National FFA Organization
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National FFA Organization is an American 501(c)(3) youth organization, specifically a career and technical student organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education. It was founded in 1925 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, by agriculture teachers Henry C. Groseclose, Walter Newman, Edmund Magill, and Harry Sanders as Future Farmers of Virginia. In 1928, it became a nationwide organization known as Future Farmers of America. In 1988 the name was changed to the National FFA Organization, now commonly referred to as FFA, to recognize that the organization is for students with diverse interests in the food, fiber, and natural resource industries, encompassing science, business, and technology in addition to production agriculture. Today FFA is among the largest youth organizations in the United States, with 735,038 members in 8,817 chapters throughout all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. FFA is the largest of the career and technical student organizations in U.S. schools. Source
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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
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Growing Leaders in the Peanut Capital
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Beyond the Blue Jacket: The Seeds We Leave Behind
3.6 min readCategories: FFA in the USATags: LA Tech, legacy, Louisiana, Louisiana FFA state officers, Southern Region, State Vice-President Louisisana FFA State Vice President Lola Frink. For Lola Frink, serving as the 2025–26 Louisiana FFA state vice president representing Area I was never about the title; it was about the journey, the people and the purpose behind the blue jacket. The moment she first put on her state officer jacket marked a turning point.
Mental Health: The Most Important Crop
2.6 min readCategories: The FeedTags: community engagement, eichenberger, iowa state, living to serve, mental health, Premier Leadership When a fire burned down her family’s swine barn in 2018, Jennifer Eichenberger (above, second from right) saw her parents struggle as they tried to rebuild their farming operation. “It was very devastating at first,” Eichenberger says.
Student-Led Hay Drive Supports Farmers After Wildfire
0.2 min readCategories: The FeedTags: Community Service, hay, living to serve, Oklahoma, waynoka, wildfire Members of the Waynoka FFA Chapter in Oklahoma recognized an opportunity to help after thousands were forced to evacuate as fires damaged homes and farms. Recognizing a Need Short Notice Working Together Hard Work Recognized Off to Oklahoma
FFA Sunday: Where Tradition Feels Like Home in Tippecanoe Valley
2.9 min readCategories: FFA in the USATags: easternregion, ffaintheusa, Indiana, nationalffaweek, tippecanoevalley For more than 10 years, one tradition has helped bring the spirit to life for a chapter. Known as FFA Sunday, the annual National FFA Week event has become a time of faith, fellowship and connection for members and their community.
Three Generations, One Blue Corduroy Jacket
3.8 min readCategories: FFA in the USATags: Eastern Region, ffa, generation, kentucky, legacy, Madisonville North Hopkins FFA, sentinel Cade King and his great grandfather, Allen Whitmer, holding their FFA jackets. Since the dawning of the blue corduroy jackets, and through nearly one hundred years of FFA history, these jackets have served as a symbol of the beginning of the creation of legacies.
Building Something New: My Journey With FFA
2.4 min readCategories: FFA in the USATags: 98th National FFA Convention & Expo, agricultural education, Animal Systems, Eastern Region, FFA in the USA, Maine, women in ffa Poland FFA members pose for a picture. If you had told seventh-grade Sierra she would one day coach FFA teams, win state competitions, represent Maine nationally and help start her own FFA chapter, she never would have believed it. Though I’m a fifth-generation agriculturist, no one in my family had joined FFA.
Growing Into the Jacket
2.5 min readCategories: FFA in the USATags: Eastern, FFA jacket, ffaintheusa, Illinois When I zipped up my first FFA jacket, it felt too big. The shoulders were too baggy, and the sleeves were too long. I had to order a different one, and even then, my name was spelled wrong. Long story short, I am the sole owner of three different FFA jackets. Now that I have had time to break in the corduroy, and stretch out the pockets, I have a fuller understanding of my jackets.
Inclusive by Design
2.3 min readCategories: The FeedTags: accommodation, diversity, equity, ffa for all, ffa new horizons, inclusive In the weeks leading up to competitions and the National FFA Convention & Expo, the Career and Leadership Development Team receives requests from FFA members who need reasonable accommodations to participate. The needs range from wheelchair access and testing modifications to dietary accommodations.