FFA History

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  • 1950- Smith-Hughes Act

    1950- Smith-Hughes Act
    Smith-Hughes Act established funding for vocational agriculture in high school.

  • 1926- Future Farmers Of Virginia

    1926- Future Farmers Of Virginia
    Henry Groseclose, an agriculture teacher, trainor and former agriculture wducataion instructor, helps organize thr Future Farmers Of Virginia.

  • 1928- National Organization

    1928- National Organization
    The FFA was established FFA became a National Organization. Boys ONLY!

  • 1929-Colors

    1929-Colors
    Official colors were adopted. National Blue and Corn Gold are the colors.

  • 1930- FFA Creed

    1930- FFA Creed
    Creed was adopted at the 3rd National FFA Convention.

  • 1933- FFA Jacket

    1933- FFA Jacket
    Blue corduroy jacket adopted as official dress.

  • 1935- NFA

    1935- NFA
    The New Farmers of America (NFA) was formed for black students.

  • 1947-FFA Week

    1947-FFA Week
    FFA wek is established.

  • 1950- Federal Charter

    1950- Federal Charter
    The FFA became one of the first student organizations to recieve a federal charter from congress.

  • 1965-FFA and NFA

    1965-FFA and NFA
    FFA and NFA merged adding 50,000 member to the FFA.

  • 1969-Allowed Women

    1969-Allowed Women
    Women are allowed national membership.

  • 1976-Julie Smiley

    1976-Julie Smiley
    First female to be elected to a national office.

  • 1988-National FFA

    1988-National FFA
    The official organization name was changed to the National FFA Organization.