To: Rob Cooper, Executive Director of the FFA Foundation, Dr. Steve Brown, National Advisor, and Dwight Armstrong, Chief Executive Officer
FFA: Cut Ties with TransCanada NOW!
National FFA leaders:
The controversial Keystone XL pipeline is a highly political issue that has negatively affected many farmers and ranchers across the middle of our country. FFA's logo, which appears on TransCanada business cards, should not be used as an obvious political ploy that exploits FFA's good reputation in rural communities for TransCanada's political gain.
Please set a good example for young people across America. Cut ties with TransCanada and demand that they remove FFA's logo from their business cards and other promotional materials.
The controversial Keystone XL pipeline is a highly political issue that has negatively affected many farmers and ranchers across the middle of our country. FFA's logo, which appears on TransCanada business cards, should not be used as an obvious political ploy that exploits FFA's good reputation in rural communities for TransCanada's political gain.
Please set a good example for young people across America. Cut ties with TransCanada and demand that they remove FFA's logo from their business cards and other promotional materials.
Why is this important?
TransCanada representatives are distributing business cards that display the FFA logo. This implies that FFA supports building the Keystone XL pipeline, which threatens America's agriculture economy and risks the safety of the Ogallala Aquifer, which provides 27% of America's agricultural irrigation water. TransCanada has bullied farmers and ranchers in Nebraska and other states, and their actions are not worthy of the high standards of leadership FFA cultivates in young people. TransCanada's donations to FFA will be used in educational curriculum that will influence the minds of countless young people across the country. TransCanada's sponsorship is a blatant attempt to buy support by exploiting FFA's positive image and reputation in rural communities.