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Vegetable Crop JudgingFFA Career Development EventMiles Robinson

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What is it? Purpose!

A career development event designed to promote and create an interest in the vegetable crop industry

To explore career opportunities, skills, and proficiencies in the veg. crop industry

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Contest Overview

There are four juding classes

Followed by four reasons classes

Finally there is identification, which is worth the most

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Identification Eighty specimens are selected from the identification list

These will be any combination of the following Edible portion of the vegetable Vegetable seeds Common vegetable field weeds Market defects Evidence of diseases and insect damage Vegetable plants intended for transplanting

Contestants will be deducted points for spelling mistakes

Full names, given on the identification list, must be used

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How to JUDGE! Four classes of vegetables will be judged

Each class has four plates

Judging is based on the quality of the vegetable which will bring the best financial return on the retail market compared to the other vegetables in that class

Each class has the vegetable plates numbered 1 – 4. Students are to place the best quality plate first and the worst last.

When looking at the plates, choose the ones that you would likely buy and look the best to you

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Video on Judging

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Iyv0yDyMfk

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ReasonsAfter Judging a class of vegetables, contestants will be

required to give oral reasons on why they placed the plates in

the order that they did

Reasons must be given orally and without the use of notes

Only one contestant may present their reasons at a time

Always be courteous to the judge

Think of a format to use ahead of time and fill in the blanks

after judging the vegetable classes

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Sample Reasons

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General Notes

• Contestants are not allowed to touch the vegetables

• Contestants compete in groups of three or four

• The State Finals are held at Cal Poly SLO

• Notes and outside information are not allowed to be used and contestants will be given testing cards and vegetable list

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Coaching TipsFind students that have an interest in the veg. Make flashcards with a picture of the veggie on

one side and the name on the otherHave practice at least once a weekPictures and resources can be found at the USDA

websitehttp://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome

California Department of Food and Agriculturehttp://www.cdfa.ca.gov/