CCSD Celebrates Agriculture Week with Special Event

R.M. Moore ES STEM Academy agriculture teacher Amber McFarland gives a tour of the school garden.

It’s Agriculture Week in Georgia and numerous CCSD schools celebrated the occasion with special activities.  R.M. Moore ES STEM Academy on Thursday welcomed the owners of Hunter Cattle Company, CCSD School Nutrition’s provider of grass-fed, grass-finished beef, for a special celebration.  They and guests from the Georgia Department of Education, School Board Chair Kyla Cromer and Mary Elizabeth enjoyed nachos prepared with the company’s beef and took a tour of the school’s agriculture classroom and garden with teacher Amber McFarland.  CCSD School Nutrition’s beef nachos entrée served districtwide now features the grass-fed, grass-finished beef. 

R.M. Moore ES STEM Academy agriculture teacher Amber McFarland gives a tour of her classroom to School Board Chair Kyla Cromer, center, Superintendent of Schools Mary Elizabeth Davis and other guests.

R.M. Moore ES STEM Academy agriculture teacher Amber McFarland, left, and Superintendent of Schools Mary Elizabeth Davis listen to members of the family that owns Hunter Cattle Company, CCSD School Nutrition’s provider of grass-fed, grass-finished beef.

Beef nachos prepared using grass-fed, grass-finished beef from Hunter Cattle Company, CCSD School Nutrition’s provider.

School Board Chair Kyla Cromer, far right, and Superintendent of Schools Mary Elizabeth Davis, left, enjoy the Agriculture Week lunch featuring nachos prepared with grass-fed, grass-finished beef from Hunter Cattle Company, CCSD School Nutrition’s provider.