or FFA?