Wyoming FFA project grows into successful business – only gluten free oats in the world

What started as a class project for a Powell High School student has turned into a growing business as perhaps the country’s only source of gluten-free oats.

Forrest Smith, a junior, was pondering ideas two years ago for a Future Farmers of America assignment requiring students to develop a business idea centered on agriculture.

"I came home and started talking to my parents and we started looking into information on oats," said Smith. "We thought we could just find a good source for clean oats and start marketing gluten-free oats."

By RUFFIN PREVOST
Gazette Wyoming Bureau

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