Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
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)
Agricultural Education in Maine According to the 2023-24 National FFA Manual, Maine has 14 FFA Chapters with 328 members. Maine affiliated with the National FFA in 1930 and received Charter 41. The National FFA has a website with the original Continue reading Visiting an Agricultural Education Program in Maine (2/14/2025)
The existence of corn clubs that eventually evolved into 4-H clubs and agricultural education classes in high schools has been well documented (for example see the Boy’s Corn Clubs Footnote from 11/15/2019 or “I” is for Illinois – The Corn Club State from 2/23/2024). Continue reading The Potato Clubs of Maine (2/7/2025)