Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
What is the Iowa FFA Enrichment Center? The state FFA Museum located on the state fairgrounds in Des Moines. A web site with a variety of leadership resources for Iowa FFA members. Another name for the state FFA camping facility Continue reading The Iowa FFA Enrichment Center (4/12/2024)
If you remember your European history (or are familiar with a song from ABBA) you know that Napoleon’s army was defeated near Waterloo, Belgium in 1815. This marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Today, if we say that someone Continue reading What is the Significance of Waterloo, Iowa in FFA History? (4/5/2024)
“Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it” Proverbs 22:6 How do we put this verse into practice? In Iowa, the FFA has a special leadership program for Continue reading Fire-Up – Iowa Style (3/29/2024)
In a past Friday Footnote we examined the sometimes acrimonious relationship between vocational agriculture and the extension service (or the FFA and 4-H) in their formative years. However, in the early days of 4-H and FFA in Indiana, this was not a Continue reading The Hoosier Who Wore Two Hats (3/22/2024)
Can your students write a cohesive sentence or paragraph? If not, perhaps your state should have an FFA Essay Contest? Indiana does! It appears the Indiana FFA realized long ago that writing was an important skill for FFA members. I Continue reading The Indiana FFA Essay Contest (3/15/2024)