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FOUNDING OF THE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA
The Future Farmers of Virginia (FFV) was founded on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute by four members of the Agricultural Education Department in September, 1925. Developed as a statewide organization for boys enrolled in high school vocational agriculture, the FFV was used as a model for establishing the Future Farmers of America. The four founder were Walter Newman, Henry Groseclose, Edmund Magill, and Harry Sanders.
Department of Conservation and Historic Resources, 1988. |