Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
While many of us are looking forward to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Future Farmers of America, it might not be too early to start celebrating. An example of this happened in Strasburg, Virginia this past Saturday Continue reading Is Now the Time? (11/13/2026)
With the 100th anniversary of the FFA on the horizon, we need to start thinking about fully documenting the history of the FFA. Two weeks ago we looked at the National Congresses of Vocational Agriculture Students that preceded the FFA. Continue reading Putting the Cart Before the Horse (11/6/2026)
Many of the readers of the Friday Footnote were in Indianapolis last week attending the national FFA convention. So, my question is, “How did you travel to the convention?” I’m guessing the answers might be by bus, plane or automobile. Continue reading Traveling to the National FFA Convention (10/30/2026)
This week, October 21-24, 2026, the 99th National FFA Convention was conducted. However, this was not really the 99th national gathering of vocational agriculture students. It was actually the 101st national meeting of vocational agriculture students. Prior to the establishment Continue reading The National Congress of Vocational Agriculture Students (10/23/2026)
During the past several weeks we have been exploring how the FFA in New Mexico implemented the Purposes of the FFA as identified by the National FFA in the 1930s. This week we come to the final three purposes. To Continue reading The Purposes of the FFA – New Mexico Style (Part 4) 10/16/2026