There are many organizations that are targeted at teaching young people how to farm and advancing the knowledge and benefits of sustainable agriculture. 4-H was started in 1902 and is a U.S.-based network that has approximately 6.5 million members, ages 5 to 21 years old, and is administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The National FFA Organization (formerly known as Future Farmers of America) was founded in 1925 and is specifically focused on providing agriculture education for middle and high school students. Rural Youth Europe is a non-governmental organization for European youths to create awareness of rural environmental and agriculture issues, it was started in 1957 and the headquarters is in Helsinki, Finland. The group is active in 17 countries with over 500,000 participants.
there are many organizations that are targeted at teaching young people how to farm and advancing the knowledge and benefits of sustainable agriculture 4-h was started in 1902 and is a us-based network that has approximately 65 million members ages 5 to 21 years old and is administered by the national institute of food and agriculture of the united states department of agriculture (usda) the national ffa organization (formerly known as future farmers of america) was founded in 1925 and is specifically focused on providing agriculture education for middle and high school students rural youth europe is a non-governmental organization for european youths to create awareness of rural environmental and agriculture issues it was started in 1957 and the headquarters is in helsinki finland the group is active in 17 countries with over 500000 participants