Chapter Chats - The Newsletter of the Future Farmers of Virginia

After the formation of the Future Farmers of Virginia, a bi-monthly newsletter was established to help spread information from chapters across the state. The very first issue, published in December 1926, invited FFV members to submit suggestions for the newsletter's title and offered a $5 prize for the winning suggestion. In the January, 1927 issue, Sidney Williams of the Powhatan Chapter was announced as the winner and his suggested title, "Chapter Chats", was officially adopted.

From the earliest days of the FFV through the present day FFA, Chapter Chats has chronicled Virginia's agricultural education history. The first issues of the newsletter track the addition of new local chapters across the state and impress upon members the importance of thrift during the trying economic times of the 1920s. In the 1940s, FFA news is interspersed with reports of how WWII was affecting FFA alumni and chapters across the state, including obituaries for young servicemen killed in action. The Chapter Chats of the 1960s document the changes to the organization itself as the NFA was taken into the FFA itself and girls were finally given full membership. 

Each issue includes a "Chapter News" section with reports from around Virginia, national FFA news, and articles of interest to FFA members such as newly available programs, new developments in agriculture, and reports from state and national competitions.