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smith-hughes act
Provided federal funding for the establishment of vocational agriculture in public high schools. -
future farmers of america is established
-kansas city, missouri
-1st national FFA convention held -33 delegates from 18 states
-Leslie Applegate, NJ,elected 1st national FFA president -
creed adopted
-E.m. tiffany’s creed adopted
-1st national public speaking contest
-1st official dress adopted: dark blue shirt, blue or white pants, blue cap & yellow tie
-Membership restricted to only males -
jacket adopted
-Blue corduroy jacket adopted as official dress
-Officers & members went to the white house to meet president franklin d. roosevelt -
nfa founded
-New farmers of america founded in tuskegee, alabama
-group of african american boys -
1st ffa-owned national headquarters
-28.5 acres near alexandria, virginia.
-Part of george washington’s estate -
members join war effort
138,548 ffa members were serving in armed services in world war 1 -
harry s. truman signs bill
Public law 81-740 grants ffa federal charter, specifying a us dept of education staff member be the national ffa advisor -
nfa merger
-Nfa merges with ffa, increasing total membership by more than 50,00
-increase membership dues from 10 cents to 50 cents -
alumni established
National ffa alumni associations is established -
female national officer elected
Julie smiley, washington, elected as national ffa vice president -
Reagan speaks & name change
-ronald reagan speaks at national ffa convention via a prerecorded message
-future farmers of america changes name to national ffa organization to reflect -
ffa new horizons
national future farmer magazine changed its name to ffa new horizons -
convention moves to indianapolis, kentucky
for the 1st time, national ffa convention is held in indianapolis with 54,589 in attendance -
1st african-american female president
breanna holbert, california, elected as 1st african-american female national ffa president
