National FFA Organization

By keithlwhitley
  • Period: to

    FFA

  • Smith-Hughes act

    Smith-Hughes act
    funding for vocational agriculture in high school

  • 1920

    1920
    Virginia was the first state to have
    Future Farmers clubs for boys.

  • 1928

    1928
    FFA became a National
    Organization.
    A network of teachers guided the
    establishment of FFA as a team
    effort to establish a club for boys
    with similar farm interests

  • 1935

    1935
    NFA was formed (NEW
    FARMERS OF AMERICA) for
    black students in the south.

  • 1988

    1988
    Name change from Future Farmers
    of America to National FFA
    Organization to reflect the growing
    diversity in the agriculture industry.

  • 1950

    1950
    FFA became one of a few student
    organizations to receive a Federal
    Charter from Congress.
    Public Law
    740

  • 1965

    1965
    FFA and NFA merged

  • 1969

    1969
    Girls were allowed in FFA for the
    first time

  • 2012

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