#FFAWeek

Kristy Meyer with the National FFA, talks about how local chapters use FFA Week to recruit and say thank you.         If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com      ...

This is National FFA week.  And the week is more than an opportunity to wear the blue jacket and increase chapter enrollment.  For Abbie DeMeerleer, Executive Director of the Washington FFA is serves as an opportunity to share the story of farming with the Evergreen state.  She sai...

This is National FFA Week.  It’s an opportunity for chapters around the country to share what FFA is and the impact it has on members every day.  Oregon’s Shea Booster serves as the Western Region Vice President.   “I think most see National Convention as the biggest part of the year for FFA," Booser said."I’d like to see National FFA We...

The next generation of Oregon’s agricultural leaders were part of last week’s agenda of the State Board of Agriculture’s quarterly meeting with a message that resonates during National FFA Week.  State officers with Oregon FFA told the Board of Agriculture about the great work being done by their organization.  State officers like Emma Rooker of Bend take ...

Now through February 24th is National FFA week.  The event, according to Kristy Meyer with the National FFA Organization, kicked of Saturday, and runs each year during the week of President Washington’s birthday.   “George Washington was an agriculturalist and is really the forefather for us for farming and for agriculture as a whole.  So, it’s a wonderfu...

This is National FFA week, a time local chapters and the national organization use to showcase how the club has changed.  Kristy Meyer, with the National FFA office in Indianapolis, told the Washington Ag Network the FFA is vital in the 21st century.  ...

To mark national FFA Week, Pasco’s Chiawana High School’s Ag department hosted nearby 2nd graders for Ag Literacy Days.  FFA students taught young kids about a life of ag, using real pigs, ducks, dogs and crops.  Chiawana high School senior Alex Hall says these Literacy Days are vital, not only for young children, but many in the community who don’t realize how ag impacts their everyday lives.   “