Sweet Opportunities: The Milton Hershey School is teaching kids everything that agriculture has to offer

When you hear “Hershey,” you think of chocolate, but in Pennsylvania, it is the Milton Hershey School.

Let’s see how it is a place where kids learn farming, care for animals, and run a top FFA chapter.

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