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Adirondack FFA Annual Fall Tours & Retreat
On November 7th and 8th, Adirondack FFA joined up with Remsen FFA to experience our annual Fall Tours & Retreat. This year we had the privilege of touring and visiting North Harbor Dairy and Crop Farm (home of Old McDonald’s Farm) in Sackets Harbor, NY. There we learned about the history of the farm and how it led to the diverse operations that they have today. Currently, the Robbins’ employ 50 plus employees, farm 8,000 acres of crops including corn, soybeans, wheat, hay, sweet corn and pumpkins (Robbins Family Grain), produce high quality milk from 1500 dairy cows (North Harbor Dairy), invite the public to visit a modern, working family farm (Old McDonald's Farm), raise beef (North Harbor Beef Co.), and haul the farm's own crops across the Northeast as well as contract for other agricultural companies through RFG Trucking.
From there we traveled to Zoo New York in Thompson Park in Watertown where we took a very cold and rainy guided walk through the zoo to see some of their collection of native and indigenous to NY species.
Our next stop was on to the new and improved Miller’s Meat Market, outside of Lowville. There we got a behind the scenes look at their meat processing facilities and learned some of the processes and technology involved in meat harvesting. Before departing, we made sure to explore their new retail store and bought some goodies to take with us!
Then we were off to Oswegatchie Educational Center in Croghan to spend the night. Friday evening and again Saturday morning, members participated in various team building and leadership activities.