National FFA Week celebrated
Published 4:41 pm Saturday, February 26, 2022
The 2021-2022 Randolph-Henry FFA Officer Team is from left, Lacey Steppe, Hannah Geesaman, Emily Geesaman, Mason Hamlett, Morgan Dickerson, Rebekah Sanderson, Tyler Mason and Ansley Napier.
The State Winning FFA Horticulture Demonstration Team Grace Geesaman, left and Rayah Edelson.
Randolph-Henry High School State FFA Degree recipients. From left, Devin Letterman, Cheyenne Stembridge, Hannah Holt and Nathan Michaelson.
Randolph-Henry FFA State Winning Agronomy Team pictured at the 94th National FFA Convention and Expo are Colby Carey, Hannah Geesaman, Emily Geesaman and Mason Hamlett.
The State Winning FFA Crops Judging team at the State Fair of Virginia. From left, Colby Carey, Rebekah Sanderson, Grace Geesaman, Ben Geesaman, Emily Geesaman, Mason Hamlett and Hannah Geesaman. Ben had the highest individual score at the competition.
Rebekah Sanderson was the State Winning FFA Creed Speaker.
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This week the National FFA Organization celebrates National FFA Week. The last two years have been filled with missed opportunities and experiences because of COVID 19, but the Randolph-Henry FFA has tried to remain active and has had many successes including participating in leadership activities, state wins at competitions, State FFA Degree and American FFA Degree recipients. The program is important to students because it sparks an interest in the many different careers in agriculture. Randolph-Henry students go on to be professionals in the agriculture industry after high school, trade school and college. According to the Virginia Department of Agriculture (https://www.vdacs.virginia.gov) Agriculture is Virginia’s largest private industry by far, with nothing else coming a close second. The industry has an economic impact of $70 billion annually and provides more than 334,000 jobs in the Commonwealth.
