Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
The last act of the NFA-FFA merger occurred in Kansas City, Missouri on October 13, 1965. There was a dramatic and emotional ceremony during the opening session of the National FFA Convention to recognize the joining of the two groups. Continue reading The Final Act (3/8/2019)
The 1871 Lewis Carroll book Through the Looking Glass was a sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In Through the Looking Glass, Alice again enters a fairy tale world, this time by climbing through a mirror into the world that she can see beyond the Continue reading Through the Looking Glass (3/1/2019)
A well-known phrase, attributed to various Native American tribes, is that a person should “walk a mile in his moccasins” in order to better understand the other person’s situation and point of view (this phrase actually comes from a poem Continue reading Forty Long Years (2/22/2019)
The New Farmers of American (NFA) and the Future Farmers of America (FFA) were merged in 1965. That is a well-known fact. What is not as well-known is why? What led to the merger of these two organizations? The answer Continue reading The “Merger” of the FFA and NFA (2/15/2019)
February is Black History Month. So, the Friday Footnotes for this month will acknowledge that fact. Last week’s Footnote from Breanna Holbert was the perfect kick-off. This week we will test your knowledge of the NFA. In future Footnotes this Continue reading The New Farmers of America (2/8/2019)