{"id":97811,"date":"2025-10-23T12:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T16:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=97811"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:01:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:01:52","slug":"shaking-hands-with-ffa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=97811","title":{"rendered":"Shaking Hands with FFA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Grange and FFA share many things in common and that means we have an opportunity to help each other. FFA member Delaney McKeen joined us to explore!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tpxYZ2MV8wI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An interview with FFA member Delaney McKeen exploring some comparisons between it and the Grange. It&#8217;s not trite to say that &#8220;this is not your grandparents&#8217; FFA.&#8221; You&#8217;ll be surprised at how and why the FFA continues to grow and develop&#8211;and in some ways, Granges and other organizations can both benefit and help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to a bit of a snafu, this video truly features Delaney&#8211;my portions were not captured visually. I assure you I was there virtually!  For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ffa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit the FFA website<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:webmaster@mainestategrange.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">send us an email<\/a>, and we&#8217;ll give you a hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grange and FFA share many things in common and that means we have an opportunity to help each other. FFA member Delaney McKeen joined us to explore! An interview with FFA member Delaney McKeen exploring some comparisons between it and the Grange. It&#8217;s not trite to say that &#8220;this is not your grandparents&#8217; FFA.&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=97811\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Shaking Hands with FFA&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,4,218],"tags":[540,206,25,240],"post_folder":[676],"class_list":["post-97811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-community-service","category-resources-for-granges-and-grangers","tag-ffa","tag-grange-advocacy","tag-grange-heritage","tag-grange-resources"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Walter Boomsma","author_link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?author=2122"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Grange and FFA share many things in common and that means we have an opportunity to help each other. 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