Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
Have you ever heard of the Future Farmers of Dixie? If the FFA had not been created in 1928, you would probably be familiar with the Future Farmers of Dixie. Plans were drawn up for this organization, but they were Continue reading The Future Farmers of Dixie (6/11/2021)
Have you ever heard of the Young Farmers of America (YFA)? The image below is of their emblem (Figure 1). But did they really exist or is this some type of prototype image? In this Friday Footnote, we continue with Continue reading The Young Farmers of America (6/4/2021)
Many states had established state FFA camps before the National FFA camp was established. State FFA camps still exist but unfortunately, a number have closed. We welcome Dr. Connors and a couple of his colleagues back as guest editors for this Continue reading The History of FFA Camps (05/28/2021)
Last week we learned about the National FFA Camp. Before there was a national camp, several states had started FFA camps at the state level. Tennessee and North Carolina were among the first. In next Friday’s Footnote we will start our exploration Continue reading Being at FFA Summer Camp in 1945 (05/21/2021)
In last week’s Footnote we learned about the camping trips many FFA chapters went on in the early years of the FFA. Even though Yellowstone National Park was a favorite destination, numerous FFA chapters wanted to visit Washington, DC to Continue reading The National FFA Camp (05/14/2021)