Accelerated Genetics

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 and organizations are the latest inductees into the Blue & Gold Society:

• Accelerated Genetics
• Glenn L. and Sonja Linder
• Renk Seed Company
• The Country Today

Other Society inductees include:

• 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
• The Late 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, Inc.
• 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
• Bernie and Marty Staller
• 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