A | B |
Official Colors | Corn Gold and National Blue |
The Salute | Pledge of Allegiance |
1917 | Smith Hughes Act |
Smith Hughes Act | Started Agriculture Education |
1928 | National FFA started |
1929 | Iowa FFA Started |
1965 | New Farmers and the FFA joined |
1969 | Girls allowed in the FFA |
Kansas City | Where FFA began in the Baltimore Hotel |
Site of first 71 National FFA Conventions | Kansas City |
Louisville | Site of National Convention 72-76 and the site beginning in 2012 |
Indianapolis | Current site of National FFA Convention |
Current site of National FFA Center | Indianapolis |
Site of first National FFA Center | Alexandria VA |
Motto | Doing to learn, Learning to do, Earning to Live, Living to serve |
Active membership | Ag students in high school |
Honorary membership | Given to people that help the local FFA chpater |
Alumni membership | The supporters of the FFA --like a booster club or music parents |
Collegiate membership | Students in an Agriculture College with a chapter |
Plow | Labor -- tillage of the soil |
Eagle | The national scope and unity |
Rising sun | Forward thinking - progressive |
Cross section of ear of corn | Common ag interest - grown in all 50 states |
Owl | Use of knowledge to make informed decisions |
How many pins | 3 |
What pins should represent | Highest office, Highest award, and Highest Degree |
Pins that can be worn above the name | State or American |
Back of a National Officer Jacket | Emblem |
Back of an Iowa Officer Jacket | Iowa, Emblem, Association |
Back of a Wapello FFA member Jacket | Iowa, Emblem, Wapello |
FFA membership must end | Nov 30 following 4th national convention after graduation |