Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
At a recent social even, a group of us were playing Catch Phrase. The fast-paced party game requires players to get their teammates to guess the word or phrase displayed on the electronic handheld device by giving clues, without saying Continue reading The New Jersey Ag Ed Smorgasbord (7/17/2026)
Assume a spaceship from Saturn has just landed in New Jersey. When the hatch opens the Saturnian astronaut steps out and says, “Take me to your leader?’ Your response is which leader are you looking for? The Saturnian leader says Continue reading Take Me to Your Leader (7/10/2026)
Since the recent Friday Footnotes have been focusing on agricultural education in New Jersey, today we will look at the agricultural and vocational education teacher conventions held in Atlantic City. NVATA and AVA have held four combined conventions in Atlantic Continue reading The “Memorable” NVATA-AVA Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey (7/3/2026)
Most of the published history of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) starts with the Future Farmers of Virginia (FFV). In September of 1925 four agricultural educators met on the campus of Virginia Tech and decided to establish the Future Continue reading The Young Farmers Association of New Jersey (6/26/2026)
The name Leslie Applegate is known by just about every FFA member in America. In case you are not familiar with that name, he was the first president of the national Future Farmers of America, being elected to that position Continue reading Meet Leslie Applegate (6/19/2026)