Lindsey Pease, Chetopa, received FFA’s highest district award when she was named the District Star Greenhand Entrepreneur at the South East District awards banquet on Wednesday, April 16, at Girard High School.
Lindsey is the daughter of Wayne and Stephanie Pease of Chetopa. She has been an active member of Chetopa FFA since she was in seventh grade and is currently serving as Chapter FFA Secretary. She is a sophomore and carries a 4.0 GPA.
To be eligible for the award, Lindsey had to participate in a Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE). Lindsey chose the area of Specialty Animal production. She currently has a goat herd consisting of 53 Boer does and two Boer bucks, along with a large number of kids on the ground. The meat goats are marketed as show projects for 4-H and FFA youth.
Through her quality and successful breeding program, Lindsey has sold goats that have gone on to win many local, county and state shows. This last fall, Lindsey was very excited to have raised the Reserve Grand Champion Market Goat at the 2008 Kansas State Fair, which was purchased and exhibited by Chetopa 4-H member, Mason Carter.
After high school, Lindsey plans to attend NEO A&M College for two years and then transfer to Kansas State University to major in Pre-Veterinary medicine. Once she completes Veterinary School, she hopes to come back to the Southeast Kansas area to open and operate her own veterinary clinic.
Lindsey is supervised by her FFA advisor, Jim Nave.