OFI 2022: How To Form An Underground Hot Sauce Ring | FFA SAE Edition | Tyler Worthey | Neoga High School FFA

Our guest today is an inspiration to people everywhere who have said “how do I get the land that I need to farm?”.  Tyler Worthey is showing everyone what can be done from your own back yard and kitchen.

Tyler is the Chapter Reporter at Neoga FFA in Illinois.  He was recruited by his FFA Advisor back in the 8th grade after being enrolled in an introduction to agriculture class, and he has not looked back.  That year he started making hot sauces in his kitchen at home just for fun, and he would share them with friends at school.  It wasn’t long until people were requesting certain sauces and were even willing to pay for them.  Worthey Peppers was born.

Today, Tyler is growing his own supply of peppers in the back yard of his parents house in a neighborhood of Neoga.  He is taking those peppers and turning them into a variety of hot sauces, jams and jellies in the kitchen of his house.  And, he is fully licensed and certified through the State Of Illinois as a “cottage food producer”.  He then markets those products at fairs, festivals and farmer’s markets.  He is killing it, and has really got a great brand created and a great product to sell!

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Worthey Peppers

HIGH SCHOOL: Neoga High School; Neoga, Illinois

MASCOT: Indians

FFA ADVISOR: Cody Carman

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR TYLER WORTHEY:

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Tyler’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: ccarman@neogacusd3.net

Neoga High School Telephone Number: 217-895-2201

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

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