Show your pride by wearing blue for FFA!

Across the Nation this week National FFA week has been celebrated. Whether through service projects or community outreach, the celebratory week allows FFA members to raise awareness and promote the National FFA organization. Today people are wearing blue to show their FFA pride! Wearing blue represents the FFA corduroy blue jacket, which symbolizes and unifies members in a long-standing tradition and reminds them that they are part of something bigger than themselves.

“The FFA jacket is tradition, I have grown up in a family of lifelong FFA members with many friends and supporters of the FFA. For me it just means I get to bring honor to my family and this tradition. While at the same time, it being a jacket that holds growth.” says FFA Central Region Vice President, Karstyn Cantrell.

According to the National FFA website, The first FFA jacket cost $5.50. The millionth FFA jacket was sold in 1964, and by 1976, 2 million jackets had been distributed to FFA members around the nation.

Rural Lifestyle & Entertainment Shows
Join popular polka performer Mollie Busta as she hosts the weekly “Mollie B Polka Party” on RFD-TV! The one-hour program features the nation’s top polka bands and a wide variety of ethnic styles produced on location at music festivals from around the country.
Strap on your spurs and saddle up for a travel adventure with actress Debbe Dunning (also known as “Heidi the Tool Time Girl” from TV favorite Home Improvement) as she travels the U.S. and showcases the best dude ranches in the country on “Debbe Dunning’s Dude Ranch Round-Up.”
Starring award-winning artist Perley Curtis, anyone who enjoys the classic sound of real Country music will love “Perley’s Place.” Filmed live at the iconic Nashville Palace, near Opryland in Nashville, TN, with a live audience, it’s one classic County hit after another.
RFD-TV has been proud to host “The Penny Gilley Show” for over 15 years now, starring “The Sweetheart of Country Music” herself, Penny Gilley.
“The Marty Stuart Show” is a must-see during RFD-TV’s Saturday Night Music Row. Each exciting episode features Mr. Stuart and his band “The Fabulous Superlatives.” Episodes also feature his wife — “Country Queen,” Ms. Connie Smith—who has helped make the show a celebrated success.