FFA Week 2025: Let’s celebrate agriculture influencer + FFA Advisor Nathan Anderson!

Happy National FFA Week! As we celebrate Advisor Appreciation Day, we want to check in with an ag educator who is using social media as a platform to highlight his students.

Nathan Anderson joined RFD-TV’s own Tammi Arender to discuss how involvement with the FFA, how he became an ag teacher, and what made him start posting his ag education TikToks.

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