Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
There is an old poem/proverb that is attributed to Ben Franklin that goes like this: “For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of a Continue reading For the Want of a Horseshoe Nail (3/21/2025)
Was it something new or something borrowed? I know it was not old (at that point in time) or blue. Even though the title of this Footnote refers to a wedding tradition for brides, it could apply to the introduction Continue reading Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue (3/14/2025)
In this Friday Footnote we start exploring agricultural education in Maryland. We are going to visit the first high school to teach agriculture in Maryland. The reason for focusing on this school is based on four unique aspects (or oddities) Continue reading The Oddities of Maryland’s First Agricultural High School (3/7/2025)
The Maine Agricultural Education Scrapbook There is an old saying that one picture is worth a thousand words. If that is true, this Footnote will be worth several thousand words. Looking through old scrapbooks can be interesting! We can learn Continue reading The Maine Agricultural Education Scrapbook (2/28/2025)
Since this week is National FFA week it might be a good time to refresh our memory about the origins of the FFA. John Hillison, a retired professor of agricultural education at Virginia Tech is our guest columnist. No, he Continue reading How the FFV and FFA got Started (2/21/2025)