FALL 2022

BRITTANY RECEIVES HIGHEST FFA HONOR - THE AMERICAN DEGREE

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 FFA history and heritage that will never change.

The National FFA Organization formerly known as the Future Farmers of America awards members for their hard work and dedication through awards and degrees. There are five levles of degrees throughout the member’s years within the FFA; the Discovery degree, Green hand degree, Chapter degree, State degree, and the American degree. The North Carolina FFA Association will have over 80 representatives receive their American Degrees at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis Indiana in October. This is a huge accomplishment for the recipients as this degree is awarded to less than

one percent of all FFA members each year! Recipients of the American degree have a list of requirements they must complete that are set forth in the National FFA Constitution Article VI. Some of the requirements are: the recipient must have received their State FFA Degree, have completed 3 years of agricultural education, have graduated from high school, have a completed an outstanding supervised agricultural experience (SAE), invested $7,500, or worked 2,250 hours outside of their scheduled class time, have outstanding leadership and maintained a “C” or better in their academics and have participated in

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