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OFI 473: You Can Still Sell On The Honor System In America | FFA SAE Edition | Matthew Barnes | Monroe City R-1 High School FFA
Category: Business
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-07-11 01:30:23
Description: SHOW NOTES INTRODUCING MATTHEW BARNES! I just returned from Germany, and one of the things that stood out to me so much was that when we rode the trains in Munich it was on the honor system.  We purchased tickets, but there was nowhere to scan them and no conductors checking them.  Also, there were no turnstiles to put your ticket in to allow you onto the train.  I didn't believe this at first, but then I researched it and it was true. Our guest today has found a place in America we can still do this.  I suspect there are more, but Matthew Barnes has found a community outside of Monroe City, Missouri where this is possible.  He sells firewood to people going camping from his families property.  He puts the tubs of wood on the side of the road with a sign that a tub of firewood costs $10.  He has not had any problems with anyone taking firewood or taking his money. SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Firewood Sales HIGH SCHOOL: Monroe City R-1; Monroe City, Missouri MASCOT: Panthers FFA ADVISOR: Keriann Brandt CONTACT INFORMATION FOR MATTHEW BARNES: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Monroe City R-1 High School Ag. Department's website: Matthew's FFA Advisor's Email Address: kbrandt@monroe.k12.mo.us Monroe City R-1 High School's Telephone Number: (573) 735-4631 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: "Because American farmers are able to provide for so many of us, they give more and more of us the freedom to pursue goals and livelihoods beyond growing the food we need to survive." U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack  Other Places You Can Listen To Us: D&B Supply Show LISTEN TO US ON SATELLITE RADIO! WE ARE CONTRIBUTORS TO "FFA TODAY" ON RURAL RADIO SIRIUS XM CHANNEL 147! "FFA Today" airs on Rural Radio Sirius XM Channel 147 Saturdays at 7:30 AM Eastern and Sundays at 6:30 PM Eastern. Please let RURAL RADIO know that you like hearing us on their channel!  Here is how to contact them and leave feedback: Email: zacht@rfdtv.com Website:  RuralRadio147.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/RURALRADIO147      
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