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	Podcast:		The Off Farm Income Podcast
	Episode:		OFI 661: How To Convince Your Parents That You Are Serious About Your Project \| FFA SAE Edition \| Olivia Charles \| West Carroll High School FFA
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:27:18
	Publish Date:		2019-08-12 01:30:36
	Description:		SHOW NOTES *Introducing Olivia Charles:* Today I get to profile a student with a great business and great attitude. Olivia Charles is being raised on a cattle ranch. But it is not the family tradition of cattle that captivates her. It is the other family tradition of raising rabbits that grabs her attention. Olivia was introduced to raising and eating rabbits by her grandfather. Today, she has purchased most of his rabbit breeding stock and equipment. Olivia now raises her own rabbits, and has already had over 120 kits this year! Olivia does this all on her own, and as she states “her parents never even see a rabbit” because she is independent. Olivia is selling breeding and show rabbits to other customers. She also tans her own rabbit hides and sells them. Olivia actually discovered a niche market for her rabbit hides in the Renaissance Festival market, and she is selling them there. In addition to all of this she provides meat for her family with her rabbits as well. All of these efforts led Olivia to become a state proficiency winner for the State of Illinois for 2019! SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Rabbit Production *HIGH SCHOOL:* West Carroll High School, Savannah, Illinois *MASCOT:* The Thunder *FFA ADVISOR:* Don Mathey CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OLIVIA CHARLES: Click on the picture below to be taken to the West Carroll High School Website: Olivia’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: dmathey@wc314.org West Carroll High School Telephone Number: 815-273-7715 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: Member Of The National Association Of Farm Broadcasters
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