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OFI 184: FFA In New York Is Nothing To Flap Your Wings At! | FFA SAE Edition | Liam Sammons | OESJ High School FFA

SHOW NOTES

Introducing Liam Sammons! 

Liam is the secretary of his FFA chapter in St. Johnsville, New York.  He is raising Leghorn chickens and selling eggs.  He is extremely innovative in the way that he is using technology.  He is using Google Documents through email to take orders for his eggs.  Also, he is using solar panels to power his chicken coops.

Many of the innovations that Liam has put into play were funded by his award of a $1,000 SAE grant.  He has a great business model and continues to grow.

Liam dreams of being an maritime engineer and designing ships.  I can’t wait to see what he builds.  I hope you enjoy getting to know Liam Sammons!

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Raising Laying Hens And Selling Eggs

HIGH SCHOOL: OESJ High School; St. Johnsville, New York

MASCOT: Wolves

FFA ADVISOR: Christoper Smith

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LIAM SAMMONS:

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Liam’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: christopher.smith@oesj.org

OESJ High School’s Telephone Number: (518) 568-2011

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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