Historians often celebrate milestone events such as the 50th or 100th anniversary of an important happening. In 2014 we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Smith-Lever Act that provided for a national system of Extension. In 2017 we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Smith-Hughes Act which provided federal support for the teaching of agriculture in the public schools. In 2028 we should have a huge celebration of 100 years of the Future Farmers of America (FFA).
Recently (on October 7, 2022) the Friday Footnote achieved a historic milestone – the 200th Footnote. We were in the middle of series of Footnotes about Founding Fathers in agriculture and didn’t want to interrupt the flow at that point in time to mention this milestone.
So, we are going to have a brief celebration today but more importantly, we are providing educators with an index of the past 202 Footnotes. In case you have recently started getting the Footnote or might have missed some along the way, this index along with active hyperlinks might be useful.
These Footnotes are designed to educate you and to provide additional information about rural America that you can use to enhance your teaching.
In keeping with the theme of this Footnote the following are some of the numeric milestones:
- 1st Footnote – Russia, Plagiarism and Agricultural Education
- 25th Footnote – Don’t You Just Want Me for Me? – Authored by Breanna Holbert, the first Female African American National FFA President. She shared her experiences.
- 50th Footnote – The Death of Mrs. Henry Groseclose – Introduced the readers to the 2nd Mrs. Henry Groseclose who died in 2019.
- 75th Footnote – In the Room Where it Happened – Personal experiences of those involved in the effort to rewrite the FFA creed in 1989-90.
- 100th Footnote – Black Blizzards – Describes the impact of the Dust Bowl on agriculture and how this led to the creation of the Soil Conservation Service.
- 125th Footnote –The Eagle Enigma – Address the question “Is the eagle really a part of the FFA emblem?”
- 150th Footnote – What’s in a Name? Part 3 – Looks at some unusual FFA chapter names.
- 175th Footnote – A Message of Hope – A guest editorial written by Sarah Lindsay Schmidt that appeared originally in a 1943 edition of the American Farm Youth.
- 200th Footnote – D. F. F. A. – Dads of the Future Farmers of America – Describes a support group of Fathers of FFA members in Minnesota in the 1940s..
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Currently I send the Footnote out to the listservs associated with the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) and the American Association for Agricultural Education (AAAE). Most readers receive the Footnote from being subscribed to one of these listservs. If someone forwards the Footnote to you, you can go to this link for information on how to join the NAAE listserv or to this link to join the AAAE listserve. I also maintain a small mailing list for retirees and others interested in receiving the Friday Footnote. You can drop me a note at gmoore@ncsu.edu to be added to my mailing list.
I also archive all the Footnotes at https://footnote.wordpress.ncsu.edu/. At this site you can search for individual words found in the Footnotes. If you are trying to find a past Footnote and remember the word Utah, or Stimson, or NFA, etc. just type the word in the search box and you will be able to retrieve the Footnote.
How Can You Participate in the Friday Footnote?
Even though I write the majority of the Footnotes, I welcome guest contributors. Sometimes I ask individuals with specialized knowledge of an event to serve as guest editors. Then there are times when people just send me something they believe would be of interest to the profession. I make every effort to publish these unsolicited contributions and welcome them.
If you would like to contribute a potential Footnote, I would encourage you to do so. Or if you have a suggestion or idea for a Footnote, please pass that on to me.
The guidelines I try to follow (not always successfully) are:
- Limit text to 1,600 words (not counting references or pictures)
- Include 3-6 photographs or illustration
- Have 3-5 references in case people want to delve deeper into the material
- Depending on the content, at times teaching ideas or tips are appropriate
Who is the Friday Footnote Curator?
Some of the recent subscribers to the Friday Footnote might not know who I am. In case you don’t, let me introduce myself. I am Gary Moore. I grew up in Central Texas and obtained a B.S. degree in Agricultural Education from Tarleton State University. I then taught high school agriculture at Medicine Lodge High School (KS) (1969-70) and Fort Frye High School (OH) (1970-73). I then spent a couple of years as a graduate teaching associate at Ohio State where I obtained a Masters and Doctorate in Agricultural Education.
After graduating from Ohio State, I taught at Alabama A&M University (1975-76), Purdue University (1976-1982), Louisiana State University (1982-1989), and North Carolina State University (1989-2017). I retired from the university in 2017 but did not retire from the profession.
During my university career I conducted research primarily on teacher effectiveness, SAE, distance education, and historical and philosophical aspects of agricultural education. I was active in professional organizations serving as national president of Alpha Tau Alpha, the American Vocational Education Research Association, the American Association for Agricultural Education, and the Association of Career and Technical Education.
