{"id":783824,"date":"2026-05-09T08:01:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783824\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T08:01:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:01:43","slug":"cpp-students-and-animals-take-center-stage-at-la-county-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783824\/","title":{"rendered":"CPP Students and Animals Take Center Stage at LA County Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpp.edu\/agri\/index.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Huntley College of Agriculture<\/a>\u2019s students and livestock will take the spotlight this month at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacountyfair.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LA County Fair<\/a>!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cal Poly Pomona students unload the trailer with baby goats at the LA County Fair. \" class=\"image-300px-float-right\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/24fair-goat-delivery.jpg\" width=\"1100\"\/>The college will bring its farm animals\u00a0to the\u00a0Big\u00a0Red Barn, including pregnant cows and ewes that are expected to give birth during the fair. In addition, there will be a sow with piglets and\u00a0the college\u2019s\u00a0three\u00a0alpacas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About 60 students will work at the\u00a0fair, running the petting zoo\u00a0\u2013 traditionally one of the most popular attractions \u2013 performing\u00a0bottle-feeding demonstrations, taking\u00a0caring\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0animals\u00a0and answering visitors\u2019\u00a0questions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur students gain valuable skills and hands-on experience working with animals at Cal Poly Pomona,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Kellogg Ranch Director Lisa Christie, who is overseeing the Huntley College\u2019s participation\u00a0at the fair. \u201cThe fair gives them an opportunity to show the public their knowledge.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That college\u00a0also will\u00a0display its knowledge base in exhibits and demonstrations in both the Red and Green Barns.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The apiary program will have its \u201cLife of a Bee\u201d educational exhibit in the Red Barn.\u00a0Exhibits in the Green Barn include displays from the animal science, apparel merchandising and\u00a0management, and\u00a0nutrition and food science programs; a pollinator and plant station; and an aquaponics system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The college\u00a0also will have\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flower-making activities:\u00a0<strong>2 p.m., May 9-10<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Ask Farmer Bryan:\u00a0<strong>noon,\u00a0May 15 &amp; 29<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Storytime with\u00a0Le\u2019Yona:\u00a0<strong>noon, May 23-24, 30-31.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Bronco Pep Band will make three appearances:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>5 p.m., May 8<\/strong>\u00a0with Billy the Bronco\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>5 p.m., May 15<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>CPP Day<strong>, May 25.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Discounted\u00a0fair\u00a0tickets are available for sale to Cal Poly Pomona students at the Bronco Bookstore for $20.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the fair or to buy tickets, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacountyfair.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.lacountyfair.com<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Huntley College of Agriculture\u2019s students and livestock will take the spotlight this month at the LA County&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":783825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-783824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116543574451639613","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}