Behind the Scenes

Behind the blue and gold

If you didn’t know it already, the National FFA Convention is underway in Indianapolis this week.  It’s a big deal.  National FFA Convention coverage is featured on the Brownfield Ag News website and on the Brownfield Ag News radio network.  Looking out at the crowd during the general session, you see an ocean of blue and gold.  It is an awesome experience.

It is amazing when you think about the sheer numbers in this organization.  There are currently 523,309 FFA members, aged 12-21,in 7,487 chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Meghan Grebner and Dave Russell from our broadcast team are covering the convention and reporting on some activities that are held in conjunction with it.

Meghan spent some time with FFA members participating in National Days of Service.  One of the projects is restoring an old farmstead on 4 acres in the middle of Zionsville. The FFA has been part of this project since they moved the convention to Indianapolis and this is the kitchen that they’ve restored so far.

The work is certainly not limited to indoors.  Meghan found these these FFA members bracing one of the outdoor sheds.

Seeing pictures like these and listening to the stories that are coming out of Indiana this week takes me back to my first National FFA Convention in Kansas City, Missouri in 1977. 

Do you remember your first National Convention?  Tell us about it!