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Published on: 11/22/2007
Last Visited: 3/18/2008
Megan Merrill
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Megan Merrill
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Those who consider agriculture to be a dying profession haven't talked with Megan Merrill.An agriscience and technology teacher at Springport High School, Merrill works closely with students to foster a love for farming.
As the advisor to the school's FFA chapter, she coordinated Spartan Sparkle, a community service afternoon where all 350 students worked for two hours on clean-up projects and worked on Project RED (Rural Education Day) with the Jackson County Farm Bureau.
Merrill has also been the grant coordinator for the Springport Youth Farm Stand, was the co-coordinator of the Springport Pasture Cooperative and was a livestock coordinator for two years at the Jackson County Fair.
"Having been from a small community (Montague) on the outskirts of a bigger city (Muskegon), I felt at home in Springport," Merrill said."Part of the reason I felt so ‘at home' was because of the great sense of community that I had seen during my student teaching year.Since then, I have immersed myself working with youth and finding new opportunities to teach about agriculture through multiple facets."
Merrill further immersed herself in the community by becoming the secretary of the Springport Area Growth Association.
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Megan Merrill