On Wednesday, January 25, 2023, Crookston FFA competed in various Region 1 FFA CDE’s at UMC.
The Fish and Wildlife team came in 6th place and qualified for state. Brandon Wandrie placed second out of 75 individuals. The Fish and Wildlife CDE requires competitors to identify Minnesota wildlife mammals, game birds, non-game birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians, and insects. They also answer questions about wildlife characteristics, wildlife monitoring technology and management, and current issues facing Minnesota wildlife.
The Food Science and Technology Team came in 3rd place. Addie Schiller placed 7th individually and Sam Rezac placed 1st individually. The Food Science and Technology CDE requires members to have knowledge of food safety practices, nutrition, aroma identification, triangle tests, and new food product production. The team had 60 minutes to create a new food product based off of a written scenario. They then had to pitch the food product to judges with packaging, an accurate nutrition label, costs of production, and food safety guidelines. Although the team did fantastic, they did not advance to state as the Food Science and Technology quota is the top 2 teams.
Floriculture and General Livestock Evaluation also competed and did well.
