Ffa

The History of FFA

  • The Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act

    The Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act
    The Smith-Hughes National Vocational Act (both Smith and Hughes were Georgia Congression) established vocational agriculture cources.
  • Future Farmers of Virgina

    Future Farmers of Virgina
    Virgina Tech aggticultral education teacher educators. Henry Groseclose, Harry Sanders, Walter S. Newman and Edmund C. Magilln organize the Duture Farmers of Virgina for boys in agriculture classes. The FFV serves as the model for the Future Farmers of America.
  • First National Congress of Vocational Agriculture Students

    First National Congress of Vocational Agriculture Students
    First National Congress of Vocational Agriculture Students comes together for a National Livestock Judging Contest at the America Royal Livestock and Horse Show in Kansas City, Mo
  • Future Farmers of America

    Future Farmers of America
    Future Farmers of America establishes in Kansas City Mo.
    Leslie Applegate of New Jersey selected as the First National FFA President.
  • Blue and Corn Gold

    National blue and corn gold adopted as official colors.
  • The National FFA Foundation, Inc

    The National FFA Foundation, Inc
    The National FFA Foundation, Inc. was created to provide funds from buisness and industry to support new programs
  • Public Law 740

    Public Law 740
    Public Law 740 passed by Congress granted FFA a federal charter.
  • Organization for African American

    Organization for African American
    A consolidation of FFA and the New Farmers of America, the organization for African-Americans agriculture students.
  • New Members

    New Members
    More new members were admitted when the 1970s and' 80s would being a host of new programs and chages, designed to keep pace with the evolving membership and the rapidly changing needs of the industry of agriculture.
  • The National FFA Organization

    The National FFA Organization
    The delegates voted to change the offical name from Future Farmers of America to the National FFA Organization