I stay involved in the profession by curating the Friday Footnote (a curator is a keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection) and speaking at a variety of professional conferences. If you want to know where I speak or what I speak about go to http://thekeynotepresenter.com/. Some of my topics might surprise you.
I consider it an honor and privilege to share my knowledge with you. But the greatest thrill is searching for materials to share with you. When I was teaching full time, I didn’t take the time to dig into the past as much as I desired to do. Now I get to do that. Thank you for allowing me to do that. Looking forward to the next 100 Friday Footnotes.
What follows is an index of all past Friday Footnotes. The titles of the Footnotes are live links. You might want to bookmark this or keep it as a reference.
| Friday Footnote Index – Gary Moore – https://footnote.wordpress.ncsu.edu/ | ||||
| # | Date | Friday Footnote Title | Author | Synopsis of Footnote |
| 1 | 8/3/2018 | Russia, Plagiarism and Agricultural Education | Gary Moore | Tells about the Russian Plagiarism of an Interstate agricultural textbook |
| 2 | 8/10/2018 | The Women’s Land Army | Gary Moore | Describes the Women’s Land Army of World War I and II |
| 3 | 8/17/2018 | The American Farm Youth Magazine | Gary Moore | Looks at an early youth orientated magazine popular with FFA members |
| 4 | 8/24/2018 | Songs of the New Farmers of America | Gary Moore | Identifies songs popular with the New Farmers of America |
| 5 | 8/31/2018 | The 4-H & FFA Postage Stamps | Gary Moore | Contains information about the U.S. Postal Service 4-H and FFA stamps and their first day covers |
| 6 | 9/7/2018 | Rosenwald Schools and Agricultural Education | Gary Moore | Describes the building of 5,000 schools in the South for children of color with matching funds from Julius Rosenwald |
| 7 | 9/14/2018 | The First FFA Manual | Gary Moore | Focuses on information in the first FFA manual and the subsequent changes |
| 8 | 9/21/2018 | The Wise Owl Club | Jim Connors | Discusses an early eye safety program |
| 9 | 9/28/2018 | I Hear the Train a Comin | Gary Moore | Describes pre-extension demonstration trains that carried agricultural knowledge to rural America |
| 10 | 10/5/2018 | The Green Hand | Gary Moore | A juvenile novel and movie written about a wayward youth, FFA saves the day |
| 11 | 10/12/2018 | What is a Staddle Stone | Gary Moore | Looks at agricultural education in England, especially the Young Farmers’ Clubs |
| 12 | 10/19/2018 | The Mystery of the FFA Emblem | Gary Moore | Describes how the FFA emblem came to be |
| 13 | 10/26/2018 | The Poor Scholar’s Soliloquy | Stephen Corey | A thought provoking articles about the value of education that first appeared in Childhood Education in 1944. |
| 14 | 11/2/2018 | Origins of the FFA Ceremonies | Gary Moore | Looks at the influence of the Masons on the FFA Ceremonies |
| 15 | 11/9/2018 | The Yellow Dogs | Gary Moore | Explores a “secret” agricultural education society. |
| 16 | 11/16/2018 | The FFA Sweetheart | Gary Moore, Jillian Ford | A look at the past and present of FFA sweethearts |
| 17 | 11/23/2018 | When an Old Man Gets to Thinking | Gary Moore | A 1920s era poem about the truly important things in life |
| 18 | 11/30/2018 | Tom of Peace Valley | Gary Moore | Describes a juvenile novel written in 1925 about vocational agriculture and a corn club |
| 19 | 12/7/2018 | The Answer is NOT Amazon | Gary Moore | Identifies sources for obtaining FFA Paraphernalia in the early days of FFA |
| 20 | 12/14/2018 | Joe Writes Santa | E. V. Walton | A humorous 1950 era story about Joe Scatterscrew, a fictious ag teacher |
| 21 | 1/4/2019 | The Massachusetts Situation – The Fight to Allow Girls in the FFA Begins | Gary Moore | Focuses on early attempts to allow females to be in the FFA |
| 22 | 1/11/2019 | The Massachusetts Situation – a Profile in Courage | Gary Moore | Introduces the Massachusetts state ag ed supervisor – Rufus Stimson |
