OFI 049: Taking Over Dad’s Farm | FFA SAE Edition | Adam Drake | Kuna High School FFA

SHOW NOTES

INTRODUCING ADAM DRAKE!

Autumm and I have known Adam for three years now, ever since Hattie joined his 4h group three years ago.  Adam has now moved on to FFA at Kuna High School, and his SAE is in entrepreneurship.  This is lucky for us, as he is a perfect guest for the show!

Adam’s family has a farm that is leased out, and they live in town.  He has not allowed that to slow him down, and he has been raising sheep and beef for several years now.  However, he and his family are preparing to start farming their ground again, and Adam is going to be the primary farmer.  He plans on growing hay, grain, corn and pasture.  Oh, and growing his cow herd.

Adam had very inspirational words to say about the FFA as well as FFA advisors.  He plans on becoming an FFA instructor in the future.  I think he will be a great one, as his passion for agriculture shines through.  I hope you enjoy the interview with Adam.

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Market Lamb and Beef Production – Coming Soon: Farming 80 acres and a growing beef herd

HIGH SCHOOL: Kuna High School, Kuna, Idaho

MASCOT: Kavemen

FFA ADVISOR: Joe Blackstock

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ADAM DRAKE:

Click on the picture below to be taken to the Kuna High School Ag. Department’s website:

Adam’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: jblackstock@kunaschools.org

Kuna High School Telephone Number: 208.955.0200

FFA LINKS:

National FFA Organization

Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)

Support FFA 

Donate to FFA – One way that FFA students are able to start small businesses is through an FFA grant of $1,000.  In 2014, 141 FFA students received these grants.  With your donations, more students can get this head start – pay it forward.

REASONS TO DONATE TO FFA:

• Only 2% of Americans grow and raise most of the food and livestock consumed by the other 98% as well as the rest of the world.  FFA is providing the needed education, training and resources to Americans that will carry that torch forward and insure that America continues to have inexpensive, quality food.
• Rural Communities will rely on entrepreneurship in the future for population growth and job creation.  The FFA is a major catalyst to that entrepreneurial growth.
• Farmers, ranchers and those working in agriculture give the rest of America incredible amounts of freedom because the search for food is as simple as going to the grocery store:

“Because American farmers are able to provide for so many of us, they give more and more of us the freedom to pursue goals and livelihoods beyond growing the food we need to survive.”

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack 

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