What FFA Means To Me!

When asked what FFA means to me, many answers come to mind, none of which have a definite answer, and can differ between others and myself.

When I think about Agriculture, I often think of things such as farming, the domestication of animals, or simply the origins of common produce such as beef, pork, chicken, lamb, wool, corn, wheat, cotton, etc. These common products, while they seem basic and unnecessary, make our nation move.

It is due to these things that our economy is one of the best in the world, and keeps our world around us moving.

The things that we are taught in Ag help us not only secure our future, but when we use this knowledge later in life, we insure that the world around us will become safer for those yet to come.

These skills and traits taught to us by our teachers have been honored and prac- ticed for centuries beforehand, and will continue to be used, showing the necessity of this knowledge, for without it, our forefathers wouldn’t have been able to provide themselves with the resources needed for the life they led.

Agriculture is one of, if not the, most important classes that could ever be taught, due to the current and coming necessity for food.

It is estimated that in the next decade alone, the world’s population will increase by 3 billion.

Undoubte d ly these newcomers will need both shelter and nourishment, and this current generation has been placed with that burden of supplying both of these to those to come.

It is in this sense, and this sense alone, that the necessity of Agriculture is easily shown, and the consequences to come without the knowledge of Agriculture could be dire to not only the human race, but perhaps the entire world.