During the 2001 State FFA Convention, The Wisconsin FFA Foundation Board officially inaugurated its newest level of recognition with the induction of charter members into The Blue and Gold Society. The Society is comprised of individuals and organizations who generously demonstrated support of Wisconsin FFA members and programs through a gift of $10,000 or more to the Foundation, provided over a three-year period.

The following individuals/organizations are the latest inductees into the Blue & Gold Society:

  Badgerland Financial
  Group Leaf, LLC
 

Other Society inductees include:

  Kiwanis Club of Downtown Madison 
  Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative
  JBS Packerland Packing Company
  Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board
  Bernie and Marty Staller
  The Family of Matthew D. Anderson
  CHS Foundation
  Foremost Farms USA 
  ANIMART, Inc.
  Accelerated Genetics 
  Glenn L. and Sonja Linder 
  Renk Seed Company 
  The Country Today
  American Family Mutual Insurance
  Blain’s Farm & Fleet
  Dr. Lou and Sandra Arrington
  Dr. Harold and Geneva Beals
  Dr. Walter and Delores Bjoraker
  CHS Foundation
  Arnold B. and Katherine Cordes
  Floyd J. and Betty J. Doering
  The Elstad Brothers Estate (Mrs. Sidney Elstad)
  Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association
  Farm Credit Wisconsin 
  Dean P. and Mary Elstad Gagnon
  G & B Produce, Inc.
  GROWMARK
  Land O’ Lakes Foundation
  Mr. Keith A. Gundlach
  Mr. Kenneth K. Heideman
  Mr. Wallace H. Jerome
  Mr. Rodney O. Kittleson
  Kraft Foods
  Dr. Gerald R. Matteson
  Dr. Virgil O. and Ann Martinson
  Member Co-ops of Land O’ Lakes and CHS Cooperatives 
  Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. 
  Rural Mutual Insurance Company
  Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. 
  Seneca Foods Corporation
  Smithfield Beef Group 
  Caroline L. and the late Clarence A. Strohschein 
  Thomas H. and Christine M. Thomsen 
  Jim and Nodji Van Wychen 
  Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation & Affiliates
  Wisconsin FFA Alumni Convention Auctions
  Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
  Xcel Energy
 

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