The Future Farmers of America

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As you walk to the other end of the stage and look out into the sea of blue and gold corduroy, you realize this it! This is the moment you’ve worked toward for the last four years. You’ve stayed long hours after school working on you record book, spent grueling hours memorizing speeches, experienced the joy of winning first place at a state CDE contest, and best of all you met so many amazing people and doors were opened to opportunities you never imagined. Finally, after all of your hard work, you’re receiving your State FFA Degree! All of this from making one simple decision your freshman year of high school, signing up for the FFA. What you didn’t realize at the time was that this wonderful organization would help you build leadership skills and teach life skills that you are going to need in the coming years. The FFA was officially founded, as the Future Farmers of America, in 1928. However, the idea began many years before in 1917 with the Smith-Hughes Act (FFA History para 1). The Smith-Hughes act provided funding to states for vocational education courses. Then, in 1925 Henry Groseclose met with Harry Sanders, Edmund C. Magill, and the Virginia state supervisor of agriculture education, Walter S. Newman, to discuss an organization for boys in agriculture classes(FFA History para 2). Finally, in 1928 The Future Farmers of America was established at a meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. This first National FFA Convention was attended by 33 delegates from 18 states (FFA History para 5). However, by 1988 the name Future Farmers of America was changed to National FFA Organization to better reflect the expanding agriculture opportunities (FFA History para 37). In its early years, membership to the FFA was restricted to boys only. ... ... middle of paper ... ...life-skills.aspx> “FFA Statistics” National FFA Organization. ffa.org, ffa.org, n.d. web. 29 Jan 2014 Langstaff, Dave. “A brief history of the FFA Jacket and the people who make it” Universal Lettering Co. www.universallettering.com, n.d. web. 29 Jan 2014. “The Agriculture Education Mission” National FFA Organization. ffa.org, n.d. web. 29 Jan 2014. “Who We Are.” National FFA Organization. ffa.org , n.d. web. 22 Jan. 2014. “FFA History” National FFA Organization. ffa.org, n.d. web. Feb 14, 2014. National FFA Organization. Official FFA Manual. Alexandria, VA: National FFA Supply Service, 2006. Print.

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