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OFI 214: Living In Paradise And Forming Concrete | FFA SAE Edition | Nalder Boyce | North Fremont High School FFA

SHOW NOTES

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Introducing Nalder Boyce! 

I love this story for so many reasons.  I think the biggest reason I love this story is I love it when somebody dreams of a great life that otherwise seems impossible, but they make it happen anyway.

My guest this episode is still in high school, so he has not quite achieved the above statement yet.  But, he has parents who are showing him the way, and I love being connected in anyway to a story where somebody did what 99% of people will dream about but then convince themselves is impossible.

For those of you who have never been to Island Park Idaho, let me explain.  Island Park is as close to Yellowstone National Park you can get in Idaho and still live in an incorporated town.  It is up in the lodgepole pines with wildlife everywhere and blue ribbon trout streams and rivers.  It is literally one of the most beautiful places in the United States.

Most people’s exposure to this paradise is driving through it on their way to Yellowstone, going on a chartered fly fishing vacation or a once in a lifetime hunting trip from out of state.  Most people see the cabins, the Tetons, the rivers and dream of living there.  But about 3 days after their vacation they talk themselves out of it and assume there is no way for them to make a living there.

Nalder and his family are carving out a multi-national business from their paradise location of Island Park, Idaho.  Seeing a need in the marketplace they started producing “monoslab easy forms.”

What is so amazing about Nalder and this story is that as a junior in high school he is writing copy for his family’s business on their website.  He has been writing articles for his local newspaper since he was in 7th grade because he has a passion for it.  What a way to take advantage of his natural talent!  Here is an example of one of Nalder’s articles: Island Park News

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Marketing and Writing Copy For His Family Business

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HIGH SCHOOL: North Fremont High School

MASCOT: Huskies

FFA ADVISOR: Tom Jacobsen

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR NALDER BOYCE:

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Nalder’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address:  tomj@sd215.net

North Fremont High School Telephone Number:  (208) 652-7468

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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