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Sectional Information - Section Five
Cory Brown - Vice President
Belleville FFA Chapter - Section 5
cbrown@wisconsinffa.org
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More Firsts for Me!
Aug. 30, 2010
Well I have another oddity first that happened on my way home from Jag Lake with Noah, Julie, and Alicia. On the way home we stopped in Wausau for lunch at Noodles & Company, and believe it or not that was my first time ever eating at Noodles. And it was delicious!
Then Tuesday Noah and I headed to the West Side Agricultural Research Station for the Dane County FFA Officer Workshops. Chapter officers that attend had the opportunity to work with other teams of officers from across Dane county as well as from Green and Rock counties. The officers gathered new ideas from other chapters in addition to eating some delicious pizza.
After Filling our minds and bellies we got down to business. As a service project the officers helped the station pick melons, apples, and grapes. They also removed the melon vines and sweet corn stalks. The members then moved on to picking and eating raspberries. Fun fact of the day! Did you know that there are white raspberries? I didn’t until Tuesday… it was a truly astonishing sight!
Home and Off Again!
Aug. 17, 2010
After coming home for a grand total of 30 hours after being up at the Wisconsin State Fair for 11 days, the team and I are heading off to Jag Lake this morning! While at home I took time to savor the little things...cheese and crackers, a home cooked meal, my own bed!That got me thinking about how often we over look all the little things in our life. So why not take today and give thanks for all the little things that make up your day: a car that runs, socks with no holes, or even something as little as a working pen when you need one.
Where Has Time Gone?
Aug. 15, 2010
I can't believe that it is already the last day of the Wisconsin State Fair! It seems like just yesterday the fair began. I want to say thank you for all the members that helped out this year in the Discovery Barnyard, Congratulations to all the members that participate in the fair! I can't wait to see everyone again this year.
My time in the Discovery Barnyard has been amazing for me. That is because I enjoy telling people about my lifestyle in Agriculture. I was amazed how many people are disconnected from agriculture.
Do any of you remember my fair time challenge to promote agriculture? I did my part to promote. I spent half an hour talking to a group of fair goers about how farmers make a living and how we earn our pay checks.
Send me an e-mail about your promotions and I will post the best storied on my blog at the end of the month!
My Fair Challenge
Aug. 07, 2010
The Wisconsin State Officer team and I are here in West Allis, Wisconsin at the Wisconsin State Fair! While we are here we are not only having fun but also teaching fair goers about vegetables during the Veggie 500 as well as the Discovery Barnyard where people can meet face to face our fabulous farm animals!
Last year during the 82nd National FFA Convention I was able to listen to Mike Rowe speak. In the speech that he talked about how we can no longer preach to the choir about the issues we are facing in agriculture today. The more and more I think about it Mike Rowe is right. In our Creed the first thing we say is, “I believe in the future of agriculture….” But believing in agriculture is only part of the battle. The other part is following through with your belief. Before 1969, America always believed in landing a man on the moon but we didn’t stop at believing and now today we can proudly say we placed the first foot prints on the moon. My challenge for you is to go out and promote agriculture in some way. Weather its thought your Food For America project or you start up a conversation with a person that may not know much about agriculture. Maybe you will start a fire within that person. Maybe that fire will grow into a wild fire. And maybe that wildfire may spread from that person to another person and the passion for agriculture will spread.
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