Edgemont students explore meat processing and bike manufacturing on unique field trip

Edgemont High School students visit Strider Bike in Rapid City as part of their field trip. Shown here from left to right is Landon Heisler, Brady Joseph, Addison Neville, Garland Wright, Raelee Provorse, Allie Brunson, Hadley Hollenbeck, Sebastian Morse, Cian Waite, McKenna Alexander, Keaton Darrow, Levi Sheets, Mike Bales, Neveah Zimiga, John Heisler, Mackenzie Hollenbeck, Thomas Robertson, Ethan Lawrence, and Strider Project Design Manager Kent Jacobs. Photos by Garland Wright
Edgemont High School students visit Strider Bike in Rapid City as part of their field trip. Shown here from left to right is Landon Heisler, Brady Joseph, Addison Neville, Garland Wright, Raelee Provorse, Allie Brunson, Hadley Hollenbeck, Sebastian Morse, Cian Waite, McKenna Alexander, Keaton Darrow, Levi Sheets, Mike Bales, Neveah Zimiga, John Heisler, Mackenzie Hollenbeck, Thomas Robertson, Ethan Lawrence, and Strider Project Design Manager Kent Jacobs. Photos by Garland Wright

WALL -- Edgemont High School students recently enjoyed a field trip organized by their FFA and Spanish 1 classes. The trip took them from a meat processing plant in Wall, South Dakota, to a celebrated bike manufacturer in Rapid City.

ThejourneybeganattheWall Meats Processing plant, where students were introduced to the complex meat production process, from slaughter to packaging. They observed the …