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	Podcast:		The Off Farm Income Podcast
	Episode:		OFI 691: Being Introduced To Agriculture By The FFA \| FFA SAE Edition \| Courtney Cameron \| Lowndes High School FFA
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:38:16
	Publish Date:		2019-10-02 01:30:23
	Description:		INTRODUCING COURTNEY CAMERON! Today I get to introduce you to a National Star Finalist in Agriscience Research. Because I focus on entrepreneurship on this show I rarely get to speak with students who have a research emphasis. But when the National FFA Convention is coming up I get to speak with students in all aspects of the FFA, and I enjoy profiling it here. Courtney has a really unique story. She did not grow up in or around agriculture. But, she was attracted to the FFA, especially for the research possibilities. Her parents actually were a little hesitant, just because they did not know what opportunities awaited Courtney. Courtney ended up joining the FFA, and she got started right away with a research project about canning. She had some very useful findings during her first two years of research involving canning. Then Courtney moved on to researching plant viruses and ways to defeat them. She looked specifically at viruses in tobacco plants. Today Courtney is at the University Of Georgia, and she is majoring in agriscience and environmental systems. There is a lot of research left in Courtney’s future, and she is only just getting started. SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Agriscience Research *HIGH SCHOOL:* Lowndes High School; Valdosta, Georgia *MASCOT:* Vikings *FFA ADVISOR:* James Corbett CONTACT INFORMATION FOR COURTNEY CAMERON: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Lowndes County High School website: Courtney’s FFA Advisors’ Email Addresses: jamescorbett@lowndes.k12.ga.us Lowndes High School’s Telephone Number: 229-245-2260 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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