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Established funding for vocational agriculture in high school.
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Virginia was the first state to have Future Farmers club for boys.
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A network of teachers guided the establishment of FFA as a team effort to establish a club for boys with similar farm interests.
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(new farmers of America) for black students in the south.
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FFA becomes one of a few student organizations to receive a federal charter from congress (public law 740)
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After many year they finally merged the two organizations.
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Girls were allowed in FFA for the first time.
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Name changed from the Future Farmers of America to National FFA Organization to reflect the growing diversity in the agriculture industry.
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National convention completes 7 year run in Indianapolis and return to louisville, Kentuck in 2013 for 3 years.
