Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
Perhaps it is because of the stay-at-home order, but it seems to me the Clint Eastwood movie “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” is on television nearly every day. As I reflect back on the FFA, that title might Continue reading The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (05/22/2020)
Recently the Friday Footnote visited Cal Farley’s Boy Ranch in Texas and we have also learned about the Idaho Industrial Institute. This week we will visit a unique school in Pennsylvania. We welcome Nicholas Isenberg, an agriculture teacher at the Continue reading Much More than Chocolate (5/15/2020)
It is a pleasure to welcome David Laatsch, retired Agriculture Teacher from Beaver Dam, WI as the guest columnist for this week’s Friday Footnote: National Farm Youth Foundation – Distance Learning in the 1940’s by David Laatsch, retired Agriculture Teacher, Continue reading Teaching Agriculture at a Distance – 1940s Style (05/08/2020)
Tommy High was a sophomore at Reddick High School in Florida in 1950 when it happened – he contracted polio. Tommy fought for his life. He was in the hospital for seven agonizing months. When he was released from the Continue reading We Have Been Here Before (5/1/2020)
The phrase “Here by the owl” is repeated thousands of times across America during the opening ceremony for an FFA meeting. As FFA advisors, we probably never give much thought to this phrase that we could mumble in our sleep. Continue reading Here By The Owl (4/24/2020)