FFA New Horizons

Valerie Earley was called to a meeting at The White House in Washington, D.C. Tuesday.

The agricultural education program of an impressive Arizona FFA Chapter earned more recognition this week as it was featured on PBS NewsHour. Monument Valley FFA Chapter, located in Kayenta, Arizona,  is home to a career and technical education program that defies odds and serves students inside the Navajo Nation. The program is coordinated by Clyde McBride, recently named as an Education Week Leader To Learn From: McBride, who is the director of career and technical education in the 2,000-student Kayenta Unified school district, started this program in 1990 and has built it into a powerhouse that catapults students past the odds they’d face without it. In a Native American community of high poverty and unemployment, his 200 students outscore their peers statewide on math and English tests, and 100 percent graduate from high school, outstripping the statewide average by 22 percentage points. Three-quarters of McBride’s graduates enroll in college or training programs. The rest go straight into the workforce. “The work he does and the successes of his students are phenomenal,” says Jeanne Roberts, who oversees [...]

In 2016, Zoetis donated nearly $1 million to more than 2,500 FFA chapters across the country through the Zoetis Industry Support Program.

Join AgExplorer live from Cargill’s Innovation Center in Wichita, Kan., on May 11 for a Virtual Field Trip! Registration is now open. AgExplorer’s series of Virtual Field Trips transports you beyond the walls of your classroom into leading agricultural organizations so that you can gain a firsthand account of the diverse career opportunities within the agricultural industry.   During May’s Virtual Field Trip at Cargill, AgExplorer will take students inside the world of agriculture to learn how careers in science and technology play a key role in getting food to your table in a safe and affordable way. Students will hear from numerous Cargill employees that represent a variety of interesting careers, from a Food Marketer to Food Scientist, and more! Registration for the event is free and classrooms around the globe can participate by asking a question via AgExplorer.com or on social media with hashtag #AgExplorerVFT. Thursday, May 11 – 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. EDT Classrooms and teachers registered for the event will also be notified when the archive is available soon after the live event. The industry of [...]

During National FFA Week, Tractor Supply hosted an in-store event nationwide that allowed shoppers donate $1 or more at checkout in support of the program.

FFA members and chapters embrace the idea of giving back to our communities by living out the final line of the FFA motto: Living to Serve.

More than 100 North Carolina high school and college students attended a land stewardship conference in Greensboro, N.C., on April 1 at Wrangler's headquarters.

During February's National FFA Week, we asked FFA chapters and supporting organizations to tell us how they were hosting the “World’s Greatest National FFA Week Celebrations.”

An app to ensure that individuals and families in both rural and urban communities have access to life-saving information and other safety resources.

Ray Starling, the 1996-97 National FFA Eastern Region Vice President, recently received a new position within the White House, focusing on agriculture policy.