A central Illinois school district is excited to be able to utilize a new greenhouse.

Lisa Agne is the Warrensburg-Latham High School FFA advisor and explains the program has a lot of new members. This is in large part thanks to the Illinois Department of Agriculture paying the membership dues which means anyone enrolled in an ag class at the high school is automatically signed up for FFA.

Andrew Cornet is the treasurer and he explains ADM provided a grant to them in order to build a new greenhouse. 

Agne says they plan to have a plant sale once the greenhouse is finished and once they have the electricity and plumbing they need, they will begin growing their own plants and have their sale in the spring. 

According to Agne, the vegetables and flowers will serve as a great fundraising effort for their program, but it also gives a sense of pride to the students who are a part of making the sale happen. It also will of course be a great learning tool for the program. 

The Warrensburg Latham High School FFA is very grateful to the organizations that provided grants to them for this greenhouse. 

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