Fun Facts about FFA (2024)

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What are some fun facts about FFA? ›

The FFA motto includes 12 short words: “Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve.” Jan Eberly became the first female National FFA President in 1982. Today, 34% of FFA members are female and more than 50% of state leadership positions are held by women.

FFA develops members' potential and helps them discover their talent through hands-on experiences, which give members the tools to achieve real-world success.

All in all, there are many benefits to joining the National FFA Organization. Students can gain friendships and mentors, practice essential skills, learn to be leaders in their industry, win competitions, and ultimately become the best versions of themselves possible.

The letters “FFA” stand for Future Farmers of America.

Five of the themes that appeared in the original aims and purposes in the 1929-1930 FFA manual remain. These include leadership, agriculture, cooperation, scholarship, and recreation.

FFA classroom activities include math and science as well as hands-on work experience and the development of life skills, helping members discover their career path and realize success.

Membership in the National FFA Organization shall be of four kinds: active, alumni, collegiate and honorary.

In the early 1920s, Future Farmer Clubs were started in Virginia for boys who planned to farm. Henry Groseclose, an agriculture teacher from Blacksburg, started Future Farmers of Virginia and would become known as “the Father of FFA.”

1953: FFA U.S. postage stamp issued by U.S. Postal Service. 1965: FFA was desegregated; FFA absorbed the New Farmers of America organization for students of color. 1969: FFA membership becomes available to female students. 1988: Official Name change from Future Farmers of America to National FFA Organization.

The official FFA colors are National Blue and Corn Gold. The blue was taken from the blue field of our nation's flag. The gold, however, stems from the golden fields of ripened corn. Together, the blue and gold provide the National FFA Organization with unity, and therefore the colors should be displayed with pride.

What happened to FFA in 1998? ›

1998. The National FFA Convention was held in Kansas City, Missouri, for the last time in November 1998; the convention set an attendance record, drawing 49,240 members, guests, and supporters. The National FFA Center moves to Indianapolis, Indiana, from Alexandria, Virginia.

Founded in 1928, the Future Farmers of America brought together students, teachers and agribusiness to solidify support for agricultural education. In Kansas City's Baltimore Hotel, 33 young farmboys charted a course for the future. They could not have foreseen how the organization would grow and thrive.

The National FFA Organization awards more than $2.5 million in scholarships annually, ranging from $500 to $10,000. Elizabeth Sendelweck, National FFA program manager, says members pursuing any form of education after high school can apply.

Each American farmer produces food and fiber for 165 people annually, both in the U.S. and abroad. Eight percent of U.S. farms market foods locally through farmers' markets and food hubs. One day's production for a high-producing dairy cow yields 10.5 pounds of cheese. Women make up 30 percent of today's farmers.

FFA 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.