November 20, 2017
Big Walnut High School hosted the Food Science CDE, on
November 2nd. it is one of many CDE’s that students can
participate in through the FFA. Through this CDE or Career
Development Event, students learned many things including,
proper food storage and handling practices. Like many other
CDE’s there are were 7 stations that students were asked to
have knowledge about before going to the contest. These 7
stations were; Triangle Taste Test, Smell Aroma, Food
Instrument Identification, Food Safety/Sanitation, Customer
Inquiry, Math Practicum (new), and a general knowledge Food
Science Test. From Elgin, 12 students participated, gaining
knowledge about many aspects of Food Science. As you can
tell the Food Science CDE is not the easiest CDE, and Elgin
placed 4th as a team overall.