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Volume 7, Edition 12
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Mallory White, 10, runs a business where she sells eggs to local friends and family near St. Cloud. White has been running the business for two years and manages all the income and expenses.
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Homeschool with ag, financial twist By DANNA SABOLIK Staff Writer
ST. CLOUD – Mallory White spends her mornings collecting eggs from her family’s laying hens on their hobby farm near St. Cloud. “I like the eggs and chickens, but I also like the money they make me,” said Mallory, 10. Mallory, daughter of Clay and Rebecca White, has been running an egg business for the past two years. She raises laying hens in a backyard coop and sells the eggs to friends and family in the St. Cloud community. When the Whites got seven chicks three years ago, they had enough eggs for their family of three to eat. Soon, friends and family were interested and Rebecca thought it would be a good
opportunity to teach her daughter about managing money. “I like working with Crown Financial Ministries and Dave Ramsey says something that I agree with, about how we’ve done our children a disservice by not teaching them how to manage money throughout their childhood,” Rebecca said. Mallory grew fond of the chickens and Rebecca decided with her interest and local demand, it could be a great project for her daughter. “We utilize [Ramsey’s] resources so we can teach the concept that we live in a society that functions on money,” Rebecca said. “So, the sooner we learn to manage that, the better.” Ramsey suggests small businesses like lawn care or babysitting, but with the chickens at hand, that was the route the Whites chose to pursue. “I have to manage all the money,” Mallory said. “I have a jar in the house where I put money for feed costs and then I have a long-term savings, shortterm savings, church and spending jars.” It is Mallory’s job to pick all the
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Mallory White’s first laying hen hatches from its egg in early March. Mallory, 10, now manages all the laying hens on the Whites’ hobby farm and runs a business with egg sales.
“In elementary school we work toeggs, but she has assistance with heavy waterers and feed pails. She does feed ward knowledge goals,” Rebecca said. “It’s not an accredited class, but she acthem greens when she can, however. Mallory is homeschooled by her complishes addition and profit and loss mom and has used this money managWHITE ing project to advance her knowledge in continued on page 2 the classroom as well.
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