St. Joseph-Ogden FFA
What is the FFA?
FFA is a dynamic youth organization within agricultural education that changes lives and prepares students for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success. FFA was created in 1928 as the Future Farmers of America; the name was changed in 1988 to the National FFA Organization to represent the growing diversity of agriculture. Today, nearly one half-million student members are engaged in a wide range of agricultural education activities, leading to over 300 career opportunities in the agriculture sciences, food, fiber and natural resources industries. Student success remains the primary mission of FFA.
The Three Circle Model
The St. Joseph-Ogden Agriculture Department is founded on the three-circle model of agricultural education. The three circles include classroom instruction, Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Projects, and FFA.
All three circles are an important component of student success and diversity of experiences available to all agriculture students.
The FFA Colors
The rich and cheerful colors that proudly represent FFA are National Blue and Corn Gold. These colors appear in connection with all meetings and paraphernalia or equipment used.
Official Dress
The official dress uniform for female members is a knee-length black skirt, white collared blouse with the official FFA blue scarf, black shoes with neutral colored nylons, and the official jacket zipped to the top. Black slacks may be worn for outdoor activities, such as judging.
The official dress uniform for male members is black slacks, white collared shirt, official FFA blue tie, black shoes and socks, and the official jacket zipped to the top.
