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

August 06, 2025 01:23 PM • 
RFD NEWS STAFF, Currey McCullough

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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