Mackay is one of the few fortunate rural communities to enjoy a robust FFA Club. In the past 20 years the Future Farmers of America membership has declined in proportion to the growing urban population, competing activities and a general decline in the stature of agriculture as a noble endeavor. Mackay's FFA continues to be strong and active.
The FFA operates a greenhouse behind the high school and sells vegetable and flower plants to local residents and the occasional visitor. Once in awhile, some of the enterprising FFA members will drive down to the Saturday Idaho Falls Farmers Market to sell their products.
The Mackay FFA is also uniquely know for its Roche Coach--a fully equipped over-the-road motor bus. They have used the coach to go to the FFA Nationals for 30 years in a row, traveling over 4300 miles round trip last year!
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