On Tuesday, September 24th, eight students from the Chief Logan FFA chapter attended the District Ten Soil Judging competition held at Federal Hocking High School in Stewart, Ohio. 

The competition was broke up into two sections: Urban Land Judging and Rural Land Judging. The Urban Land Judging portion encourages students to look at soil and determine what limitations are present when deciding whether to build a home, septic system, roadway, or landscaping. The Rural Land Judging teams focus more on the limitations on growing crops based on erosion, slope, drainage, and other factors. On top of judging three pits based on their focus, students also take two separate tests

Members of the Urban Land Judging placed third overall -- Grace Libben (5th), Natasha Webb (7th), Kyrstin Welch (11th), and Carly Robers. Members of the Rural Judging team placed fourth overall -- Rachel Cottrill (12th), Jennifer Saunders (13th), Meagan Johnson (17th), and Josie Cottrill. Both teams will compete at the State Land Judging Contest on October 12th.

One of the best parts of the fair for some youngsters isn't the food, rides, or animals; it is the Kiddie Pedal Pull on Saturday. FFA members sponsor the pull in hopes that these children will one day be a part of the FFA chapter. Though not every child is able to complete a full pull, all of the kids enjoyed their time pulling the sled trying to win!

On Wednesday, September 12, students from the Chief Logan FFA picked up 21 residents of the Kindred Transitional Care & Rehabilitation Center. Fifty-two of our students pushed the residents around the county fairgrounds for a few hours to ensure all residents of Hocking County had an opportunity to witness one of our largest events in the county, the Hocking County Fair.
Some students were able to show their guest residents the livestock exhibits that they personally had raised. This is an annual tradition now that both residents and members alike look forward to every year.

We have published our brand new website! Be sure to check it out. Just please remember that it will be updated often in the coming weeks to ensure the addition of important information. If there is anything that should be added, please contact Mr. Grove.

Columbus, OH – Two students from Logan High School participated in the Ohio Youth Institute of the World Food Prize on September 5 at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center in Columbus on The Ohio State University campus. Sydney Hunter and Caleb Mathias, both seniors, attended the event and received the esteemed honor of Borlaug Scholar.

Caleb Mathias was selected to represent Ohio at the three-day Global Youth Institute in October hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation in Des Moines. Students from around the state completed a research paper on the topic “Ending Hunger in Our Lifetime: A Call to Action” and presented their findings to a team of OSU faculty experts. 

At the Global Youth Institute, the delegates and their teacher mentors will interact with Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates and discuss pressing food security and agricultural issues with international experts. Participants in the national institute can apply for internships at agricultural research institutes throughout the world. In recent years, Ohio participants have obtained internships in Bangladesh, Taiwan, India, Kenya, Mexico and the U.S.

The Ohio Youth Institute was hosted by The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.