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Introducing Emily Johansen:

Today’s guest describes herself as being the person who would think that chocolate milk came from brown cows at one point in her life.  Emily Johansen grew up in an urban area of Massachusetts, not far from Boston.  But thanks to an adventurous mom and relatives that raised horses, today she has a vast knowledge of agriculture and is an FFA chapter president.

After Emily was exposed to livestock and horses her interest in farming and animals really started to grow. She and her mother enjoy having adventures, and at some point they both decided that they would like to move to a new area to experience something different.

Emily stated that she would only move to an area where she could attend a high school that allowed her to study agriculture.  They did their research and wound up going all the way across Massachusetts to the west side so that Emily could attend Smith Vocational & Agricultural High School.

After starting school there Emily discovered the FFA and things really took off.  Today she works for a veterinarian and has assisted on several procedures.  She also has become her chapter’s president for her upcoming senior year.  Emily has also been awarded a scholarship from the State of Massachusetts that will allow her to have 50% of her college tuition paid at any college she chooses in the United States.

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Specialty Livestock

HIGH SCHOOL: Smith Vocational & Agricultural High School; North Hampton, Massachusetts

MASCOT: Vikings

FFA ADVISOR: James Anspach

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EMILY JOHANSEN:

Click on the picture below to be taken to the Smith Vocational & Agricultural High School Website:

Emily’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: janspach@smithtec.org

Smith Vocational & Agricultural High School Telephone Number: 413-587-1414

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:

“The future of American agriculture depends on the involvement and investment in America’s youth, In order to prepare for the population of tomorrow, we need to encourage America’s youth today, and show that careers in agriculture are profitable, rewarding, and vital.”.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue

Where Off-Farm Income And Matt Brechwald Can Be Heard:

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