| 23 | 1/18/2019 | The Massachusetts Situation – The Rest of the Story | Gary Moore, Frankie Farbotko | Describes the 1930 era compromise that allowed females to belong to the FFA at the state level |
| 24 | 1/25/2019 | The Age of Aquarius – the 1960s and Girls in the FFA | Gary Moore | Events in the 1960s leading to females obtaining FFA membership |
| 25 | 2/1/2019 | Don’t You Just Want Me for Me? | Breanna Holbert | The first Female African American National FFA President shares her experiences |
| 26 | 2/8/2019 | The New Farmers of America | Gary Moore | A quiz about your knowledge of the New Farmers of America (NFA) |
| 27 | 2/15/2019 | The “Merger” of the FFA and NFA | Gary Moore | Events leading to the merger of the FFA and NFA |
| 28 | 2/22/2019 | Forty Long Years | Gary Moore | Focuses on Ag Ed/FFA/NFA concerns from the African American perspective |
| 29 | 3/1/2019 | Through the Looking Glass | Gary Moore | Views of diverse agricultural educators regarding the NFA-FFA merger |
| 30 | 3/8/2019 | The Final Act | Gary Moore | Describes the convention at which the FFA/NFA merger occurred |
| 31 | 3/15/2019 | Future Indian Farmers of America | Gary Moore | Describes a youth agricultural organization for Native Americans |
| 32 | 3/22/2019 | Down on the Farm | Gary Moore | The story of the U. S. Boys Working Reserve during World War I |
| 33 | 3/29/2019 | George Washington and the FFA | Jim Connors | A look at the relationship between George Washington and the FFA |
| 34 | 4/5/2019 | Booker T. Washington and the NFA | Gary Moore | A look at the life of Booker T. Washington and his agricultural ties |
| 35 | 4/12/2019 | The FFA Pilgrimage to Jefferson’s Monticello | Jim Connors | A description of the FFA pilgrimage to Monticello – the home of Thomas Jefferson |
| 36 | 4/19/2029 | 1862 Land Grant Colleges | Gary Moore | An in-depth examination of the 1862 Morrill Act and the results |
| 37 | 4/26/2019 | The 1890 & 1994 Land Grant Colleges | Gary Moore | A look at the 1890 Morrill Act and the awarding of land grant status to Native American institutions in 1994 |
| 38 | 5/3/2019 | Livestock Chains | Gary Moore | An examination of various livestock and poultry chains in the 4-H and FFA |
| 39 | 5/10/2019 | The FFA Slogan??? | Gary Moore | Does the FFA have a slogan? |
| 40 | 5/17/2019 | The Successful Leader of Tomorrow is … | Jim Connors | Identification of former FFA members who have attained major elective offices |
| 41 | 5/24/2019 | In Remembrance | Gary Moore | Remembering FFA members who lost their lives in service to America |
| 42 | 5/31/2019 | FFA Contributions to Winning World War II | Gary Moore | Activities of FFA & NFA members and chapters to support the war effort |
| 43 | 6/7/2019 | D-Day and FFA Members | Gary Moore | True stories of FFA members who were involved in D-Day/ |
| 44 | 6/14/2019 | The FFA Flyboys of World War II | Gary Moore | Stories of former FFA members who served in the air during WWII |
| 45 | 6/21/2019 | FFA Conventions During World War II | Gary Moore | Describes the scaled down FFA conventions during WWII |
| 46 | 6/28/2019 | The Victory Convention | Gary Moore | FFA members celebrated the end of WWII with a special convention |
| 47 | 7/5/2019 | The FFA Service Flag | Gary Moore | The National FFA and some chapters had Military Service Flags during WWII. |
| 48 | 7/12/2019 | When Johnny Comes Marching Home | Gary Moore | Explores the Institutional On-Farm Training Program conducted by ag teachers after WWII for returning veterans. |
| 49 | 7/19/2019 | A Corn Crib in Illinois | Gary Moore | Describes the discovery of a cache of FFA memorabilia in Danville, Illinois |
| 50 | 7/26/2019 | The Death of Mrs. Henry Groseclose | Gary Moore | Introduces the readers to the 2nd Mrs. Henry Groseclose who died in 2019 |
| 51 | 8/2/2019 | When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Verse 2 | Gary Moore | Describes how the GI Bill impacted collegiate level agricultural education programs. |
| 52 | 8/9/2019 | Victory Gardens | Emma Cannon, Victoria | Explains the FFA and 4-H Victory Garden program during WWII |
