Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
Tomorrow is Halloween. This is when mythical creatures such as werewolves, zombies, and witches prowl the land. If we go way back in time, several thousand years, there was an era when mythical entities and religious leaders were associated with agriculture. Continue reading Agricultural Saints, Gods, and Goddesses (10/30/2020)
The May 16, 1973 issue of The Cumberland News (Maryland) printed an article titled “Elsie Roland, Prominent Educator, Dies” The first sentence in the article reads “Mrs. Elsie Hill Roland, the first woman to teach vocational agriculture in the United States, and Continue reading Another Contender for First Female Agriculture Teacher – E. M. Hill (10/23/2020)
Typically, the Friday Footnote postings focus on the past. This one focuses on the present and future. While researching the “Subsistence Homesteads” for the Sept. 11, 2020 Footnote (Urban Agriculture, 1930s Style) , I ran across a new concept. At Continue reading It’s a Beautiful Day in the Agrihood (10/16/2020)
Questions! I get questions. During a typical week, I will respond to 1-3 questions about agricultural education or FFA. During the past week I answered an inquiry about a gold FFA sweetheart jacket and this question, “I have been trying Continue reading Was Lillian Lamb the First Smith-Hughes Agriculture Teacher? (10/9/2020)
During my first year of teaching high school agriculture in Medicine Lodge, Kansas (1969-70) I did exactly what my Tarleton Ag Ed teacher educators (Billy Irick, J. B. Morton) taught us to do. They said to become an integral part Continue reading Home Sweet FFA Home (10/2/2020)