Oregon FFA Advisor Chelsea Eden holds Charlie the classroom rabbit for preschoolers to pet during the FFA's petting zoo on Tuesday. Kids from the Oregon Elementary School were able to see and pet rabbits, chickens, turkeys, calves, goats, and a horse during the event. FFA members also had several tractors on display that kids could explore. (Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media)
Oregon High School FFA students and their advisor didn’t let a little heat and humidity stop them from hosting their annual petting zoo for Oregon Elementary Students on Tuesday, May 10.
Oliver Crosby, 4, a preschooler in Mrs. Tomilson's class sits in the seat of a John Deere tractor during the FFA's petting zoo on Tuesday. Kids from the Oregon Elementary School were able to see and pet rabbits, chickens, turkeys, calves, goats, and a horse during the event. Also pictured is Mason Breeden, one of the OHS FFA members who helped kids get on and off the tractors during the event. (Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media)
Visitors learned about agriculture and could see and pet a variety of animals and poultry and explore tractors during the day-long event.
FFA members were present during the event to talk about their animals and their farm machinery.
Oregon FFA Advisor Chelsea Eden holds Charlie the classroom rabbit for preschoolers to pet during the FFA's petting zoo on Tuesday. Kids from the Oregon Elementary School were able to see and pet rabbits, chickens, turkeys, calves, goats, and a horse during the event. FFA members also had several tractors on display that kids could explore. (Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media)
Oliver Crosby, 4, a preschooler in Mrs. Tomilson's class, sits in the seat of a John Deere tractor and talks with Mason Breeden, one of the Oregon High School FFA members who helped at the FFA petting zoo on Tuesday. Kids from the Oregon Elementary School were also able to see and pet rabbits, chickens, turkeys, calves, goats, and a horse while learning about agriculture. (Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media)
Oregon High School FFA students held a petting zoo on Tuesday. Kids from the Oregon Elementary School were able to see and pet rabbits, chickens, turkeys, calves, goats, and a horse during the event. FFA members also had several tractors on display that kids could explore. (Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media)
Ava Meinhart, 4, pets a calf as it sleeps during her preschool class' visit to Oregon High School FFA's petting zoo on Tuesday. Kids from the Oregon Elementary School were able to see and pet rabbits, chickens, turkeys, calves, goats, and a horse during the event. FFA members also had several tractors on display that kids could sit on. (Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media)
Oregon High School FFA members held a petting zoo on Tuesday. Kids from the Oregon Elementary School were able to see and pet rabbits, chickens, turkeys, calves, goats, and a horse during the event. FFA members also had several tractors on display that kids could explore. (Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media)
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