WASHINGTON — They are eager to learn and getting ready to lead. They are the members of the National FFA Organization. Fewer and fewer are from farms, but their ranks are growing … a lot.
Millennials are often generations removed from any direct connection to farming. Yet, record numbers of young people are putting on iconic, blue corduroy FFA jackets, as the organization has become a pipeline for highly attractive careers.
Membership in FFA reached 610,240 in 2014 — that's an increase of 30,000 in just two years. While the United States lost more than 100,000 farms between 2007. . .
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