Joining the Movement to End Hunger with Greenwood FFA (@FFAgwood)

Jake Barton, a Greenwood FFA member,
shared one of the many stories of real people
 that struggle with hunger across the world.

Greenwood High School FFA (@FFAgwood) members joined the fight to end hunger with the community of the Millerstown area in Perry County on Friday, February 2nd as they held their 6th annual hunger event at the Newport Family Life Center.

This year, their hunger event was an Oxfam Hunger Banquet, through the Oxfam America organization. Oxfam Hunger Banquets give groups the opportunity to make a difference, both locally and globally. They are volunteer-led interactive banquets that bring statistics about poverty to life, and anyone interested in hosting a hunger banquet is easily able to do so. Representatives from various organizations in Perry County area were in attendance, as well as from Global Teach Ag (@globalteachag).

Food for Thought: Greenwood Global Hunger Banquet #feedtheworld

Penn State Students enjoying the meal!

On February 6^th, Greenwood FFA hosted their third annual “Hunger Banquet” at Greenwood Elementary School. This event hosted over 135 people consisting of FFA students, college students, guest speakers, and FFA advisors! If you have never heard of a “Hunger Banquet” before, it is an awesome event that really makes you truly think how fortunate you are to have a meal three times a day.

As you walk into the room, you are handed an envelope with money according to a low, middle, and high incomes. Once everyone arrived, the people with the most amount of money in their envelope were able to be the first “shopper” and buy their meal. This continued until the lowest income class received whatever leftovers weren’t taken. As you ate your meal around others that didn’t have anything next to them, it made the attendants enlightened and inspired towards the end of the meal. After the meal concluded, a speaker from USAID Kevin Faith, an Agriculture Development Specialist, spoke on hunger issues on a global level. Not only did this high school complete an awesome banquet, but they raised over $2,600 for the PerryCounty Food Bank! Overall, it was a great night with tons of learning opportunities and a chance to realize how much people rely on food every day.

If you would like more information about this banquet, you can contact Krista Pontius at kpontius@greenwoodsd.org.

To learn more about starting on the path to having a career that makes a positive impact on the lives of students across the globe by becoming an agricultural educator, please contact the agricultural teacher education program at teachag@psu.edu. Follow us on Twitter at TeachAgPSU, on Facebook, or on our blog!

Olivia Murphy-Sweet

2016 Student Teacher Candidate

Blog Editor

@OSweetMurph