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| 53 | 8/16/2019 | School-Community Canneries | Gary Moore | Looks at school canneries – past and present |
| 54 | 8/23/2019 | Joe Scatterscrew – Organizing for a New Year | E. V. Walton | Joe Scatterscrew plans for a new school year. |
| 55 | 8/30/2019 | Did the Smith-Hughes Act REALLY Start the Teaching of Agricultural Education? | Gary Moore | Looks at the impact of the Hatch Act (1887) on the development of Agricultural Education |
| 56 | 9/6/2019 | Alfred C. True | Jim Connors | Introduces the profession to the unrecognized “Father” of Agricultural Education |
| 57 | 9/13/2019 | Who is Henry C. Grosecose? | Gary Moore | Describes the life of the “Father” of the FFA |
| 58 | 9/20/2019 | The Henry Groseclose/FFA Museum | Gary Moore | Showcases the Groseclose/FFA Museum in Ceres, Virginia |
| 59 | 9/27/2019 | Thomas Monroe Campbell and the Tuskegee Movable School | Gary Moore | Describes early extension efforts at Tuskegee Institution. |
| 60 | 10/4/2019 | The Founders of the New Farmers of America | Gary Moore | Examines the life of H. O. Sargent and George Washington Owens |
| 61 | 10/11/2019 | Celebrating 100 Years of the American Farm Bureau Federation – Part I | Gary Moore | Looks at the early close relationship between Extension and Farm Bureaus |
| 62 | 10/18/2019 | The Farm Bureau – Part II – The Divorce | Gary Moore | Describes the events that led to the separation of the Farm Bureau from the Extension Service |
| 63 | 10/25/2019 | The Farm Bureau – Part III – Today’s Farm Bureau | Gary Moore | Looks at activities of the Farm Bureau today of which Agricultural Educators should be aware |
| 64 | 11/1/2019 | The White City | Jim Connors | Looks at the agriculture exhibits at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1892-93 |
| 65 | 11/8/2019 | Farmers Institutes | Gary Moore | Describes agricultural institutes which were early adult education meetings |
| 66 | 11/15/2019 | Boys’ Corn Clubs | Gary Moore | The history of boy’s corn clubs, the forerunner for 4-H and FFA |
| 67 | 11/22/2019 | Girls’ Tomato and Canning Clubs | Gary Moore | The history of girl’s tomato clubs |
| 68 | 11/29/2019 | Thanksgiving Thoughts | Gary Moore | Reflections on a teaching assignment in a Nigerian agricultural college |
| 69 | 12/6/2019 | Agriculture in the Classroom | Debra Spielmaker | Explains how the Ag in Classroom program came into existence |
| 70 | 12/13/2019 | Presidents and National FFA Conventions | Jim Connors | Lists the various U. S. Presidents who have spoken at the FFA Convention |
| 71 | 12/20/2019 | Follow-Up to the Friday Footnote from Last Week – Presidents & FFA Convention | Jim Connors | Provides additional information about FFA conventions and the Presidents |
| 72 | 1/10/2020 | A Bad New Year | E. V. Walton | The hapless Joe Scatterscrew experiences a fire in the agricultural building |
| 73 | 1/17/2020 | The Origins and Revisions of the FFA Creed | Gary Moore | Explores the original FFA creed and later revisions |
| 74 | 1/24/2020 | The Failed Revision of the FFA Creed | Gary Moore | Looks at the 1989-90 attempt to rewrite the FFA Creed and why the attempt |
| 75 | 1/31/2020 | In the Room Where it Happened | Gary Moore | Personal experiences of those involved in the effort to rewrite the creed |
| 76 | 2/7/2020 | Follow the Leader | Gary Moore | Looks at the creeds of other Career and Technical Student Organizations |
| 77 | 2/14/2020 | The Ag Teachers Creed | Gary Moore | Looks at the Ag Teachers Creeds and early teacher creeds |
| 78 | 2/21/2020 | Creeds Associated with the Extension Service | Gary Moore | Creeds of various Extension groups |
| 79 | 2/28/2020 | The Farm Boy Cavaliers of America | Gary Moore | Examines an agricultural youth organization found in 30 states during the 1920s |
| 80 | 3/6/2020 | The West Virginia, FFA Ham. Bacon and Egg Show and Sale | Harry & Deborah Boone | A West Virginia tradition going back to 1941 |
