Involvement In FFA: Growing Up In An Agricultural Environment

A strong family life, faith, and ambition characterize my development. A lot of who I am now can be attributed to the manner in which my parents raised me. I grew up in a devout Mormon household, so from a young age my parents instilled values of love, honesty, and kindness.

Growing up on a family farm in rural South Dakota, I never considered myself different from any other farm kid. At the age of eight, I joined the local 4-H club. Through my ten years of membership, I have participated in many differing project areas from showing beef calves to visual arts and everything in between. Through my many failures, I learned from my mistakes taking numerous best of show awards at county fair and finding success at state fair. 4-H has also given me the opportunity to become more involved in my community through local, county, and statewide community service projects. 4-H sparked my interest in agriculture.

The Future Farmers of America (FFA) organization is one of the best ways that I believe I have taken advantage of education. Because of my involvement in the FFA I have traveled to a lot of different universities and have competed in competitions. The type of competitions I would never involved in are cooperative marketing and tree pruning. By being apart of these teams I have learned more about farming and marketing then I ever thought I would. The biggest learning experience I have had with this organization was when I attended the state conference in Fresno, which is where I learn about the entire agricultural community in California, leadership, and it is also where I had met the national president and secretary of the FFA organization.

The National FFA (Future Farmers of America) is one of the largest student organizations in America that spans all 50 states and two U.S. territories. When the FFA was first organized their mission was to prepare future generations for the challenges of feeding a growing population.Today the National FFA Organization has shifted their focus more on the individual student by providing a “path to achievement in premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education” (“National FFA Organization,” 2016). While the National FFA Organization is immense, each state has their own program that provides a perfect example of both the structural and human resources frames.

In the summer of 2017, I lost my father to a tragic farming accident. I was devastated, I felt as if my life could not continue, although I had to push through because I could not take a year off from college. My father was my inspiration to pursuing an education in agriculture. From a young age, he taught to garden and to work with animals. I loved planting the seeds in the ground and watching them grow and enjoying the fresh crops on our table.Through the knowledge, my father gave me I learned the importance of farming and ranching after all people will always need to eat. Later, my skills led me to become an involved member and officer in FFA at Chelan High school. Chelan FFA helped me gain confidence in myself and further opened my eyes

I. Explain what FFA is to you and how all the things you do in FFA has improved you as a person.

This is a profile over something that most people probably know a lot about, or have at least heard of, but as I’ve come to find out, many people don’t know what it has to offer. The FFA started with the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act in 1917, which provided funds to states to teach kids the importance of Agriculture. In 1928, thirty-three delegates from eighteen states meat in Kansas City Missouri for the first meeting of the Future Farmers of America. Today the National FFA Organization has 576,678 FFA Members in all 50 states Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. This Makes the FFA one of the largest student Organizations in the World and the largest Agriculture based Organization in

Growing up on a third generation beef and crop farm has helped me gain a love of agriculture. Since I was a child I have been helping out the farm and have had a love of agriculture ever since. I currently own four of my own beef cows and each year I raise the calves to sell in the fall. My future dream is to take over the family farm after I finish college, as well as work as an agricultural loan officer. In high school I joined FFA. This organization truly changed my perspective on Agricultural as a whole. It made me realize

According to the National FFA organization the mission is “FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.” I believe the FFA has achieved their goal, FFA has made a positive difference in my life. To me FFA is like a family, that is always there for me and pushes me to do better. I have made friendships that are going to last forever.

The early years in my life were characterized by my childhood community in the western suburbs of Chicago. My hometown was very sheltered with little diversity. Upon graduation from high school, I knew I wanted to join a community where I would be challenged, supported, and most importantly, be with those who

My personal experience with the FFA has been a very enlightening one to say the least. My experiences take me from the classroom learning about the many agricultural practices, to the shop building projects, to the great outdoors for competitions, all the way to the Ohio State fairgrounds and Louisville Kentucky

Hi, I’m Logan Morris and I have been a part of the Perry County FFA chapter for the past 4 years. I have been very involved in the FFA competing in several contests, helping Ms. Cindy with the truck and tractor pulls and the Easter egg hunts, and even going to forestry camp. I have competed in the Envirothon, horse judging, and land judging. My group was lucky enough to even come in third place in land judging. I have been blessed to receive my Greenhand Degree, Chapter Degree, and even my State Degree. Receiving my State Degree was one of the happiest moment of my life because I had been working for that moment for a long time. The FFA to me is not just a club but a family. If it wasn’t for the FFA I would have never met all the people I have and formed friendships that will last a lifetime.

I am particularly proud of the choices I have made which have allowed me to progress as an individual. Through an unexpected tragic situation, I determined that the world osnt what I thought and learned to be accepting of different views and to entertain various ideas. The dynamic sudden shift in my life instilled in me the virtue of being unprejudiced, because I experienced firsthand not doing what I was so certain that I would. Subsequently, applying to dental school three years of granted me invaluable experience in a multispecialty practice as a dental assistant. Through dozens of rejection letters, I learned to initiate change when required as well as to take responsibility for my learning and growth. Currently, I am working towards my

When I was born, I grew up around hunting and the outdoors. I also grew up around farming and ranching. My father is a fifth generation farmer and rancher. He has worked hard to get to where he is today. He also has made sure I have something to come back to after college.

“Giving public speeches and listening to others speak about agriculture was inspiring to me,” Mitchell said. “My involvement in the FFA program in high school definitely had an impact on me becoming an agricultural advocate.”