FFA Day at CHS celebrates ag leaders
During FFA Day at CHS, employees got a firsthand look at the impact of the Foundation’s multi-year commitment to building tomorrow’s ag leadership.
DEVELOPING FUTURE AG LEADERS
The CHS Foundation is funded by charitable gifts from CHS. We are committed to making a long-lasting, measurable impact on rural America and the agricultural industry through investments that develop ag leaders for life.
Our Aspirations
By 2020, the CHS Foundation will invest $8.9 million to ignite innovation in agriculture education. That investment will result in:
10,500
Students and future ag leaders benefit from the delivery of relevant and innovative programs advancing the ag-based cooperative model.
6,000
Students studying agriculture are supported through scholarships, mini-grants and university programs.
55,000
Students are made more aware of opportunities and better prepared to make meaningful contributions to the ag industry.
3,000
Ag teachers are trained to be better prepared to educate the next generation of ag leaders.
College students advocate for agriculture
When Lindsay O’Hara observed a non-ag classmate teach a group about agriculture, she couldn’t help but smile. It was exactly what O’Hara and her fellow Western Illinois University students had been working toward: dispelling myths and teaching agriculture truths by participating in the College Aggies Online (CAO) competition.
Advancing innovation in cooperative education
Cooperative tours, forming their own cooperative and virtual classroom visits are just a few of the ways students will learn about the cooperative system, thanks to grants funded by the CHS Foundation.
