60 Minutes

A statewide donation program helps Pennsylvania FFA Alumni and Supporters discover how much the blue and gold means to first-year members.

A kernel of an idea led this National Trail FFA member to a creative (and delicious!) supervised agricultural experience.

As a recently chartered chapter, Weeping Water FFA launched Limestone Coffee Co., a student-run business venture, to raise funds and help members gain valuable skills.

Lubbock-Cooper FFA alumni and twins Faith and Caleb Snapp refuse to let vision impairment limit their dreams.

This retired agricultural education teacher and FFA advisor participated in a monumental movement to make FFA a place for all.

Minnesota FFA members helped pass legislation to provide grant funding for after-school programming in their state.

In this guide, you will find activities for six articles in the fall 2024 issue of FFA New Horizons. Worksheet answer keys can be found at the end of the activity worksheet. The activities are aligned to educational standards. (See each activity for the specific standards.)

Introduce agriculture careers to students by giving them the role of a career matchmaker, making career recommendations based on a given profile. Students will also explore and define characteristics they are looking for in a future career.

Jackson Brossart’s SAE has taught him how to take a hobby and turn it into an SAE. Learn how you can take a hobby and turn it into an SAE and, ultimately, a future career.

Meat processing is a unique SAE and career path. In this lesson, learn how Kylie Skadberg got started in her SAE. We will then learn what part of the animal different cuts of beef, pork and lamb come from. Finally, we will explore the everyday products we use that come from animal products.

Follow Joe Lindberg as he explains his minnow trapping SAE. Then dive deep into the various aspects of the aquaculture and fishery industries and careers within those industries.