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] Date Posted:04:36:45 03/27/09 Fri
Local support is sought to introduce and implement an Agricultural Education program within our district. Please do keep in mind that there is funding available through State and other viable resources, as well as an FFA program available at the elementary level.
The National FFA Organization is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
FFA is not a "club." It is one of three integral components of an agricultural education program: classroom instruction, supervised agricultural experience and life skills.
Organizational Name: National FFA Organization;
Changed in 1988 from Future Farmers of America to reflect the expanding career field of Agricultural Education.
Founded: 1928
Current Membership: 507,763
Number of Chapters: 7,439 in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Largest Annual Event: National FFA Convention
2008 Attendance: 54,731
The National FFA Organization operates under a Federal Charter granted by the 81st Congress of the United States, and is an integral part of public instruction in agriculture. The U.S. Department of Education provides leadership and helps set direction for the FFA as a service to state and local agricultural education programs.
The FFA motto gives members twelve short words to live by as they experience the opportunities in the organization. Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve.
To accomplish its mission, FFA:
* Develops competent and assertive agricultural leadership.
* Increases awareness of the global and technological importance of agriculture and its contribution to our well-being.
* Strengthens the confidence of agriculture students in themselves and their work.
* Promotes the intelligent choice and establishment of an agricultural career.
* Encourages achievement in supervised agricultural experience programs.
* Encourages wise management of economic, environmental and human resources of the community.
* Develops interpersonal skills in teamwork, communications, human relations and social interaction.
* Builds character and promotes citizenship, volunteerism and patriotism.
* Promotes cooperation and cooperative attitudes among all people.
* Promotes healthy lifestyles.
* Encourages excellence in scholarship
FFA Creed:
I believe in the future of agriculture; with a faith born not of words but of deeds - achievements won by the present and past generations of agriculturists; in the promise of better days through better ways, even as the better things we now enjoy have come to us from the struggles of former years.
I believe that to live and work on a good farm or to be engaged in other agricultural pursuits is pleasant as well as challenging; for I know the joys and discomforts of agricultural life and hold an inborn fondness for those associations which, even in hours of discouragement I can not deny.
I believe in leadership from ourselves and respect from others. I believe in my own ability to work efficiently and think clearly with such knowledge and skill as I can secure and in the ability of progressive agriculturalists to serve our own and the public interest in producing and marketing the product of our toil.
I believe in less dependence on begging and more power in bargaining; in the life abundant and enough honest wealth to help make it so-for others as well as myself; in less need for charity and more of it when needed; in being happy myself and playing square with those whose happiness depends upon me.
I believe that American agriculture can and will hold true to the best traditions of our national life and that I can exert an influence in my home and community which will stand solid for my part in that inspiring task.
The FFA creed was written by Erwin Milton "E.M." Tiffany of Wisconsin, and adopted at the 3rd National Convention of the FFA. It was revised at the 38th Convention and the 63rd Convention. It is recited by new members to the organization, to reflect their growing belief in agriculture and agricultural education it also must be memorized and recited to earn the Greenhand Degree.
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