12-6 FB FFA Growth
In the past year - more than 17-thousand new students have joined the FFA. The membership of more than 540-thousand members is a new all-time high for the organization since it was founded in 1928. FFA chapters can now be found in 18 of the 20 largest U.S. cities - including New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia. Right here in Idaho there is an explanation for growth in the FFA organizations right under our nose. Shane Stevenson is an ag teacher in the Meridian school district promoting and upholding Future Farmers of America. He puts on ag events that peak the interest of young and impressionable students. “Every year we do an ag expo over here at Meridian high school and the whole Meridian school District puts it on so we have about 400 kids that will help out with that over the course of 3 days and we have about 3000 or more elementary students from the Meridian school District 1st through 3rd graders come through and we have 30 stations that talk about where their food comes from and we also do things about natural resources, all those things about Idaho that gets their food to the plate.”