FFA Question: I need help finding an SAE, any ideas are helpful, can you help??

Question

I really need to get an SAE as soon as possible. I plan to apply for a few scholarships my senior year. I already know and have an LDE and have done 2 CDE's this year and know what I'm going to do the other three years.

I can't raise livestock and don't have the time to do a research expiriement. I'd rather not do an entrepreneurship one, but if I can find a good idea to do then I will.

I think I'm leaning towards placement and exploratory.

I was told that improvement is a minor SAE too.

I just really need to get some ideas about an SAE that would help with getting considered for scholarships.

Answer 1

A good SAE project for you no matter where you live would be Vermiculture or earthworm compost processing. I think it would fit under the SAE guidelines as Compost Processing and/or Specialty Animal Production.

Recycling the organic waste of a household into compost allows us to return badly needed organic matter to the soil. In this way, we participate in nature's cycle, and cut down on garbage going into burgeoning landfills.

Why Compost With Worms? Worm composting is a method for recycling food waste into a rich, dark, earth-smelling soil conditioner. The great advantage of worm composting is that this can be done indoors and outdoors, thus allowing year round composting. It also provides apartment dwellers with a means of composting. In a nutshell, worm compost is made in a container filled with moistened bedding and red worms. Add your food waste for a period of time, and the worms and micro-organisms will eventually convert the entire contents into rich compost.

You can make your project as small as composting your household garbage or as large as you want with animal manure, lawn clippings, raked leaves, and any organic waste you may need to dispose of.

If the great compost is not enough of a reward for you, you may be able to make a little cash by selling earthworms as fishing bait or to others wanting to start composting. If you go on a larger scale you'll even find a good market for organic compost. Good Luck.

Here is a   web site to read to get started.

http://earth911.org/blog/2007/04/02/comp...

Answer 2

My SAE for my last 2 years of high school was placement, working at a local vet clinic.  Most people in my chapter did placement because it's a way to earn money AND get credit for doing your SAE, killing two birds with one stone.  It also helps you feel out any professions you are interested in.  My SAE won me 2nd place in my state (NC) for the proficieny award last year, so I reckon placements are good.  I don't really know how that would fare as far as getting a scholarship, though.  Probably just as good of a chance as any of the other SAE categories.

Answer 3

i didn't lawn maintenance and beef cattle work for my SAE project.

Answer 4

http://www.sae.edu/

http://www.saeindia.org/SIIMC/default.as...

http://www.sae.net/

http://students.sae.org/competitions/for...