FFA Holds Activities on Earth Day 2012

UNITY COLLEGE – Unity’s FFA students set up a booth at the annual Earth Day Celebration on April 21, 2012. The booth consisted of an activity titled “Plant Seeds with FFA” and a cat carrier containing two chickens.

Treasurer Oliver Loud-Stubbs, Member Taylor Follette, and
Vice President Shayne Van Leer Help a Student

Students and visitors at the celebration lined up  to plant rosemary, chives, thyme, basil, chamomile, or oregano in paper cups to take with them. This activity allowed participants to experience planting seeds and get their hands dirty on Earth Day.

The chickens presented at the booth are two of the thirty-six broilers Unity’s FFA and Waldo County Technical Center’s FFA are currently raising to be donated for the Volunteer Regional Food Pantry located in Unity, ME and the Belfast Soup Kitchen in Belfast, ME.

FFA Members Volunteer At Appleton Creamery

November 13, 2011 –

Six members helped owners Brad and Caitlin Hunter at their goat farm in Appleton, ME. The farm consisted of 50 plus Alpine dairy goats, many chickens, turkeys, and peacocks. FFA members helped prepare the goat barn for the winter months ahead. Every year, the Hunters depend on help from the local community to shovel out the barn and lay new shavings. FFA members received a delicious lunch and were able to take home some cheese.

Ben Hepler, Riley Welch, Rose Zoller, Katrina Karlson, Maggie Macomber & Shayne Van Leer

Hey, I’m Kelsey Schrey, Unity FFA’s reporter.  I’m a junior and Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Writing double-major. I grew up in central Connecticut, where I was very involved in the FFA all four years in high school. I’ve also been involved in Unity’s FFA chapter throughout my college career. I hope to start my own organic farm and possibly work in farmland preservation after college.

 Working at the farmer's market in Blue Hill, Maine during my internship.

I am Oliver Loud-Stubbs and this is my 6th year in FFA, joining during my freshman year of high school.  I am from Morris, Connecticut, and a Sophmore here at Unity College.  Being in FFA has been a whole lot of fun and has really changed me for the better.  I am currently the Chapter's Treasurer and I have been an officer once before, for my High School Chapter.

I am Rae the current FFA Secretary. I have been in FFA for 7 years, 6 of which I was an officer. I joined FFA my freshman year of high school. I am an Environmental Policy major, from Wheatland California. I plan on joining the Peace Corps after college and then go into Law school on the west coast for Environmental Law. 


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My name is Shayne Van Leer the current Vice-President.  This is my second year as Vice-President for the FFA.  My high school did not have a FFA chapter, so I first joined the FFA my freshman year at the college and I have been an active member since. I am currently a junior in the Agriculture Food & Sustainability program here at Unity College.  I am from Berlin, New Jersey.  I plan on joining the Peace Corps after graduation and would eventually work on starting my own organic poultry and vegetable farm.

(Landscape Horticulture Class: I'm on the right)

Hey All! I'm Maggie Macomber, this years FFA President. I'm a senior in at Agriculture, Food & Sustainability program here at Unity College. I have been involved with FFA for 5 years now. My second year at Unity College I was reporter. The following year I studied at Cape Cod Community College in Massachusetts. During my time there I was helping out as a "junior advisor" for the FFA Chapter at Cape Cod Technical High School. When returning to Unity College I became secretary for the chapter. After no high school FFA experience I have grown to love FFA as a whole, I don't know what I would do without a chapter in my life! I hope to someday own a small scale farm in the Waldo County, ME area. Also I have thought about teaching Agricultural Education and becoming an FFA Advisor or becoming a large animal veterinary technician. I love to work with livestock, mostly horses, pigs and sheep but I don't mind getting a little dirty with planting either! I really enjoy volunteering with the collegiate FFA and wouldn't give it up for anything!!

This is a picture of me working
with a Suffolk Punch draft horse named Duke.