US only - did your school have FFA courses?

I live in a very small,rural town in western Ohio. Everywhere around us is very agricultural. Especially in the town I live in. FFA is very important to us. In fact I have an FFA sweater on right now. FFA is no longer Future Farmers of America and they changed that in the 80s mainly because of that fact that they were getting a more and more diverese membership so, I believe it is an understatement to say that city people do not want to know anything about FFA/farming. Also, it is not exactly what you would call homemaking. It has a lot to do with stuff you use on a daily basis and not just "farm" stuff. You would not believe the major schools number of people they have in FFA. They changed the Future Farmers of America because of the fact that you may or may not become a farmer in the future. There are plenty of other agriculture related jobs out there. But, yes if you are asking if FFA is a big deal around here it is. It is a way of life for us.

I was a high school agriculture teacher and FFA chapter advisor for a metro county in Atlanta for 15 years. There are several successful ag programs in the urban Atlanta area as well as many other cities across the U.S. Agriculture is very diverse so the types of things that would be taught in a "city" program could be a little different from those taught in a rural program. For example, I taught classes in agriscience/biotechnology, veterinary technology, horticulture (landscaping, greenhouse management), and environmental science/natural resource management. My program attracted a broad spectrum of students with all interests and abilities including several who were the top of their graduating class. My students participated in the same great FFA events that all agriculture students do like public speaking, career development competitions, leadership camps, etc.

FFA and agricultural education programs have adapted to the shift of the American population from the farm to the city and the change in the types of careers that support the agriculture industry. The membership has been steadily growing over the past several years. If you are interested in learning more about the wonderful opportunities available to students through FFA, you should check out their website at www.ffa.org.

butch, FFA or Future Farmers of America is an organization. Many schools both rural and inter-city have FFA programs today. There are FFA chapters in New York City. There are no classes in FFA, however. What members have in common is that take classes in agricultural related courses that are offered by the schools that they attend. FFA itself is not a class that is offered by the school. FFA is an extracurricular activity much like the Beta Club, debating team etc. The inner-city young people can participate in FFA projects through inner-city gardening, greenhouse projects, or some farms near cities will let people raise some livestock projects by letting city kids take care of their own animals.

Future Farmers of America is availible to all schools in communities that have farm land near by. When I was in school in the 1970's we had lots of farms around and had one of the best FFA programs in South Carolina. I was a member of the FFA & FHA and took classes from a married couple. The wife taught homemaking and the husband taught agriculture. I was the only girl in the FFA at the time.

I'm now a housewife and raise my own organic vegetables, rabbits who provide company and fertilizer, and do most of the gardening around our house.

Now that this area is more residential, the schools now offer more classes in horticulture and landscaping and many girls take the classes. In fact, one of our female students is a state FFA officer this year. The FFA is a good organization for building character and leadership while fostering a love of agriculture, animal husbandry, and farm management.

Yes, the high school I attended in Berlin, WI did have FFA courses but for some unknown reason, I'm not sure why I didn't take any. My sister and brother both did. Now I have lots of regrets because of that. I was born and raised on a farm near Pine River. We had all registered Holsteins, and I showed in 4-H for around 8 years. I never got the chance to show at State Fair which is in West Allis, WI. My spouse, Roger showed in 4-H for around 8-9 years, and he showed registered animals at the Wisconsin State Fair for 5 yrs. He was very active in the Weyauwega-Fremont FFA which was located at the Weyauwega High School. Both high schools had lots of FFA courses to take. Hope this helps you out.

Yes, I was a state office in the PA. FFA.You don't have to be a farmer to be in FFA. I was involved in our greenhouse project. Anything Agriculture related like: landscaping, forestry, and Florist design can be part of the program. After my 3 years in FFA I became a florist.

My Girlfriend was a FFA member for several years she learned a lot and has taught me a lot about FFA Projects.

She had several different things going and accomplished them all. She lived in WV at the time a big FFA State.

In rural Florida , the FFA is the best class around to train you to survive in a agriculture based state. Yes we did have a heavily sponsered FFa class.

Funny story since you brought up ag class. We had welding for a semester in the ag building at my school so at the first of class we'd turn the welding pits (2 55gal drums welded together with a grate in the middle to weld on) facing the teachers office which was about 45-50ft away from which he watched us from a window while he grades papers and junk. So we would pull out our ciggerettes and light them up. We'd smoke all through ag and the cigg smoke just mixed nicely with the smoke from the classwork. We did this all our junior and senior years and a week before we graduated our teacher replaced those barrels with some new kind of welding benches so he was alittle suprised to find 50pounds of ciggerette butts in the bottom drum. lol

We got a talking to about it but nothing happened. Good times, in our year book us senior boys were know as the ag class smoke team.

I live in rural Iowa and our school did not have an FFA chapter because our principal did not want one. We had a larger school than some schools that had chapters, but we had to drive to the smaller schools for ag classes if we wanted them.