OFI 1789: Removing All Obstacles, Even High School | FFA SAE Edition – Featured Freshman | Addison Gronley | Timberlake Senior High School FFA

Addison Gronley is just getting ready to start her sophomore year of high school and second year of FFA, and there are possibly some big changes coming her way. I interviewed Addison right after she had attended the Idaho State FFA Convention. Even before the convention she was very fired up about showing and judging livestock with some big goals on the horizon, namely proficiency awards.

The long drive back to Northern Idaho from the State Convention in the complete opposite end of the state did not reduce Addison’s passion for the FFA. She told me that she was strongly considering becoming a home school student in the 10th Grade so that she could show sheep even more and develop her skills even further. A classic line from a very focused FFA student, “school gets in the way of shows”.

I am fortunate to be able to interview a lot of National Proficiency and American Star winners on this show, and a frequent theme is setting the goal of achieving at that level early. Addison has definitely done this, and she is doing whatever she can to remove any obstacles that might stand in her way.

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Beef & Sheep Production

HIGH SCHOOL: Timberlake Senior High School; Spirit Lake, Idaho

MASCOT: Tigers

FFA ADVISOR: Jacqui Duran

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ADDISON GRONLEY:

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Addison’s FFA Advisors’ Email Addresses: jduran@lakeland272.org

Timberlake Senior High School’s Telephone Number: 208.623.6303

FFA LINKS:

National FFA Organization

Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)

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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