Why Ag Ed/FFA

Why Agriculture Education and FFA?

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Learn more about the benefits of having agriculture education and an associated FFA chapter in your school and community!

Why Agricultural Education?

Agricultural education prepares students for successful careers and a lifetime of informed choices in the global agriculture, food, fiber and natural resources systems.

Through agricultural education, students are provided opportunities for leadership development, personal growth and career success. Agricultural education instruction is delivered through three major components:

  • Classroom/Laboratory instruction (contextual learning)
  • Supervised Agricultural Experience programs (work-based learning)
  • Student leadership organizations (National FFA Organization).

Agricultural education is a systematic program of instruction available to students desiring to learn about the science, business, technology of plant and animal production and/or about the environmental and natural resources systems. Agricultural education first became a part of the public education system in 1917 when the U.S. Congress passed the Smith-Hughes Act. Today, over 800,000 students participate in formal agricultural education instructional programs offered in grades seven-adult throughout the 50 states and three U. S. territories.

Wyoming has 58 agricultural education programs stretching from Pinedale to Pine Bluffs and Gillette to Evanston.

Find links below to resources, reports, and brochures about agricultural education and CTSO’s (Career and Technical Student Organizations) in Wyoming. 

 

Why FFA?

FFA is a dynamic youth organization that changes lives and prepares members for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.

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

Members are future chemists, veterinarians, government officials, entrepreneurs, bankers, international business leaders, teachers and premier professionals in many career fields.

  • Be a part of the largest student organization in the world.
  • Apply for more than $2 million in scholarships.
  • Meet new friends from across the country.
  • Learn skills that will help you in your future career.
  • Compete on leadership and judging teams.
  • Do your part in helping to provide food and fiber to the world.
Find resources, reports and brochures from Wyoming FFA, National FFA, and Owl Pellets below: