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Founding of the Future Farmers of Virginia

Founding of the Future Farmers of Virginia is a Virginia historical marker in Blacksburg., Montgomery County, dedicated 1988.

Montgomery County · dedicated 1988 · Rte. 314, at Southgate Drive information center, 0.25 miles east of Bypass Rte. 460 intersection, Blacksburg.

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The Future Farmers of Virginia (FFV) was founded on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute by four members of the Agricultural Education Department in September, 1925. Developed as a statewide organization for boys enrolled in high school vocational agriculture, the FFV was used as a model for establishing the Future Farmers of America. The four founders were Walter Newman, Henry Groseclose, Edmund Magill, and Harry Sanders.

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