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The smith Hughes vocational education act
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Virgina ag tech teachers,discussing an orginization invloving ag for boys.
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FFA est in Kansas City,mo. first national convention in Kansas
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First National chapter contest
launched and sponsored by the Farm
Journal First Official FFA Manual of the
organization was written -
1930 Official FFa Creed adopted Written by E.M. Tiffany First Official Dress uniform was
adopted.. Dark blue shirt Blue or white pants Blue cap Yellow tie Delegates restrict membership to
boys only First official FFA Manual was printed
with a grant from the Farm Journal
Press if Philadelphia, -
Blue Corduroy jacket is
adopted as Official
Dress -
New Farmers of
America established Organization of
African American
young men Active FFA membership
exceeded 100,000
members -
First FFA owned
National headquarters
land purchased -
Future Farmers of America
Foundation is formed in Washington
D.C. 138,548 FFA members served in
World War II First National FFA Agriculture
Proficiency Awards presented -
First national FFA Band performance
at National FFA Convention FFA Weed established during the
week of George Washington’s B-Day -
First National FFA
chorus performance First National FFA talent
contest at convention Record jump in
membership from
238,269 in 1947 to
260,300 -
President Harry Truman
granted a Federal
Charter to FFA -
Code of Ethics adopted The 1st issue of the
National Future Farmer
Magazine was published -
First National
Leadership Training
Conference Held -
New Farmers of America
merges with the FFA -
FFA opens membership
to girls Washington Conference
(now WLC) begins -
National FFA Alumni is
founded -
Official dress standards
are created -
Fred McClure from the
Texas FFA Association
is named the first
African-American
elected to National FFA
Office -
Julie Smiley from WA is
named the first female
to hold national office Alaska becomes the last
of the 50 states to
obtain a national charter -
Future Farmers of America (FFA)
changes its name to the National
FFA Organization To reflect the growing diversity in
the ag industry 7th and 8th grade students are
allowed to become FFA members -
The official website for
the FFA debuts www.ffa.org -
72nd National FFA Convention is
held in Louisville, Ky First national creed speaking event
held Michael Von Winkle of the
Arkansas FFA Assoc. Wins -
“FFA Live” is launched
on RFD TV -
First live webcast from
ffa.org of the 77th
annual National FFA convention -
National FFA launched Seeds of
Hope, a fundraising campaign to
rebuild Gulf Coast states’ agriculture
education and FFA programs
following Hurricane Katrina FFA foundation breaks the $10
million mark in raising money for FFA
programs and services -
The 79th National FFA Convention is
held in Indianapolis for the first time,
with 54,589 in attendance The FFA Foundation announces its
first $1 million contribution to the
Ford Motor Company -
The FFA Merchandise Center opens
in Indianapolis FFA membership exceeds the
half-million mark with 500,823
members in 7,358 chapters -
FFA celebrates 40 years of women in
the organization -
5 FFA jackets are added
to the Smithsonian’s
National Museum of
American History -
Student membership
hits an all-time high with
700,170 members in
8,612 chapters