| 81 | 3/13/2020 | Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch | Gary Moore | The story of a special agricultural school in Texas for boys who needed “a shirttail to hang to.” |
| 82 | 3/20/2020 | Three Boys Ranch Alumni | Chanda Neal | Focuses on three Boys Ranch FFA alumni who attained prominence |
| 83 | 3/27/2020 | The Farm Cadets of New York | Gary Moore | A New York program started in 1917 to get youth to volunteer to work on farms to win the war |
| 84 | 4/3/2020 | Where Did Thomas Jefferson Go? | Gary Moore | Examines how Thomas Jefferson gradually disappeared from FFA ceremonies |
| 85 | 4/10/2020 | Joe Scatterscrew Confesses | E. V. Walton | A humorous story of the trouble Joe got into while in college |
| 86 | 4/17/2020 | Idaho Industrial Institute | Jim Connors | Focuses on an early agricultural school in Idaho |
| 87 | 4/24/2020 | Here By The Owl | Gary Moore | Various renditions of the owl associated with the FFA Advisor (and controversies) |
| 88 | 5/1/2020 | We Have Been Here Before | Gary Moore | How the polio epidemic in the early 1930-1960 era impacted the FFA and 4-H |
| 89 | 5/8/2020 | Teaching Agriculture at a Distance – 1940s Style | David Laatsch | National Farm Youth Foundation correspondence classes in farm management |
| 90 | 5/15/2020 | Much More than Chocolate | Nick Isenberg | Milton Hershey School in Pennsylvania |
| 91 | 5/22/2020 | The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | Gary Moore | Hazing in the FFA |
| 92 | 5/29/2020 | Non-Constitutional FFA Officers | Jim Connors | Examines the FFA “optional officers” – the Parliamentarian, Historian and Chaplin |
| 93 | 6/5/2020 | Mysteries of the Sentinel | Jim Connors | Delves into the history of the FFA Sentinel (i.e. the Farm Watch Dog) |
| 94 | 6/12/2020 | The Jewish Agricultural Society | Gary Moore | Documents the activities of this Society to encourage and enable Jews to be farmers |
| 95 | 6/19/2020 | The Future Jewish Farmers of America ??? | Gary Moore | A history of the Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School in Woodbine, NJ |
| 96 | 6/26/2020 | Jews and Farming in America | Lori Shaller & Judith Rosenbaum | Examines the four “eras” of Jewish farming in America |
| 97 | 7/3/2020 | The Sanitary Privy | Gary Moore | Describes the Federal Government’s Depression era WPA Privy Building Program |
| 98 | 7/10/2020 | The Night the Lights Came On | Gary Moore | Looks at the Rural Electrification Administration and bringing electricity to rural America |
| 99 | 7/17/2020 | The Night the Lights Came On – True Stories | Gary Moore | Describes the reactions of rural people as they first got electricity |
| 100 | 7/24/2020 | Black Blizzards | Gary Moore | The Dust Bowl events leading to the creation of the Soil Conservation Service |
| 101 | 7/31/2020 | One Hundred and Counting | Gary Moore | Contains an index of all the previous Friday Footnotes |
| 102 | 8/7/2020 | Show Me the Money | Gary Moore | Information about the Farm Credit System |
| 103 | 8/14/2020 | Plowing Under Cotton and Killing Pigs | Gary Moore | The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 |
| 104 | 8/21/2020 | Its Alive? The Agricultural Adjustment Act Rises from the Grave | Gary Moore | The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 – then and now |
| 105 | 8/28/2020 | Dust Bowl Refugees | Gary Moore | Looks at the Resettlement Administration creation of migrant labor centers for Dust Bowl refugees |
| 106 | 9/4/2020 | Planned Farming Communities | Gary Moore | Looks at the Resettlement Administration creation of planned farming communities |
| 107 | 9/11/2020 | Urban Agriculture: 1930s Style | Gary Moore | Examines the creation of Subsistence Homesteads near cities |
| 108 | 9/18/2020 | A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words | Gary Moore | Looks at the Farm Security Agency Photography unit |
| 109 | 9/25/2020 | The Aims and Purposes of the FFA | Jim Connors | Focuses on the Aims and Purposes Banner found in Ag Classrooms |
| 110 | 10/2/2020 | Home Sweet FFA Home | Gary Moore | Looks at the early days of FFA when FFA chapter had chapter houses |
