The Mission of… FFA is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. FFA was founded in 1928 and began in Oregon in 1929. FFA students must be enrolled in an agriculture/natural resources class in an approved agriculture education program in order to be eligible for membership. For more information please contact: Oregon FFA 2611 Pringle Rd SE Salem, OR  97302 503.385.4664 or 503.385.4715 www.oregonffa.com

FFA An Association of Agriculture Education Students Visit Oregon FFA online at: www.oregonffa.com www.facebook.com/oregonffa www.twitter.com/oregonffa FFA is a nationally affiliated student organization designed for students who wish to be leaders in and pursue a career in some phase of agriculture: production agriculture, agriscience, agribusiness, or agricultural marketing.  FFA is an integral part of the student's experience in the agriculture education classroom. By following the FFA motto "learning to do, doing to learn, earning to live and living to serve" students are able to cross the bridge to a successful career in natural resources.  Classroom based instruction, work based learning, and the student organization support the FFA delivery system. Students learn and develop technical skills and apply academic skills that range from formulating complicated feed rations for livestock to tissue culture of plant materials by taking advantage of classroom instruction based on applied learning units.  The Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) program offers students work based learning.  FFA members, supervised by their FFA advisors, participate in projects selected from hundreds of options within 72 project proficiency areas.  This project is carefully monitored throughout the student’s FFA career as he or she applies the skills learned in the classroom. FFA activities provide the third support in the agricultural education bridge.  The FFA provides an enjoyable educational opportunity for students to evaluate their technical and leadership skills as they step across the bridge to their future.