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Sign Up To Receive Our FFA Stories Newsletter! Email address: SHOW NOTES INTRODUCING HANNAH TAPPENDORF!  There are a million different opportunities for somebody to get involved with, in the FFA.  And, I think the tendency of a young person is to try them all.  Perhaps, this is the right way to go about this for most students.  But what about the student who really wants to excel to a high level? Our guest today, Hannah Tappendorf, is an advocate for specialization.  She talks about finding what it is that you really enjoy and focusing there.  She has certainly walked the talk when it comes to this.  Hannah grows one acre of strawberries at her home in Illinois.  She found herself with an excess of strawberries and had to figure out what to do. This is when Hannah began creating jams, jellies and pies and selling them locally.  It was these value added products that led her to be her state's proficiency winner in fruit production.  Hannah still finds time for other projects, including cattle production and agricultural education.  She was actually awarded a special, paid internship to teach agriculture at her school.  And one of the most valuable lessons she has learned through all of this is the need to be able to focus. SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Fruit Production HIGH SCHOOL: Altamont High School; Altamont, Illinois MASCOT: Indians FFA ADVISOR: Stephanie Tomes CONTACT INFORMATION FOR HANNAH TAPPENDORF: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Altamont High School Website: Hannah's FFA Advisor's Email Address: szimmer@altamontschools.org Altamont High School Telephone Number: 618-483-6195 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