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	Podcast:		The Off Farm Income Podcast
	Episode:		OFI 745: How To Pick Your Niche Market \| FFA SAE Edition \| Keegan Gibbs \| Heppner High School FFA
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:27:39
	Publish Date:		2020-01-06 01:30:05
	Description:		Come On A Once In A Lifetime Vacation With Us To Tuscany! Just Click The Picture Below For Details Or Call (877) 279-2350 SHOW NOTES INTRODUCING KEEGAN GIBBS! Today’s interview marks the second time I have been able to interview Keegan Gibbs. I first interviewed him for the D&B Supply Show Podcast as a feature involving an FFA student from our listening area. He had such a compelling story of becoming a state officer and devoting a “gap year” to serving the Oregon State FFA, that I wanted to have him on the Off-Farm Income as well. Keegan is not just a state officer. He is also a very innovative entrepreneur. His efforts have taken him all across the world, ultimately winding up working on a sheep ranch in Australia for a summer. For Keegan’s SAE during high school he also started raising and selling sheep. One of the things that stood out to me about what he was doing was the fact that lots of people in his area were selling beef, but few were selling lamb. So, he decided to enter into the market that was underrepresented. A very ingenious decision for a student of his age at the time. SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Sheep Production *HIGH SCHOOL:* Heppner High School; Heppner, Oregon *MASCOT:* Mustangs *FFA ADVISOR:* Beth Dickenson CONTACT INFORMATION FOR KEEGAN GIBBS: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Heppner School FFA Department’s website: Keegan’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: elizabeth.dickenson@morrow.k12.or.us Heppner High School’s Telephone Number: (541) 676-9138 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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