A $1,000 SAE grant has been awarded to Quin Staten and Delainee White of Tarkio, Missouri, by PepsiCo and Cencora Impact Foundation. Delainee is building an aquaponics system in the greenhouse at Tarkio High School and Quin is using his grant funds to help expand his Q&M Snow and Mow business. Both are members of the Tarkio FFA Chapter. Their applications were selected from among 1,258 applications nationwide.

SAE grants are designed to help FFA members create or expand Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) projects, a requirement that all FFA members must complete. An SAE requires FFA members to create and operate an agriculture-related business, work at an agriculture-related business or conduct an agricultural research experience. Upon completion, FFA members must submit a comprehensive report regarding their career development experience.

This year, 29 different sponsors funded SAE Grants. A full list of sponsors can be found on the National FFA Organization website on the SAE Grants webpage.

The National FFA organization is a school-based national youth leadership development organization of more than 850,000 student members as part of 9,163 local FFA chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.