Advisor: Melissa Rauch
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. FFA is an intracurricular student organization for those interested in agriculture and leadership. It is one of the three components of agricultural education.
The official name of the organization is the National FFA Organization. The letters “FFA” stand for Future Farmers of America. These letters are a part of our history and our heritage that will never change.
Chartered in 1930, the Washington FFA Association today is made up of over 13,500 members in 175 chapters across our state.
What Is School-Based Agricultural Education?
School-based agricultural education (SBAE) is an essential educational program delivered through career and technical education in every state of the United States and in five U.S. Territories. There are approximately one million agricultural education students in the nation, in more than 7,500 schools who are taught by nearly 12,000 secondary, two-year postsecondary and adult instructors.
School-based agricultural education in the United States consists of three principles, integral core components that include:
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Contextual, inquiry-based instruction and learning through an interactive classroom and laboratory
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Premier leadership, personal growth and career success through engagement in FFA; and
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Experiential, service and/or work-based learning through the implementation of a supervised agricultural experience program.
The complete integration of these three components helps to ensure students’ career success or continuation with higher education related to agriculture, agriscience and/or agribusiness following high school graduation.
The FFA (Future Farmers of America) organization is the training and testing area of agricultural education. FFA evaluates the skills that students learned through agricultural education by using Career Development Events (CDEs) and Leadership Development Events (LDEs). It also sharpens students’ speaking and leadership skills.
Why Should I Join FFA?
Career advice, hands-on training
Do you know what you want to do after you finish high school? FFA can help you develop your skills and prepare you for that next step.
If you’re uncertain, FFA can help you determine which of agriculture's 300 exciting career options match your personal interests and skills. If you're like the 73 percent of today’s FFA members who already plan to pursue a career in agriculture, you know that there are options for almost any interest, whether you want to work indoors or outside, at a desk on in the lab, in the city or on a farm and with other people or on your own.
Even if you don't choose a career in agriculture, the skills and training you gain through FFA will lead to success in any industry.
Leadership
FFA can help you become a leader. Through FFA, members strengthen their personal skills, learn to manage their time and discover how to respect themselves and gain respect from others. Leadership skills are developed throughout the FFA program from a local FFA chapter's programs of activities (POA); special local, state, and national opportunities and experiences; state and national leadership conferences and workshops and career development events.
Competitions
FFA offers many opportunities for recognition at the local, state, and national levels. You can even earn money for school through scholarships. Check out our programs and awards.
Scholarships
The National FFA Organization awards more than $1 million in scholarships to more than 800 FFA members each year. That's just the beginning. Many local and state businesses also offer FFA scholarships and FFA experience and skills give our members an edge over their competition for scholarships from other groups and schools. Learn more about our scholarship opportunities
Earning Power
How would you like to get paid for learning? Many FFA members start their own businesses or work for an agricultural company in high school. Some FFA members have earned hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time they graduate from college by reinvesting their profits in their business.
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FFA had a great day at the Waterville Fair! Students competed in Livestock Judging, Produce judging, Tractor Driving and Horse Judging! Team members placed 4th in Produce, 3rd in Tractor and 1st in Horse! Great work FFA!
FFA at the Okanogan County Fair 2024