HOWARD — Four members of the East Knox FFA competed in the State FFA Food Science Career Development Event recently in the Parker Food Science building at The Ohio State University.
The team finished 18th place out of a field of teams from across Ohio. Team members were Bryar Wilson, Mackenzie Wilson, Wyatt Baker, and Hayden Garman.
In the contest, team members complete an online test on the basic principles of food science and technology, find correct responses to customer problems, identify food safety and sanitation problems by finding violations to good manufacturing practices, identify equipment used in food processing, calculate food nutrition math problems, and complete sensory evaluations by doing taste tests and aroma identifications.
They also completed a team activity where they developed a food product including the nutrition label and illustrations.
To qualify for the state the team placed second in the District 7 contest held earlier at Centerburg High School in Knox County with the top four individuals making up the team score.
Individually in the District 7 contest, Mackenzie Wilson placed fifth, Hayden Garman was 6th, and Bryar and Wyatt tied for 10th individual.
This is the eighth year that East Knox FFA has competed in the state Food Science Career Development Event.