TBA Agriscience/Natural Resources Program Information
Our FFA Chapter prepares students with leadership and job skills. Our awards include:
1 National Gold Award-National FFA Floriculture Skills Contest
3 National Silver Awards-National FFA Floriculture Skills Contests
10 State Gold Awards-State FFA Floriculture Skills Contests
7 State Gold Awards-State FFA Landscape/Nursery Skills Contests
4 State Gold Awards-State FFA Greenhouse Skills Contest
Numerous Regional Gold Awards in Demonstration, Public Speaking, and Job Interview  Contests


The Agriscience/Natural Resources class is involved in FFA. Our chapter participates in many community projects and members compete in skills contests.

Community Involvement

Over the years the TBA Agriscience/Natural Resources program has been involved in many Community Service Projects including:

• Earth Day activities with local elementary schools
• Planting over 500 trees along the TART trail and around the Traverse City area
• Developing trails in the Reffitt Nature Reserve and the Boardman River Project
• Landscaping Mill Creek Elementary School, Elk Rapids High School, and Cherry Knoll

  Elementary
• Growing the bedding plants for the city of

  Traverse City for many years
• Landscaping many nonprofit agencies in

  Traverse City
• Donating plants and flowers to medical care

  facilities every year
• Helping with restoration of land to native

  species for Grand Traverse Land Conservancy
• Participating in Water Watch and Stream Search
• Growing plants for Open Space garden (2004)

Business Advisors

Dan Busby, GT County Soil Conservation

Diane Connors, MI Land Use Institute

Charlie Coy, TBACTC Maintenance

Roberta Dow, Groundwater Stewardship

  Program

Duke Elsner, MSU Extension Office

Tom Emling, MSU-Community Partners

Chris Griffin, Global Environmental

Mark Johnson, Chateau Chantel

Samantha Johnson, Student

Bill Klein, MSU NW MI Hort Research

  Station

Peg Mahaffy, Guest Teacher

Melvin Matchett, MSU, Retired

Alex Miller, Student

Bev Mills, TBACTC

Jennifer Stairs, TBACTC

Kris Wendland, TBACTC

Tom Wessels, TBAISD

    Students learn floral design and retail shop

    management. Throughout the school year

   they fill orders for special occasions, proms,

    and holidays.