OFI 729: How To Become A National FFA Choir Member | FFA SAE Edition | Olivia Moore | Western Hills High School FFA

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SHOW NOTES

INTRODUCING OLIVIA MOORE!

I don’t know where to begin with today’s interview. I initially wanted to interview Olivia Moore because she had participated in a “Shark Tank” type competition through the State Of Kentucky FFA and was awarded a $5,000 grant to further her business pursuits and purchase a new green house. However, as we were conducting the interview I found out about her time on the National FFA Choir.

Olivia has been part of the National FFA Choir for the past two years, the maximum amount of time you can sing as part of that group. In both years she auditioned for and was selected to be a soloist. In today’s episode Olivia talks all about how she became a singer, the process to become part of the National FFA Choir and how they are able to take students from all over the United States and put them together as one, cohesive choir.

If that were not enough, Olivia speaks with me about building her greenhouse business and competing for and winning a $5,000 grant. This is a remarkable interview with a remarkable student who is only 1/2 way through her junior year in high school.

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Horticulture & Plant Production

HIGH SCHOOL: Western Hills High School; Frankfort, Kentucky

MASCOT: Wolverines

FFA ADVISOR: J.R. Zinner

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OLIVIA MOORE:

Click on the picture below to be taken to the Western Hills High School Ag. Department’s website:

Olivia’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: jr.zinner@franklin.kyschools.us

Western Hills High School’s Telephone Number: 502-875-8400

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