A teenage girl is giving an interview. A text box mentions, "Emmie Poirier, Animal & Plant Systems SAE, Randall FFA, Florida".
Emmie: My name is Emmie Poirier, and I'm a member of the Randall FFA chapter.
Emmie waters the plants in a nursery.
Emmie: My SAE, I'm doing poultry, a chicken, a goat, and plants.
A text box at the center of the screen indicates, "What do you do each day for your SAE?" is highlighted on the screen. The screen transitions to Emmie brushing a goat.
Emmie: Well, for my dairy goat, I have to be here every morning and every night, every single day of the week, including the weekends.
A chicken roams in its cage. The Caretaker cleans the chicken cage. Next, Chicken Coop cages appear on the farm. The screen transitions to the chicken roaming around in the chicken coop.
Emmie: For my chicken, every morning, I come out here to make sure it has food, clean water. We clean its pen once a week. Here at school, we have about 40 chickens. So, we have almost forty kids who get to lease a chicken for the year. And they feed the chicken, make sure the chicken has water, keep their coops clean every single morning. And least two times a year, we go to these fairs.
Emmie and an instructor examine a rooster. The screen transitions to the instructor touching the chicken's legs. It is wearing an identification tag.
Emmie: And these fairs give students, like, the opportunity to like develop leadership and responsibility while they care for their chicken. And at these fairs, these chickens get judged. You get judged on how well you take care of your chicken. And you can even make a little bit of money while you're doing it.
A teenage boy talks about his SAE. A text box mentions, "Elijah Tucker, Animal andamp; Plant Systems SAE, Randall FFA, Florida." The screen transitions to the "What do you do each day for your SAE?"
Elijah: My name is Elijah Tucker. My school is Randall middle school. We come out in the morning. We, like, feed the animals. On Mondays, we give them a bath.
Elijah works in a Chicken Coop. Subsequently, Elijah takes the eggs out of the chicken cages. Next, Elijah Tucker's interview clip resumes.
Elijah: So, we, like, have to clean the coops. And just do some stuff to just like get around. And like, like, take care of them, basically.
The text box mentions, "Have you made friends performing your SAE?" and takes us into the next section. Puppies play outside with their caretakers. A goat enjoys its food.
Elijah: I've made lots of friends, I guess. We're doing the same things. We can like relate to stuff. Like just talk about like, it's the same thing here, like help each other out.
A text box at the center of the screen indicates, "What have you learned from your SAE?" The screen transitions to Emmie's interview clip while a chicken sits in her hand calmly. Next, Emmie does some chores with the help of a friend.
Emmie: I've definitely learned like everyday qualities like responsibility, teamwork, leadership, a bunch of different qualities like that. And not only that, you get to learn just stuff about animals. So, you know, if you're just driving along the road and you see a chicken, you're like, "oh, that's a Leghorn chicken." And it's always a lot of fun just knowing about agriculture and teaching your friends and your family.
A chicken enjoys the sunshine in the barn. Subsequently, Emmie and her other middle school friend check on the goats. A text box at the center of the screen indicates, "Do you have to know something about agriculture or have a pet to start an SAE?" Next, Emmie examines a goat in its stall. Later, the instructor checks on the goat, and afterward, she looks and talks to the camera.
Emmie: I've never had a pet before. So, I mean, I just walked into that classroom and was like, "how do I get involved now?" I'm so far involved. I'm so glad that I decided to do it in the first place. But no, you don't have to have any agriculture experience to be able to do this.
A text box at the center of the screen indicates, "What have you learned from your SAE?" Elijah runs some chores. Subsequently, Emmie and Elijah clean food bowls.
Emmie: I've learned time management. And just taking care of these animals, it's just developed responsibility, even teamwork because there's a bunch of goats out here and a bunch of chickens. So, you all work together to clean the pen or the coop. Y'all work together and make sure all the goats are fed.
A text box that mentions, "Is it overwhelming to select and work on an SAE?" introduces us to the next section." Emmie and Elijah both take the food to the chicken coop. The screen transitions that a chicken roams around in the cage. Emmie and Elijah fill the feeding bowl in the chicken cage.
Elijah: It can get overwhelming. Sometimes you feel like you don't really want to get up. But you have to, like, think about, like, you're the chicken if you don't feed it and take care of it, it could potentially pass away. And you got to think about this as trying to think about, like how you feel. Try to think about what was on the line if you don't do it.
Next, a text box mentions, "What does your SAE teach you?" Elijah's interview clip resumes. Next, a text box mentions, "What do you want to do when you grow up?"
Elijah: I think it does teach you discipline.
Next, a text box mentions, "What do you want to do when you grow up?" Emmie's interview clip continues. Subsequently, an examiner examines a chicken. Next, Emmie takes out the chicken from the cage and, after, Places food or water bowls in the chicken coop with the help of Elijah.
Emmie: Well, right now, I've been really interested in like medicine and how the body works. So, I actually want to become a neurosurgeon. And although that doesn't have much to do with agriculture, agriculture and doing SAEs has developed so many qualities in me that I'm going to use in my future career or just use in my everyday life.
Elijah: I want to be a vet. Because a vet is focused around animals, then agriculture is focused around, like, animals too. So, it like helps you equip what you need to do.
A text box at the bottom of the screen indicates, "What advice would you give to someone just starting in Ag?" Elijah talks to an advisor. Elijah's interview clip resumes.
Elijah: I just think agriculture is like a good way to teach you discipline and they help you for the future if you want any kind of animal or anything like you need.
Next, Emmie's interview clip plays. The advisor helps Emmie and her friends examine goats.
Emmie: If you want to get involved in agriculture, and you're not sure, I mean, go ask around, definitely do it because it's one of those decisions that's made me who I am today, and I've no idea where I would be without it. So definitely, I would do it.