Farmer’s Guide to Trucking Regulations available to Ohio Farm Bureau members
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On Nov. 18, 2017 the Norwayne FFA hosted its 8th Annual Fall Benefit. The chapter hosts this event every year to help out a local person in the community who is in need. This year the recipient was 2006 Norwayne graduate Larissa Widmer. Larissa has been living with Cystic Fibrosis since she was a young girl. When the FFA officer team approached Larissa they learned that she wants to beat the odds. Due to Larissa being on the transplant list for over a year for new lungs, the theme for the benefit was Lungs For Larissa. The FFA chapter had so many generous donations for the live and silent auctions with items such as cookies and
baking baskets. One item in particular consisted of a jar of pickled eggs, a Fall Benefit tradition, that went for $500. For the silent auction there were around 190 items and 45 items for the live auction. One of the items was an old tractor seat donated by FFA Sentinel, Cal Boss.
With numerous items and a meal prepared by FFA parents, the FFA chapter had its biggest benefit yet. FFA members raised over $37,000 for Larissa and her family! The chapter is always thrilled about completing their motto: Living to Serve. Norwayne FFA would like to thank everyone who donated and participated in the event. They could have never accomplished it if it wasn’t for all of the help received!
Labor has always been an issue, mainly because we are a seasonal operation. So that's a challenge finding somebody who only wants to work three months out of a year, sometimes up to six months.
I appreciate the benefit of having a strong voice in my corner. The extras that are included in membership are wonderful, but I'm a member because of the positive impact to my local and state agricultural communities.
I see the value and need to be engaged in the community I live in, to be a part of the decision-making process and to volunteer with organizations that help make our community better.
Farm Bureau involvement has taught me how to grow my professional and leadership experience outside of the workforce and how to do that in a community-centric way.
With not growing up on a farm, I’d say I was a late bloomer to agriculture. I feel so fortunate that I found the agriculture industry. There are so many opportunities for growth.
Knowing that horticulture is under the agriculture umbrella and having Farm Bureau supporting horticulture like it does the rest of ag is very important.
If it wasn't for Farm Bureau, I personally, along with many others, would not have had the opportunity to meet with our representatives face to face in Washington.
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