| 111 | 10/9/2020 | Was Lillian Lamb the First Smith-Hughes Agriculture Teacher? | Gary Moore | Looks at the life of Lillian Lamb, a 1919-20 Agriculture teacher in Indiana |
| 112 | 10/16/2020 | It’s a Beautiful Day in the Agrihood | Gary Moore | Examines a new phenomenon of planned communities focused on agriculture |
| 113 | 10/23/2020 | Another Contender for First Female Agriculture Teacher – E. M. Hill | Gary Moore | Looks at a female teacher in Maryland who taught high school ag in 1918-19 |
| 114 | 10/30/2020 | Agricultural Saints, Gods and Goddesses | Jim Connors | Examines ancient mythology regarding agricultural deities |
| 115 | 11/6/2020 | The National FFA Officers Creed | Gary Moore | A creed approved by the FFA Convention delegates in 1969 |
| 116 | 11/13/2020 | She Was a Woman in a Man’s Job,… | Gary Moore | A pioneer female ag teacher – Hester Bradley of Michigan |
| 117 | 11/20/2020 | Forty-One Words | Gary Moore | Examines the President’s admonition in the FFA meeting closing ceremony |
| 118 | 11/27/2020 | Joe’s Cat Experiment | E. V. Walton | Joe Scatterscrew’s scientific experiment goes haywire |
| 119 | 12/4/2020 | Cincinnatus: Farmer, Statesman, Leader | Jim Connors | Compares Cincinnatus to George Washington |
| 120 | 12/11/2020 | Charles Dickens, Mignon Quaw, and the Long Trail | Gary Moore | Using a play to educate farmers about change |
| 121 | 1/8/2021 | Former Vo-Ag Student Wins Nobel Peace Prize | Gary Moore | The story of Norman Borlaug |
| 122 | 1/15/2021 | The Three Female Ag Ed Musketeers – Part I | Gary Moore | Focuses on the first three female presidents of NVATA, NASAE, AAAE |
| 123 | 1/22/2021 | The Three Female Ag Ed Musketeers – Part II | Gary Moore | Focuses on the first three female presidents of NVATA, NASAE, AAAE |
| 124 | 1/29/2021 | Service is the Rent One Pays for Living | Gary Moore | Spotlights the life of Ira Hicks of Fort Valley State |
| 125 | 2/5/2021 | The Eagle Enigma | Gary Moore | Is the eagle really part of the FFA emblem |
| 126 | 2/12/2021 | Protecting the FFA Emblem | Gary Moore | Describes the travails in getting a trademark on the FFA emblem |
| 127 | 2/19/2021 | The History of National FFA Week | Gary Moore | Explores how national FFA week evolved |
| 128 | 2/26/2021 | Is a Storm Brewing on the Horizon? | Gary Moore | The FFA is concerned with Texas and the Chapter Supply Company of Illinois |
| 129 | 3/5/2021 | Future Farmers of America v. Romack: The Legal Storm Arrives | Gary Moore | Looks at the FFA lawsuit against Chapter Supply |
| 130 | 3/12/2021 | What Now? | Gary Moore | After the FFA loses the lawsuit, what do they do next? |
| 131 | 3/19/2021 | In the Promise of Better Days…Through Inclusion | Jim Connors | Looks at organizations that were segregated by gender or race |
| 132 | 3/26/2021 | April Fools’s Day – FFA Style | Gary Moore | The reader has to decide if 25 statements about the FFA or T or F. |
| 133 | 4/2/2021 | The LAST Miss NFA | Gary Moore | An examination of the Miss NFA selection and process |
| 134 | 4/9/2021 | Lessons Learned from NFA Day Celebrations | Gary Moore | A Look at how NFA Chapters celebrated NFA Day |
| 135 | 4/16/2021 | It’s as if life started all over again! | Gary Moore | The story of the Brick School for African-Americans n NC |
| 136 | 4/23/2021 | The Principal Said “NO”, So… | Gary Moore | Tells how Sankofa Farm came to exist |
| 137 | 4/30/2021 | Henry M. Roberts: Parliamentary Procedure Pioneer | Jim Connors | Who developed Robert’s Rules of Order and when did the FFA adopt it? |
| 138 | 5/7/2021 | A Camping We Will Go | Gary Moore | Examines FFA Camping trips from the 1930s and 40s |
| 139 | 5/14/2021 | The National FFA Camp | Gary Moore | Describes the short lived National FFA Camp near Washington, DC |
| 140 | 5/21/2021 | Being at FFA Summer Camp in 1945 | Gary Moore | The memoirs of a FFA member in 1945 who attend summer FFA camp in NC |
| 141 | 5/28/2021 | The History of FFA Camps | Jim Connors, Jeremy Falk, Rebekah Epps | An overview of state FFA camps |
