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Established funds for vocational agriculture in high school.
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Virginia was the first state to have a Future Farmers club for boys.
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Virginia Tech agricultural education teacher educators Henry Groseclose, Harry Sanders, Walter S. Newman and Edmund C. Magill organized the Future Farmers of Virginia for boys in agriculture classes. The FFV served as the model for the Future Farmers of America.
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The American Royal Livestock Show invited vocational agriculture students to participate in national livestock judging contests in Kansas City, Mo.
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G.W. Owens, teacher-trainer at Virginia State College, and Dr. H.O. Sargent, federal agent for agricultural education for African-Americans, U.S. Office of Education, wrote the first constitution and bylaws of the New Farmers of Virginia, an organization for African-American agriculture students.
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FFA became a national organization. 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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National blue and corn gold adopted as official colors.
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Official FFA Creed was adopted.
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Blue corduroy jacket adopted as Official Dress.
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NFA (New Farmers of America) was formed for black students with agricultural interests.
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FFA became one of a few student organizations to receive a federal charter from congress.
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FFA and NFA merged.
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Girls were allowed to join FFA for the first time.
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Jan Eberly, from California, became the first female national FFA president.
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Name changed from Future Farmers of America to the National FFA Organization in order to reflect the growing diversity in the agriculture industry.
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National Convention completes 7 year run in Indianapolis and returns to Louisville, Kentucky in 2013 for 3 years.
