Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
How would you like to teach agriculture in a state where the agriculture teacher was given a home to live in rent-free? If you were to teach in Mississippi in 1914 that would be the case. The State Director of Continue reading Rent-Free Home for the Agriculture Teacher! (9/19/2025)
In last week’s Friday Footnote we learned about an FFA Safety campaign in Minnesota that focused on a kernel of corn. This week we will learn how Minnesota FFA members collected thousands and thousands of ears of corn to support a worthy Continue reading Camp Courage (9/12/2025)
The Friday Footnote took a short vacation in July and then during August Dr. Connors of South Dakota State University educated us about art in agriculture. Now, we will return to our journey through the states continuing where we left Continue reading A Kernel of Corn (9/5/2025)
This is the 5th and final Friday Footnote in The Art of Agriculture series written by Dr. Jim Connors of South Dakota State University. So far in this Art of Agriculture series we’ve looked at Pre-20th and 20th century agriculture-themed paintings, FFA artwork, Continue reading The Art of Agriculture: Part V Agriculture Sculptures/Statues (8/29/2025)
This is the 4th in a series of Friday Footnotes on The Art of Agriculture written by Jim Connors. In this Footnote Jim will look at a common form of artwork that can be seen in many communities, large and small, Continue reading The Art of Agriculture – Part IV Agricultural Murals (8/22/2025)