Sheridan Lantz of the Yelm FFA Chapter in Yelm, Washington works for her mother’s cottage business, processing and marketing natural wool and other fibers. She creates custom orders from other fleece producers in addition to processing fiber from their own flocks. Her duties include cleaning and washing the fibers and then processing the
fibers by picking, carding, dying and manufacturing the fibers into batts, roving and felt.
Lantz also managers the business website and attends trade shows to market t
he products. She is supported by her parents Dawn and Daryl and her FFA advisors Elaine Lewis, Mike Patrick, Matt Mounts, Dusti Nash, Sheryl Cleavinger, Rebecca Wallace, and her mother. This award is sponsored by CHS.
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