CORVALLIS — Neela Hammerstein’s small classroom at Corvallis High School has big impacts beyond its walls.

There, FFA students are learning skills to better their futures and the future of agriculture.

So far, it has taken them to Bozeman and Indianapolis, where Corvallis bloomed at the National FFA Convention.

“It's really true when they say ‘FFA is the FFA family.’ We are a family,” said Hasalyn Schairer, Corvallis FFA chapter president. “This is a really big honor to represent Corvallis at the national level.”

The students in Ms. Hammerstein’s class are all in on agriculture. In April, three of their teams won at the Montana State FFA Convention. This fall, they ranked high at Nationals.

“It wasn't exactly what I imagined it would be like, but it was better,” Junior Kaia Benson sai

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