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Wauka Mountain students get up close with agriculture
Plants, cattle and chickens are highlights of school's Ag Day outing
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Wauka Mountain Multiple Intelligences Academy student Hailey Brewer holds a baby chick during the school’s recent Ag Day. - photo by Tom Reed
Recent Ag Day festivities at Wauka Mountain Multiple Intelligences School gave students the opportunity to get in touch with their inner farmer. “Our biggest goal is to expose the kids to the different forms and facets to agriculture,” said Michael Wheeler, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension coordinator for Hall County. “You’ve got the Cattleman’s Association and the Hall County Master Gardeners, but then you’ve got the Georgia Forestry Commission teaching them about where our wood comes from, replanting, fire and things like that.