FFA HISTORY

By CAL11

  • 1917

    -The Smith-Hughes Vocational edducation act
    -Smith and Hughes were both Georgia Congressman

  • 1935

    -New Farmers of America established

  • 1939

    First FFA owned national headquarters land purchased

  • 1944

    Future Farmers of America

  • 1947

    FFA week established during the week of george washingtons b-day

  • 1948

    Record of FFA members jumped up to 260,300 members

  • 2003

    FFA live is launched on RFD TV

  • 2004

    First webcast from ffa.org of the 77th annual National FFA Convention

  • 2005

    National FFA launched seeds of hope

  • 2007

    The FFA merchandise center opens in Indianapolis

  • 2009

    FFA celebrates 40 years of women in the organization

  • 2014

    5 FFA jackets are added to the Smithsonian's National museum of American history