| 142 | 6/4/2021 | The Young Farmers of America | Gary Moore | The failed effort to establish a National organization of Young Farmers |
| 143 | 6/11/2021 | The Future Farmers of Dixie | Gary Moore | If the FFA had not started in 1928, the Future Farmers of Dixie would have |
| 144 | 6/18/2021 | Agdex | Gary Moore | Describes a national filing system for agricultural educators |
| 145 | 6/25/2021 | The Farmer’s Best Friend | Gary Moore | Examines the activities of Sears Roebuck related to farming |
| 146 | 7/2/2021 | The Educational Activities of Sears and Roebuck | Gary Moore | Examines the activities of Sears Roebuck related to agricultural education |
| 147 | 8/6/2021 | Once Upon a Time | Gary Moore | Looks at the FFA Calendar Program |
| 148 | 8/13/2021 | What’s In a Name? Part I | Jim Connors | Describes the effort to change the name of the Future Farmers of America |
| 149 | 8/20/2021 | What’s in a Name? Part II | Jim Connors | Looks at the official name of state FFA associations |
| 150 | 8/27/2021 | What’s in a Name? Part III | Gary Moore | Looks at some unusual FFA chapter names |
| 151 | 9/3/2021 | I Smell a Rat! | Gary Moore | At one time FFA Pest Hunts were popular |
| 152 | 9/10/2021 | More Rat Tails (Tales) | Gary Moore | Stories from the field about pest hunts |
| 153 | 9/17/2021 | Our Hispanic Heritage | Gary Moore | How Hispanics influenced agricultural practices in America |
| 154 | 9/24/2021 | What is Your Hispanic Farmer IQ? | Gary Moore | in a quiz format examines USDA data on Hispanic farmers |
| 155 | 10/1/2021 | Spanglish in the Old West | Gary Moore | Words we use in ranching that came from the Spanish |
| 156 | 10/8/2021 | To Practice Brotherhood?? Mendez v. Westminster | Gary Moore | A Hispanic School Segregation Case in California |
| 157 | 10/15/2021 | My Story – Elizabeth Espino | Elizabeth Espino | The 2021-22 NC State FFA president tells her story. |
| 158 | 10/22/2021 | Basque Sheepherders in the American West | Jim Connors | The story of Basque Sheepherders |
| 159 | 10/29/2021 | Halloween Haunting: FFA Style | Gary Moore | What various FFA chapters do at Halloween |
| 160 | 11/5/2021 | The Role of Native American Women in Agriculture | Gary Moore | How involved were Native American women in Agriculture? |
| 161 | 11/12/2021 | The Carlisle Indian Industrial School | Gary Moore | Describes an early boarding school for Indians |
| 162 | 11/19/2021 | The Last Dance | Gary Moore | Montana FFA members performed the Buffalo Grass at the FFA Convention |
| 163 | 11/26/2021 | Monument Valley High School | Gary Moore | The Monument Valley High School is in the spotlight |
| 164 | 1/7/2022 | Making Basketball History | Gary Moore | Many FFA chapters once had basketball teams |
| 165 | 1/14/2022 | Put Up Your Dukes | Gary Moore | FFA chapters also had boxing teams at one time |
| 166 | 1/21/2022 | I Place This Class of Seed Potatoes 4-1-3-2 | Gary Moore | Looks at FFA potato judging |
| 167 | 1/28/2022 | The Farm Sports Festivals | Gary Moore | Illinois and Iowa farmers had farm sports festivals |
| 168 | 2/4/2022 | Forty Acres and a Mule | Gary Moore | The first promise made to freed African Americans |
| 169 | 2/11/2022 | The Last Plantation | Gary Moore | Examines the USDA discrimination of African American Farmers |
| 170 | 2/18/2022 | A Sordid Chapter in USDA History | Gary Moore | The Pigford v Glickman lawsuit |
| 171 | 2/25/2022 | The Woman’s Barnyard Auxiliary | Gary Moore | The Farmers Improvement Society |
| 172 | 3/4/2022 | Did You Celebrate March 2? | Gary Moore | Research at Black Land-Grant Colleges |
| 173 | 3/11/2022 | How a Pig Caused A War | Gary Moore | The importance of one vote |
| 174 | 3/18/2022 | Take Me Out to the Ballgame | Gary Moore | FFA Softball and baseball teams |
| 175 | 3/25/2022 | A Message of Hope | Gary Moore | a 1943 Guest Editorial from Sarah Lindsay Schmidt |
| 176 | 4/1/2022 | Show Me the Money II | Gary Moore | FFA Thrift Banks |
| 177 | 4/8/2022 | Be Careful What You Wish For! | Gary Moore | Record Keeping in the early days of Ag Ed |
