National FFA Organization History

  • Smith-Hughes Act

    Smith-Hughes Act

    This act established funding for vocaional agriculture in high school.
  • Virginia Participates

    Virginia Participates

    Viriginia became the first state to have Future Farmers Clubs for boys.
  • FFA Becomes National

    FFA Becomes National

    A network of teachers guided the establishment of FFA as a team effort to establish a club for boys with similar farm interests.
  • NFA is Formed

    NFA is Formed

    New Farmers of America is formed for black students in the south.
  • FFA Receives Federal Charter

    FFA Receives Federal Charter

    FFA became one of a few student orgnaizations to recieve a Federal Charter from Congress (Public Law 740).
  • FFA Merges with NFA

    FFA Merges with NFA

    NFA and FFA merge together and become one big organization.
  • FFA Allows Girls

    FFA Allows Girls

    For the very first time FFA allows girls into the organization.
  • Name Change!

    Name Change!

    The name changed from Future Farmers of America (FFA) to National FFA Organization to reflect the growing diversity in the agriculture industry.
  • National Convention Switches Up

    National Convention Switches Up

    The National Convention completes it's 7 year run in Indianapolis and returns to Louisville, Kentucky in 2013 for 3 years. The National Convention is an extremely large event and has to be held somewhere in which all those people can stay, this is the reasoning for the National Convention jumping states so many times.