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INTRODUCING KARLI CHILDERS! In the case of today's guest "starting from the ground up" is more than just a cliché.  Karli Childers has literally done this. Karli is currently studying to be a landscape architect at the University Of Kentucky.  Back in high school she started her first business, "Karli's Cute Creations Floral Design & Landscaping".  And she started at the very bottom, literally, pulling weeds.  There was no landscaping job that Karli was too proud to take to help get her on her way, and to get her out working in the soil and with plants.  This is what she loves to do! Karli illustrates a very good lesson in his episode about achieving goals.  Yes, mindset, commitment, dedication and hard work are all very important when it comes to achieving goals.  Karli points out another important factor as well.  She talks about figuring out where you want to end up, finding out how other people got there and then following those steps to achieve that goal.  It sounds simple, but so many people do not do this. Karli's hard work and humbleness have paid off for her.  During her time in high school she won a regional star award in agribusiness.  Then she won state proficiency awards in landscape management as well as entrepreneurship.  She has a lot of great goals and some fantastic vision for projects she would like to work on! SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Floral Design And Landscaping HIGH SCHOOL: Boyd County High School; Ashland, Kentucky MASCOT: Lions FFA ADVISOR: Joe Childers CONTACT INFORMATION FOR KARLI CHILDERS: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Boyd County High School website: Boyd County High School's Telephone Number: 606.928.7100 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