Petting zoos, cornhole tournaments, and dress-up days are just some of the ways you could have found area students celebrating National FFA Week.

The annual celebration highlights the activities and the impact the country’s over 8,100 chapters have on area youth. The Kewaunee FFA chapter hosted a petting zoo for its students, allowing kids to say hello to cows, pigs, puppies, and bunnies. The Southern Door FFA had theme days and other activities for its students to participate in during the week including herding balloon pigs and dressing up in camouflage and Carhartts. 

FFA has certainly looked different in the past two years due to the pandemic with mitigation protocols and virtual programming opportunities in place for some of their activities. The program itself has transformed itself over the decades too. With the organization also commonly known as “Future Farmers of America,” Southern Door FFA Advisor Ann Glowacki says only 10 of its 47 members are “farm kids.”

Glowacki thanks the community and FFA Alumni for their support. With their help, FFA students can earn scholarships while attending events and doing activities at little to no cost.

Picture courtesy of Southern Door School District

Listen to some of the other things going on with the Southern Door FFA