| 178 | 4/15/2022 | Is Record Keeping a Four Letter Word? | E. V. Walton | How to keep records according to Joe Scatterscrew |
| 179 | 4/22/2022 | Can You Teach an Old Dog New Tricks | Roger Hannagriff | How the Ag Experience Tracker Program came into existence |
| 180 | 4/29/2022 | Farm Business Management Education | Gary Moore | An examination of farm business management programs. |
| 181 | 5/6/2022 | Financial Records and Management Information Dilemma | Jack Elliot | Why the FFA changed their record keeping protocols that led to Decisions and Dollars. |
| 182 | 5/13/2022 | Have You Heard of the “Present Farmers of America”? | Gary Moore | Was there really an organization known as Present Farmers of America? |
| 183 | 5/20/2022 | A Raw Deal (Part 1) – Japanese American Internment Camps | Gary Moore | An examination of factors leading to Japanese Internment Centers in WWII. |
| 184 | 5/27/2022 | A Raw Deal (Part 2) – Agricultural Education in Japanese American Internment Camps?? | Gary Moore | Were there agricultural education programs in Japanese American Interment centers and were there FFA chapters? |
| 185 | 5/30/2022 | A Special Memorial Day Tribute | Gary Moore | A tribute to the U.S. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team – the most decorated unit in WWII. It was comprised of Japanese Americans. |
| 186 | 6/3/2022 | A Raw Deal (Part 3) – Agricultural Operations in Japanese American Internment Camps | Gary Moore | A look at the farming programs and agricultural enterprises in internment camps. |
| 187 | 6/10/2022 | A Raw Deal (Part 4) – Adult Education in Japanese American Internment Camps | Gary Moore | A look at adult education programs with an emphasis on agriculture in internment camps. |
| 188 | 6/17/2022 | A Raw Deal (Part 5) – When Junichiro Comes Marching Home | Gary Moore | What did the internees discover when they came home from the internment camps? |
| 189 | 6/24/2022 | A Raw Deal (Part 6) – Making it Real | Alice Bernstein | An interview focused on a Japanese American interned family, |
| 190 | 7/1/2022 | Who is Stevenson Ching? | Gary Moore | Meet the first Asian American/Pacific Islander National FFA Officer |
| 191 | 8/5/2022 | Agriculture Teachers are □□□□□□□□□ | Gary Moore | Examines the resilience of agriculture teachers |
| 192 | 8/12/2022 | Agriculture Teachers Have a □□□□□ | Gary Moore | Advocates for agricultural teachers to have a heart |
| 193 | 8/19/2022 | The 1920 Era Three Circle Model of Agricultural Education | Gary Moore | Proposes what the 3-circle Ag Ed Model might have looked like in the 1920s |
| 194 | 8/26/2022 | What was the Day-Unit Approach to Teaching Agriculture | Gary Moore | Examines an early approach to delivering courses in agriculture |
| 195 | 9/2/2022 | Is There a FFA Degree Higher Than the American FFA Degree? | Jim Connors | Looks at a 1930 proposal to have a new FFA degree |
| 196 | 9/9/2022 | Who’s Your Daddy? Predecessors of the FFA Degrees | Jim Connors | A look at the FFV, FFD, and NFA degrees. |
| 197 | 9/16/2022 | The Patrons of Husbandry – Part 1 | Gary Moore | Focuses on the development of the Grange |
| 198 | 9/23/2022 | The Patrons Of Husbandry – Part 2 | Gary Moore | Three agriculture teachers share their experiences with the Grange |
| 199 | 9/30/2022 | Father Figures | Jim Connors | Identified five famous agriculture “Founding Fathers” |
| 200 | 10/7/2022 | D.F.F.A. – Dads of the Future Farmers of America | Gary Moore | Describes a FFA support group from Minnesota in the 1940s |
| 201 | 10/14/2022 | To Tell The Truth | Jim Connors, John Hillison, Phil Fravel, Gary Moore | A chronological listing of events leading to the founding of the FFA along with recognition of individuals involved |
| 202 | 10/21/2022 | Will the Father of the FFA Please Stand Up? | Gary Moore, John Hillison, Phil Fravel, Jim Connors | Identification of the FFA Founding Father(s) |
| 203 | 10/28/2022 | Two Hundred and Counting | Gary Moore | A listing of the first 201 Friday Footnotes |