Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
Aims & Purposes of the FFA Dr. Jim Connors, University of Idaho Most former FFA members can still answer the question posed during opening ceremonies of FFA members: FFA members why are we here? To practice brotherhood, honor agricultural opportunities, Continue reading The Aims and Purposes of the FFA (9/25/2020)
The Farm Security Administration (FSA)! What do you think this USDA agency did? Let me guess. It was a federal police force that patrolled farms to make sure no cattle were being rustled or barns were broken into. Farmers would Continue reading A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words (9/18/2020)
During the past several decades there has been an emphasis on urban agriculture. It is now common to hear such words as community gardens, community-supported agriculture, rooftop farming, container gardening, vertical farming, square-foot gardens, and the list goes on. Even Continue reading Urban Agriculture: 1930s Style (9/11/2020)
In the last Friday Footnote, we looked at how the government’s Resettlement Administration (RA) established migrant labor camps in the west, primarily for displaced farmers from the Dust Bowl region of the U.S. However, hundreds of thousands of farmers all Continue reading Planned Farming Communities (9/4/2020)
During the Great Depression/dust bowl era many farmers abandoned their farms, packed all their possessions into battered old trucks, loaded up the family, and wandered the country looking for work. This is seen in Woody Guthrie’s song Dust Bowl Refugee. Continue reading Dust Bowl Refugees (08/28/2020)