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Smith Hughes act funding Agriculture in High Schools.
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Virginia became the first state to have a Future Farmers Club, but it was male only.
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Teachers who were apart of FFA all came and worked together to establish a club for boys who were also interested in the same things.
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The NFA was formed, also the new farmers of america, for black male students in the south.
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FFA became one of the few student-run organizations to recieve a federal charter from congress.
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Both came together to form one big agriculture based program.
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For the first time, women and girls were allowed to join the once boy based agriculture program.
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FFA changed it's name from Future Farmers of America to National FFA organization to reflect the different cultures mixed within the program.
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FFA convention hosted in Indianapolis for 7 years, and returns to Kentucky in 2013 or 3 more years.
