OFI 773: Going Organic And Back To Non-Organic | FFA SAE Edition | Kendall Metz | Caesar Rodney High School FFA

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SHOW NOTES

INTRODUCING KENDALL METZ!

Today’s guest illustrates one of the best things about entrepreneurship – agility. What do I mean by agility? I mean the ability to make a decision, try it, gauge whether or not it works and rectify it if it were the wrong decision all before a committee could even be formed to explore an idea in the traditional workplace.

Kendall Metz raises chickens in Delaware as her supervised agricultural experience. She has been innovative and has done some experimentation while she was doing this. She started out raising chickens traditionally but then changed to raising them organically. After realizing that things worked better as a non-organic producer she went back to her first method. Because she was making all the decisions she was able to make this transition very quickly.

Kendall’s quick thinking and agility as an entrepreneur is what led her to be the winner of the Star In Agribusiness both in Delaware and in the Eastern Region FFA. It also led her to a silver award at the national level.

Kendall is also a leader, serving as the chapter president at Caesar Rodney High School. She plans on majoring in agricultural education and bringing her quick thinking and leadership back to the classroom.

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Poultry Production

HIGH SCHOOL: Caesar Rodney High School; Camden, Delaware

MASCOT: Caesar Rodney

FFA ADVISOR: Amanda Strauss

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR KENDALL METZ:

Click on the picture below to be taken to the Caesar Rodney High School Website:

Kendall’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: Lauren.ruskey@cr.k12.de.us

Caesar Rodney High School Telephone Number: (302) 697-2161

FFA LINKS:

National FFA Organization

Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)

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