ABOUT US
The Cottondale FFA Chapter is located in Sub-District 1, District 2, Area 1 of the Florida FFA Association. Our chapter consists of a high school and middle school program. We are located at Cottondale High School in Cottondale, Florida. The agriculture teacher and FFA advisor is Mr. Stan Scurlock. The chapter competes in many different career developement events (CDEs) including the following: Forestry, Parliamentary Procedure, Opening and Closing Ceremonies, Creed speaking, Prepared speaking, Extemperaneous Public Speaking, Livestock Judging, Soil Judging, Agricultural Sales and Service, Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Communications, Agricultural Issues, and many more! The members of this chapter are very dedicated to this youth organization and chapter. They are very hardworking and put in a great amount of time practicing for various CDEs and making this chapter as successful as it is. Under the advisor, the members of the Cottondale FFA Chapter are serving their home and community with the hope of one day impacting the largest industry in the world, agriculture.
What is the FFA?
The FFA is an intracurricular student organization for those interested in agriculture and leadership. It is one of the three components of agricultural education.
What do the letters "FFA" stand for?
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. But FFA is not just for students who want to be production farmers; FFA also welcomes members who aspire to careers as teachers, doctors, scientists, business owners and more. For this reason, the name of the organization was updated in 1988 after a vote of national convention delegates to reflect the growing diversity and new opportunities in the industry of agriculture.
Today, the National FFA Organization remains committed to the individual student, providing a path to achievement in premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
FFA continues to help the next generation rise up to meet those challenges by helping its members to develop their own unique talents and explore their interests in a broad range of agricultural career pathways. So today, we are still the Future Farmers of America. But, we are the Future Biologists, Future Chemists, Future Veterinarians, Future Engineers and Future Entrepreneurs of America, too.
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FFA Creed
The creed was written by E.M. Tiffany and adopted at the Third National FFA Convention. It was revised at the 38th and 63rd Conventions.
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I believe in the future of agriculture, with a faith born not of words but of deeds - achievements won by the present and past generations of agriculturists; in the promise of better days through better ways, even as the better things we now enjoy have come to us from the struggles of former years.
I believe that to live and work on a good farm, or to be engaged in other agricultural pursuits, is pleasant as well as challenging; for I know the joys and discomforts of agricultural life and hold an inborn fondness for those associations which, even in hours of discouragement, I cannot deny.
I believe in leadership from ourselves and respect from others. I believe in my own ability to work efficiently and think clearly, with such knowledge and skill as I can secure, and in the ability of progressive agriculturists to serve our own and the public interest in producing and marketing the product of our toil.
I believe in less dependence on begging and more power in bargaining; in the life abundant and enough honest wealth to help make it so--for others as well as myself; in less need for charity and more of it when needed; in being happy myself and playing square with those whose happiness depends upon me.
I believe that American agriculture can and will hold true to the best traditions of our national life and that I can exert an influence in my home and community which will stand solid for my part in that inspiring task.
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FFA Mission
FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
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FFA Motto
Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve.