Opinions

After retiring from the high school Agricultural Science classroom with thirty-four years of experience I still had the desire to pass along knowledge about Agriculture.

For the last two weeks we have talked about the nation’s premier Agricultural youth organizations, the FFA and the 4H. We are talking about millions of young people being affected each year by these two organizations which are led by tens of thousands of high school Agriculture teachers, county Agricultural extension agents and adult volunteers. I thought it would be interesting to list just a few prominent former members who have gone on to be leaders in many professions. Please note that I did not list many leaders in Agriculture, those are a given; former FFA and 4H members are leaders in all facets of Agriculture. So, listed below are just a few of the prominent ones who can be found beyond our local towns and communities.

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Well, I promised last week that we would visit today about the other premier Agricultural youth organization, the 4H. But before we do this let’s make some comparisons between FFA and 4H.