Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
Last week the Friday Footnote focused on the Kentucky Future Farmer Cooperative which was a statewide cooperative with FFA chapters as members. It was started in 1943 but appears to have stopped operating around 1948. So did this mean the end of Continue reading The Kentucky AIC Career Development Event (5/24/2024)
As we continue our journey through the states via the Friday Footnote, we have arrived in Kentucky. In 1930 Kentucky received their national FFA charter, being the 39th state to do so. According to the latest FFA manual, Kentucky has Continue reading The Kentucky Future Farmer Cooperative (5/17/2024)
Since we started the recent series of Footnotes in Kansas, we will conclude the Kansas connection with this footnote. The last two Footnotes (Toto, Emulate) described online research tools that can be used to explore the history of agricultural education and Continue reading Plainville, Kansas (5/10/2024)
If you recognize the title of this Footnote, you know it is from the movie “The Wizard of Oz.” After Dorothy Gale was caught up in a tornado and deposited in the Land of Oz, she made this statement to Continue reading Toto, I Have a Feeling We’re Not in Kansas Anymore (5/3/2024)
Three weeks ago the nation was abuzz with the solar eclipse. One of my former students, who lives in North Carolina, wrote to tell me that he and his family drove to Texas and passed through my home town of Continue reading The Kansas 2028 Project, Something to Emulate (4/26/2024)