OFI 979: An Incredible Family Tradition From Kentucky | Savannah Pittman | Calloway County High School FFA | Murray, Kentucky
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INTRODUCING SAVANNAH PITTMAN!
Interviewing FFA students for this show is an absolute privilege. It constantly keeps me optimistic about the next generation, and I get exposed to multitudes of wonderful stories from around our nation. Today’s interview is a perfect example of this. 
Savannah Pittman is a junior at Calloway County High School in Murray, Kentucky. Her family has been farming in Kentucky for at least four generations. And for many years all of her family has worked together in a very large, family garden. Today, Savannah and all of her cousins work together in this large, 1 acre garden and their very large greenhouse. Together they produce all the fruits and vegetables that they sell under the name, “Papa’s Produce Barn”.
They took their business name from the legacy left by their great-grandfather, whose barn they sell out of when they are not at the local produce market in Murray on Saturday’s. All the cousins have a different area of specialty in the garden. For Savannah it is tomatoes. Savannah is learning a lot about business through this experience. So much so, that she is even signing up for business classes and activities outside of the FFA.
You are going to really enjoy hearing about Savannah’s special family tradition, and getting to know this impressive young lady.
SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Vegetable Production
HIGH SCHOOL: Calloway County High School , Murray, Kentucky
MASCOT: Anchors
FFA ADVISOR: Jacob Falwell
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR Savannah Pittman:
Click on the picture below to be taken to the Calloway County High School website:
Paige’s FFA Advisors’ Email Address: jacob.falwell@calloway.kyschools.us
Calloway County High School’s Telephone Number: 270-762-7375
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Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)
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 ensure 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
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