FFA timeline 1-26-15

By Melissahicks21
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    FFA History

    This is the time when FFA was being established and innavating

  • 1917

    1917
    Smith hughes act established funding for vocational agriculture in high school

  • 1920

    1920
    Virginia was the first state to have futures farmers club for boys

  • 1928

    1928
    FFA became national organization. A network of teacherz guided the establishment of FFA as a team effort to estblish a club for boys with similar farm interest

  • 1935

    1935
    Nfa was formed (new farmers of America) for black students in the south

  • 1950

    1950
    FFA became one of a few student organizations to receive a federal Charter from congress (plubic law 740)

  • 1965

    1965
    FFa and NFA merged into one

  • 1969

    1969
    Girls were allowed in FFA for the first time

  • 1988

    1988
    Name changed from Future Farmers Of America to National FFA organization to reflect the growing diversity in the agriculture industry

  • 2012

    2012
    National convention competes 7 year run in Indianapolis and returns to Louisville, Kentucky in 2013 for 3 years