FFA members help dedicate the new FFA Conference Room at the Illinois Department of Agriculture building in Springfield. Pictured left to right:  Monty Elvidge, vo-ag teacher Taylorville High School; Sarah Moore, student teacher at Taylorville; Ben Curtin, Mary Kate Curtin, Director Flider, Emily Durbin, Travis Winans, Taylorville FFA; Caseelynn Johnston, AC Central FFA, Regina Burris, IDOA; and Jim Craft, Illinois FFA.

By Carrie Muehling

SPRINGFIELD – On Jan. 6, Illinois Agriculture Director Bob Flider dedicated the FFA Conference Room at the Ill. Department of Agriculture Building in Springfield.

“We have a big conference room here in the building that is used for a lot of different purposes,” said Flider. “We worked with FFA to transform that into what we now call the FFA Conference Room. So, when you walk into that conference room for a meeting for whatever purpose that would be here for, you might be inspired now by the FFA kids whose posters and logo and mission is now included in the design of that building instead of those drab walls.”

The design includes the FFA Motto, flanked on either side by shadow boxes displaying the front and back of an Illinois Association FFA jacket. Other photos and memorabilia representing FFA are also on display.

Flider said another conference room in the building highlights the Illinois 4-H program.

Carrie Muehling can be reached at [email protected].