The Zachary FFA Chapter of Louisiana Named 2026 Premier Chapter: Building Communities

The Zachary FFA Chapter of Louisiana was named the 2026 Premier Chapter: Building Communities during the fifth general session of the 99th National FFA Convention & Expo this year in Indianapolis.

The Zachary FFA Chapter of Louisiana created an activity titled “Farm-to-School,” where they developed interactive presentation stations to teach local pre-K students about healthy eating with fruits and vegetables. Members also made cookbooks, featuring the recipes showcased during the presentations, for the children to take home. FFA members developed leadership, communication, and teaching skills while pre-K students gained early nutrition education.

The National Chapter Award program recognizes outstanding FFA chapters that actively implement the organization’s mission and strategies. These chapters improve operations using the National Quality FFA Chapter Standards and a Program of Activities that emphasizes growing leaders, building communities, and strengthening agriculture. Chapters are rewarded for providing educational experiences for the entire membership.

National FFA recognizes the top chapters with innovative activities in three divisions: growing leaders, building communities and strengthening agriculture. Chapters that receive three-star ratings during judging are eligible to compete for the premier chapter awards. Ten FFA chapters competed for the honor. 

Bayer, Cargill, John Deere, New Holland, Rabobank and Syngenta sponsor the National Chapter Award program. General convention sessions air live on the FFA Live! broadcast stream. FFA members and supporters can tune in and watch gavel-to-gavel coverage of the event. To learn more, visit FFA.org. 

The National FFA Organization is a school-based national youth leadership development organization of more than 1,053,847 student members as part of 9,591 local FFA chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.