Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
With the start of another school year many teachers will be teaching about the FFA creed. Several past Friday Footnotes have looked at the origin of the FFA creed and attempts to revise it. You might want to review these Continue reading Another Look at the FFA Creed (8/30/2024)
Notice: Gone Fishing! Not really, but this is the last Friday Footnote until late August. I encourage agricultural education professionals to take a vacation, so I am practicing what I preach. Actually, I am combining a vacation with a couple Continue reading A Walk Through Time in Louisiana (7/19/2024)
Did the title of this Footnote get your attention? What is or was the Future Pelican Farmers? It was: An organization of vocational agriculture students in Louisiana who are dedicated to saving the endangered brown pelican by raising them in Continue reading The Future Pelican Farmers (7/12/2024)
When you look at the title of this Footnote you might think the writer of this Footnote has been eating locoweed. The title actually refers to two different Louisiana Leadership Development Events smashed together. Soon after starting this series of Continue reading Geaux Teach Ag in the Gulf of Mexico (7/5/2024)
In the previous Friday Footnote we looked at some of the early manufacturers of toy tractors. Today we look at the modern era of toy tractors U.S. Based Toy Tractor Companies Ertl – The Ertl company was founded in Dyersville, Iowa in 1945 Continue reading Toy Tractors – The Modern Era (6/28/2024)