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	Podcast:		The Off Farm Income Podcast
	Episode:		OFI 781: A Passion For Aquaculture And Endless Possibilities \| FFA SAE Edition \| Cody Ogazalek \| Killingly High School FFA
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:26:57
	Publish Date:		2020-03-09 01:30:02
	Description:		*Sign Up To Receive Our FFA Stories Newsletter!* Email address: SHOW NOTES *INTRODUCING CODY OGAZALEK!* Today’s guest has a passion for fish and for aquaculture. This goes back to a very young age and having aquariums in the house. Cody Ogazalek knew that he wanted to work with fish, and when it came time for high school he started looking around at where he could attend. Ultimately, Cody found Killingly High School and toured the school. In the FFA Department Cody found very large tanks for their aquaculture program, and he was instantly “hooked”! He joined the FFA and has not looked back. During his time in high school Cody was recommended for a job at the Quinebaug Valley State Fish Hatchery, which is where all the trout for the State of Connecticut are hatched. He began working there, and like a fish to the water he has learned more and more and gained more and more responsibility. Cody ended up doing a placement SAE, working at the hatchery, and it led him to become a state proficiency winner as a well as a national proficiency finalist in wildlife production and management. Today, Cody is a student at Quinebaug Community College studying fisheries and aquaculture. He has definitely found his passion, and is well on his way to being an expert in his field. SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Fish Production *HIGH SCHOOL:* Killingly High School; Killingly, Connecticut *MASCOT:* Redmen *FFA ADVISOR:* Courtney Cardinal CONTACT INFORMATION FOR CODY OGAZALEK: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Killingly High School Website: Cody’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: ccardinal@killinglyschools.org Killingly High School Telephone Number: (860) 779-6600 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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