-
1917
The Smith-Hughes Vocational
Education Act Smith & Hughes were both Georgia
Congressman that established
agriculture courses -
1925
Virginia Tech Ag Teachers Henry Groseclose Harry Sanders Edmund C. Magill Walter S. Newman Discussed an organization involving
agriculture for boys Future Farmers of Virginia served as
the model for the Future Farmers of
America (FFA) -
1928
Future Farmers of America
Established in Kansas City, MO First National Convention in Kansas
City, Mo 33 Delegates, 18 states Leslie Applegate of New Jersey was
elected to be the first National FFA
President -
1930
Official FFa Creed adopted Written by E.M. Tiffany First Official Dress uniform was
adopted.. Dark blue shirt Blue or white pants Blue cap Yellow tie Delegates restrict membership to
boys only First official FFA Manual was printed
with a grant from the Farm Journal
Press if Philadelphia, PA -
1935
New Farmers of
America established Organization of
African American
young men Active FFA membership
exceeded 100,000
members -
1944
Future Farmers of America
Foundation is formed in Washington
D.C. 138,548 FFA members served in
World War II First National FFA Agriculture
Proficiency Awards presented -
1950
President Harry Truman
granted a Federal
Charter to FFA -
1952
Code of Ethics adopted The 1st issue of the
National Future Farmer
Magazine was published -
1965
New Farmers of America
merges with the FFA -
1969
FFA opens membership
to girls Washington Conference
(now WLC) begins -
1988
Future Farmers of America (FFA)
changes its name to the National
FFA Organization To reflect the growing diversity in
the ag industry 7th and 8th grade students are
allowed to become FFA members -
1996
The official website for
the FFA debuts www.ffa.org