Two young women sit in an outdoor setting, engaging with the camera. Text below reads, “Arolyn & Imogen Lanzetta, Agribusiness SAE, Randall FFA, Florida.”
Imogen: I’m Imogen Lanzetta, I go to Newsome high school, and I’m in the Newsome FFA chapter.
Arolyn: My name is Arolyn Lanzetta, I’m in Randall Middle School, and I’m in the Randall FFA chapter.
On-screen text introduces the next segment: “What is your SAE?” In the next frame, on the left, “Sister-Sitters” is displayed. On the right, a throwback picture of the girls with two dogs in the park is shown. One sister plays with a cat indoors. A subsequent image features a chameleon, followed by a selfie of one sister with a goat.
Imogen: So, we started our own business called Sister Sitters, and we run a pet sitting business, and it first started off with just like dogs and cats. And now we service animals like snakes and even livestock. We’ve serviced goats and chickens and other animals like that.
The text “What do you like best about your SAE?” introduces the next segment of the interview. In this video, both girls enjoy time with their pet dogs—first, a walk together, followed by cuddling outdoors.
Arolyn: I like the fact that it’s like work so that you get to know what it feels like so that you’re prepared for older times. But it also doesn’t feel like work. So, it’s like, you get to spend time with animals, and it helps you connect to your future if you’re going into things like that.
The next frame shows the girls speaking to the camera. One sister washes the dog’s bowl, filling it with water and ice cubes. The interview clip reappears.
If Imogen moves to college, I can like continue it. I know it’ll be a lot harder because I’ll be myself. But I know that after having a big sister like her, I'll know a lot. Because she really helped me.
On-screen text appears: “What did you learn during your SAE”? In the next video, both girls cuddle and play with the dogs.
Arolyn: We have to learn to be leaders and boss so that we can like, treat them like it’s a real business because we have to learn organization, scheduling, and getting all the information and then leadership because, I mean, since we sometimes have to recruit other people to help us with this business, because sometimes it gets really crowded.
On-screen text reads, “How did you start this SAE?” followed by a video of both girls feeding the dogs.
Imogen: Well, it was her idea to start this business. And then I think just that summer, the business grew. And we were just like, “whoa, this is actually becoming a business--this is--we have to hire people, we have to do that.” And we got booked up. I was like, “this is a real thing now.”
The text “What is an SAE?” introduces the next section. The girls are surrounded by cute puppies, playfully teasing, and caressing them while feeding.
Imogen: An SAE is a supervised agricultural experience. People automatically think it’s animals and plants, which is absolutely true. I’ve done all the animals and all the plants, and they’re amazing to take care of. But there’s also different categories like ownership, entrepreneurship, which is what we do.
The interview clip resumes the elder sister speaking about SAE.
And there’s other business and social categories that you can go into. And basically, anything you can think of, as long as you can tie it into agriculture, that’s an SAE.
On-frame text says, “Was it hard to start your SAE?” Followed by explanation. The girls take the dogs on walks along the pavement.
Arolyn: It wasn’t that hard to get involved because I’ve been, like, I’ve always wanted animals, and I think we’re a good team. So being able to do this, it wasn’t that hard.
In this interview clip, the younger sister excitedly talks about starting the SAE.
It was just like one of us do this, one of us do this. And then bam, we got a business.
Text appears: “What do you need to start your SAE?” Video shows girls and dogs out on a walk.
Arolyn: You need to be confident; you need to know what you’re doing, you need to be like--you don’t need to be like, in the corner being like, if you want to do something, you need to get out there, you need to show yourself you need to be like, “I want this, and I want now.“ You have to be assertive.
In the next frame, text appears: “Do you have to grow up on a farm to have an SAE?” In the following interview clip, the elder sister shares her experiences with the interviewer.
Imogen: FFA is for everyone. And a lot of people think, well, that’s only for southern kids who grew up on a farm. I’m a city girl. You can make it anywhere, you know; you just need to get involved and try your best.
Both sisters take the puppies on a walk in their neighborhood, the puppies enjoying the grass.
Arolyn: You need to be out there, and you need to show what you know. Because not many people know what they know, like, you need to, like some people, some people think,
The little entrepreneur is visibly excited while sharing her stories. Arolyn continues speaking.
“Well, I grew up just in the house, like on--in New York. I’m not going to know anything about this.” Well, that doesn't mean anything.
In this video, the girls spend quality time with puppies.
Imogen: That’s the point. You gotta learn.
Arolyn: You gotta learn.