Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
How would you like to conduct an FFA or 4-H meeting with all the members on horseback? The Farm Boy Cavaliers of America (FBCA) did just that. One early youth organization for agriculture students that has been largely forgotten in Continue reading The Farm Boy Cavaliers of America (2/28/2020)
In this Friday Footnote we conclude our series about various creeds associated with our profession. Today we will look at several of the creeds associated with the Cooperative Extension Service. In the first Footnote of this series we learned of “The Country Continue reading Creeds Associated with the Extension Service (2/21/2020)
Four weeks ago we learned in the early days of the FFA there were two competing creeds. Would you believe there were two creeds for agriculture teachers – sort of? The same person who wrote The Country Boy’s Creed (which was Continue reading The Ag Teacher’s Creed (2/14/2020)
When you were younger did you play “Follow the Leader”? If the leader jumped, you jumped. If the leader skipped, you skipped. And so forth. Would it surprise you to learn that most Vocational Student Organizations (VSOs, now known as Continue reading Follow the Leader (2/7/2020)
In the hit Broadway play “Hamilton” there is a scene where Aaron Burr wonders what transpired “in the room where it happened“ referring to a secret meeting between Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. This Friday Footnote attempts Continue reading In the Room Where it Happened (1/31/2020)