"FFA helped me start my first business prior to knowing that the word 'Entrepreneur' even existed" -Unknown

What is a SAE?

SAE stands for Supervised Agricultural Experience. Through this students are able to get a work and leadership experience through agriculture. They are something that is required by all FFA members. SAEs are instructor supervised and are student led. SAEs have a very wide variety just as long as it comes back to agriculture, students are also able to turn their SAEs into future careers.

Different types of SAEs:

Ownership/Entrepreneurship: Student owns or operates a individual business that can and will provide goods and or services for the communities surrounding them
Placement/Internship: Student is employed by a business that is related to agriculture, food, or natural resources
Research; Experimental, Analysis, or Intervention: Student plans and conducts a agricultural experiment using the scientific method
School Based Enterprise: Student leads a business enterprise operated on school campus and utilizing their facilities
Service Learning: Student or group of students plan and organize a project designed to help the school or community

Here are some students active in their SAEs:

Kierstyn Ebbers being active in her entrepreneurship SAE, showing her goat.

Hannah Tessum active in her entrepreneurship SAEs, this one showing swine

Reese Croatt active in her entrepreneurship SAE showing one of her cows

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