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OFI 116: Value Added Firewood Business | FFA SAE Edition | Caleb Van Vliet | Ripon Christian High School FFA
Caleb is another great student from Ripon Christian High School. His family is in the the almond business, and they have a source of almond wood right there in their orchard. For his supervised agricultural experience Caleb is adding value to his family’s orchard and recycling all at the same time.
As trees die or end their useful life in the orchard Caleb and his brother take them down, cut them up and sell them as firewood. He also splits the rounds for his customers. He is learning all about marketing and differentiating products. He is selling firewood in bins, and plans on selling firewood in bundles going forward.
This is a great product for Caleb to sell, in the location where he is at. The Central Valley of California is not a forested region naturally. Firewood cutting in the national forest in the Sierra Nevada Mountains is restricted. So, he provides a valuable resource to people in the valley who would like to heat with wood or have a nice fire every now and then.
SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Firewood Sales From His Family’s Almond Orchard
HIGH SCHOOL: Ripon ChristianHigh School
MASCOT: Knights
FFA ADVISOR: Mrs. Allison Hoover
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR CALEB VAN VLIET: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Ripon Christian High School website:
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