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US (AK): New FFA chapter in Kake to explore mobile greenhouses

FFA, which stands for Future Farmers of America, is a student organization for those interested in agriculture and leadership. The Kake chapter has 11 members in grades 8-12.

About 200 students are members of Alaska FFA. Chapters are found throughout the state in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Palmer, Wasilla, Kenai, North Pole, Delta Junction, Kodiak and Ninilchik.

Starting next month, the Kake FFA students will learn how to grow food with a mobile greenhouse. It’s part of the Traveling Greenhouse Project through Grow Southeast and the Sustainable Southeast Partnership.

Kake will get the greenhouse for one growing season, from March to October.

“It’s supposed to be a stepping stone, a way for the community to engage in cultivating food,” said Lia Heifetz, food sustainability consultant for Sustainable Southeast Partnership.

The mobile greenhouse is also a mobile classroom. It comes with a curriculum and a step-by-step guide to making things grow.

Read more at Juneau Empire