FFA: Future Farmers of America

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FFA Future Farmers of America

• Marie O. Bolt

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What is the FFA

• The National FFA is an organization for students
  studying agricultural education in high school
• Active in all 50 states and Puerto Rico

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What is the FFA

• Over 500,000 students
• Making a positive difference in the lives of
  students by developing their potential for
  premier leadership, personal growth and career
  success through agricultural education

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FFA Mission

• Premier leadership
• Personal growth
• Career success

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Premier Leadership

• Leadership is influence the ability to obtain
  followers
• John Maxwell
• Are you a leader or a follower?

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Premier Leadership

• Actions speak louder than words
• Everyone can lead
• Positive influence on others
• Family, school, community

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Premier Leadership

• FFA provides numerous opportunities for you to
  learn to lead, handle leadership, increase
  critical thinking, decision making skills, and
  improve your life.
• Rosa Parks, Florence Nightingale, Donald Trump,
  Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Premier Leadership

• Action achieve your desired results
• Relationship building personal connections
  through listening, coaching, understanding and
  appreciating others
• Vision set a clear image of what your future
  should be

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Premier Leadership

• Character Possess a collection of virtues by
  which to live your life
• Awareness Understand your community and world
• Continuous Improvement Demonstrate the pursuit
  of learning and growth

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Personal Growth

• The positive evolution of the whole person
• You must analyze yourself and realize your goals
  and growth needs/potential

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Personal Growth

• Strengths
• We all have them
• Developed
• Enhanced
• Improvement

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Personal Growth

• How will you learn to grow through the FFA
• Social Growth
• Professional Growth
• Mental Growth
• Emotional Growth
• Spiritual Growth

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Personal Growth

• Alex Gleason
• Pedals Good Food

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Personal Growth

• How do you want to grow?
• How do you plan on achieving that growth?

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Career Success

• Continuously demonstrating those qualities,
  attributes and skills necessary to succeed in, or
  further prepare for, a chosen profession while
  effectively contributing to society

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Career Success

• Communication Speak and write effectively so
  that others understand your intentions
• Decision Making Analyze situations so that you
  can choose appropriate actions

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Career Success

• Flexibility / Adaptability Open your mind to
  change
• Technical / Functional Skills in Agriculture
  Learn the skills you need for career success in
  the agricultural (or related) industry

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Go Beyond the Mission

• Tons of ways to improve and become a better
  person, improve your abilities, travel the world,
  make money and succeed early in life

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Go Beyond the Mission

• Lead
• Travel
• Earn Money
• Team
• Serve
• Succeed
• FUN

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FFA History

• 1917 The passing of the Smith-Huges National
  Vocational Education Act (both congressmen from
  GA) established agricultural education courses
• 1925 Virginia Tech Agricultural Education
  Teachers (4 teachers) organize the Future Farmers
  of Virginia for boys

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FFA History

• 1926 First National Congress of Vocational
  Agriculture Students meet in Kansas City,
  Missouri at the American Royal Livestock and
  Horse Show to compete in a National Livestock
  Judging Contest

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FFA History

• 1928 Formation of The Future Farmers of America
• Kansas City, MO
• First National President
• Leslie Applegate from NJ
• First National Convention
• 33 delegates from 18 states

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FFA History

• 1928 First sectional gathering of New Farmers of
  America members
• 1929 National Blue and Corn Gold adopted as
  official colors.

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FFA History

• 1930 The FFA Creed was written by E.M. Tiffany
• The first FFA manual was printed
• 1933 Members voted on the official dress of the
  blue corduroy jacket

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FFA History

• 1934 At the time of the National Convention only
  2 states didnt have chartered associations
  Rhode Island and Alaska
• 1935 Establishment of the New Farmers of America
  (NFA)

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FFA History
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FFA History

• 1944 The establishment of the National FFA
  Foundation
• Why was the foundation created?

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FFA History

• 1947 The National FFA Band was formed
• Mail Order Band
• 120 members
• 1948 The National FFA Chorus was formed

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FFA History
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FFA History

• 1950 Public Law 740 passed granting FFA a federal
  chapter
• 1952 The National Future Farmers of America
  magazine was created
• Now FFA New Horizons

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FFA History

• 1953 The United States Post Office Department
  issued a special stamp to commemorate the 25th
  anniversary of the FFA
• Released the first stamp at the 25th National FFA
  Convention in Kansas City

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FFA History
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FFA History

• 1953 President Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks at the
  National FFA Convention
• 1957 Former President Harry S. Truman Speaks
  during National FFA Convention