OFI 1770: Career Worthy Expertise In The 9th Grade | FFA SAE Edition – Featured Freshman | Baylor Bloom | Gustine High School FFA

Baylor Bloom is the owner of “Full Bloom Harvesting”, a tree shaking business located in the Central Valley of California serving almond farmers in and around Gustine. At the time of this interview Baylor was almost 1/2 through his final semester of his 9th grade year of high school. However, his expertise on the permanent crop farming industry of California was like somebody who had been farming for decades.

Baylor has a passion for farming, and for his families 8 generation farm. As a matter of fact, he has immense knowledge of the history of the farm and how it changed due to the Great Depression almost 80 years ago. Baylor took over his fathers tree shaking business, and as a freshman in high school he leases the equipment on an annual basis and is responsible for every aspect of the business. This includes hiring people to transport his equipment since he does not have a driver’s license yet and hiring labor to shake the trees during the time that he is in class at high school!

In this interview Baylor does a fantastic job of explaining to the audience how almonds are harvested, and it will of interest to anyone that has natural curiosity about farming.

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Almond Harvesting

HIGH SCHOOL: Gustine High School, Gustine, CA

MASCOT: Reds

FFA ADVISOR: Matt Buffunno

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR BAYLOR BLOOM:

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Baylor’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: mbaffunno@gustineusd.org

Gustine High School Telephone Number: 209 854-6414

FFA LINKS:

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Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)

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