Moss to run as Astoria FFA state officer candidate
The Astoria chapter of the National FFA Organization will have a state officer candidate, Sam Moss, who will go through three days of interviews at the Oregon FFA State Convention March 20 to 23 in Redmond.
Moss has served as Astoria FFA president and as a Northwest District offer for the past two years.
If elected, he would spend the next year traveling around the country, and abroad, promoting agriculture and the FFA, and would also visit every high school in Oregon with an FFA chapter, leading workshops. In addition, he would meet with industry leaders around the state and help plan the 2026 FFA state convention.
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