09/19/2026
🐮🌾 BIG NEWS FROM WOODVILLE AGRISCIENCE! 🌾🐮
We’ve been hinting at a big reveal for a while, and if you’ve driven down Natural Bridge Road this week, you may already know what it is…
Lincoln and Ferguson have officially moved into their new 1½-acre pasture and cattle pavilion!
Our boys came to Woodville as bottle babies and grew up in the front land lab alongside our goats, chickens, quail, and students. This week, for the first time, they were turned loose into a full pasture with room to graze, explore, run, play, and simply be cows.
And they absolutely love it. ❤️
After a Wednesday evening move-in, Thursday was their first full day in the pasture and it was no coincidence that we chose National Day to celebrate it. Throughout the day, classes from across our Pre-K–8 campus came out to visit Lincoln and Ferguson in their new home. From some of our youngest students to our oldest, it was a pretty perfect picture of what agricultural education at Woodville is all about: students learning agriculture by actually experiencing it.
This moment has been a long time coming.
Maybe you remember the photo of Mr. Edwards and our Ag students at a Leon County School Board meeting with that big $10,000 grant check. Maybe you caught the WTXL story last winter about Woodville’s growing cattle program and what was still to come. Or maybe you remember the sparkling gold shovels from the groundbreaking photos with Superintendent Rocky Hanna and Principal Cari Molinaro.
Those were all milestones in a project that had already been growing for quite some time. Students were designing stalls, unloading lumber, running plumbing, and laying the groundwork well before those moments. As funding, materials, approvals, and community support came together, the project continued to grow into the cattle pavilion and pasture Lincoln and Ferguson now call home.
Through planning, grant writing, plumbing, fencing, construction, livestock care, agricultural mechanics, and all the little jobs it takes to create a working agricultural learning space, Woodville students have had a hand in every aspect of this project.
We’ve documented the journey from those first loads of lumber through moving day, and now that we’re no longer holding everything back for the big reveal, we’ll be sharing more photos, videos, time-lapses, and behind-the-scenes moments in the weeks ahead. 📸🎥
None of this happens without incredible partners.
First and foremost, our cattle program would not exist without Mini Moo and Alpaca Too Farm, whose extraordinary generosity and continued partnership brought Lincoln and Ferguson into the Woodville family and will soon help us welcome Elsie as our program continues to grow.
A very special thank you also goes to Bar 5C Farms, who brought their trailer, experience, patience, and hard work to Woodville on moving day and helped us get Lincoln and Ferguson safely into their new home. Many in our area may also recognize the Bar 5C family from their recent feature on the cover of Wakulla Living.
We are deeply grateful for all of our community partners and, for this project in particular, for the support of the Leon County Farm Bureau, Ace Hardware, Bill Hinthorn with JWH Construction, Lawson & Lawson, Lauren Edenfield with Tractor Supply, City of Tallahassee Utilities, and Dr. Bevis, who provides veterinary care and guidance for all of our campus livestock.
We are also extremely thankful to Superintendent Hanna and Principal Molinaro for continuing to support hands-on agricultural education at Woodville, along with the many Leon County Schools employees, departments, administrators, and decision-makers who helped move this project forward. More people had a hand in bringing this facility to life than we could ever name in one post.
And, of course, there are our Woodville students and staff who carry this program every day feeding, watering, cleaning, building, repairing, learning, caring, and showing up. Agriculture is hard work, but the responsibility, experiences, and joy that come from that work are exactly why we do it.
And we’re not finished. 🐄
Elsie will be joining the herd soon! Our genetically tested A2/A2 Jersey will open an entirely new chapter of learning in dairy cattle, milking, milk products, and dairy science. Even more exciting, Elsie is expecting a calf in December so our herd of two will soon become three… and then four. ❤️
Meanwhile, with Lincoln and Ferguson moving out, the front land lab is beginning its next chapter too, with new facilities, growing systems, beautification projects, grant-funded equipment, and new learning opportunities already on the way.
At Woodville, students aren’t just learning about agriculture; they are doing agriculture. Woodville students earn high school credit, industry certification, and articulated college credit through their agricultural coursework. As our program has grown, so have our results, with last year’s matched-and-qualified pass rate reaching an astounding 100%.
That is why “Great Things Happen Here” isn’t just something we say. Great things really are happening here every day, and we are incredibly proud of what our students are building and achieving.
So the next time you’re traveling down Natural Bridge Road, take a look toward the back of Woodville School. You just might spot Lincoln and Ferguson enjoying their new home.
And if this story makes you proud of the things still happening in our public schools, please like and share this post and invite others to follow along. From updates to our licensed fish farm to new hydroponic towers and some AMAZING new tech we have a lot more to show you! 💙💛🌱🐮
