Founding Years
Colors & Creed
Key Legislation
Firsts
Name & Growth
100

This act, passed in 1917, established vocational agriculture classes in public schools.

What is the Smith-Hughes Act?

100

These two colors were adopted as official FFA colors in 1929.

What are National Blue and Corn Gold?

100

This Public Law, passed in 1950, granted the FFA its Federal Charter.

What is Public Law 81-740?

100

She became the first female National FFA President in 1982.

Who is Jan Eberly?

100

FFA changed its name to the National FFA Organization in this year.

What is 1988?

200

This was the year of the first National FFA Convention.

What is 1928?

200

He wrote the FFA Creed.

Who is E.M. Tiffany

200

This was the year the FFA was granted its Federal Charter.

What is 1950?

200

Girls were first allowed to join FFA in this year.

What is 1969?

200

In 1989, The National Future Farmer magazine changed its name to this.

What is FFA New Horizons?

300

He was elected the first National FFA President.

Who is Leslie Applegate

300

The FFA Creed was first adopted in this year.

What is 1930?

300

This act, passed in 1917, established agriculture classes.

What is the Smith-Hughes Act?

300

She became the first female elected to a national FFA office in 1976.

Who is Julie Smiley?

300

In 2007, FFA’s membership exceeded this milestone number.


What is 500,000?

400

This year marked the founding of the Future Farmers of America in Kansas City, Missouri.

What is 1928?

400

The FFA Creed begins with this iconic phrase.

What is “I believe in the future of agriculture”?

400

This law made FFA an intracurricular part of agricultural education in 1950.


What is Public Law 81-740?

400

This 1948 event marked the first FFA Chorus and Talent Program.

What is the FFA Chorus?

400

In 2006, the National FFA Convention was held in this city for the first time.

What is Indianapolis?

500

California FFA was founded in this year as the fourth state to receive its charter.

What is 1928?

500

The FFA Creed was officially adopted at this event in 1930.


What is the National FFA Convention?

500

Beginning in 1969, this Washington, D.C. leadership conference (now WLC) gave students leadership training.

What is the Washington Conference?

500

He was the first African American elected National FFA President in 1994.

Who is Corey Flournoy?

500

She became the first African American female National FFA President in 2017.

Who is Breanna Holbert?

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