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Tag Archives: Agriculture Education

Ag Education: It’s More Than Learning Where Chocolate Milk Comes From

By Megan

Although I may not wear my FFA jacket as often as I did four years ago, I still feel the power of the blue and gold and the importance of agriculture education programs. Four years ago I was serving as the Illinois FFA State Secretary where I traveled over 33,000 miles in one year across Illinois promoting agricultural education and the FFA. Throughout my year in office, I was surrounded by many passionate and influential educators and business men and women who all cared deeply for the FFA and agricultural education just as I did.

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Originally published
July 12, 2010 by Monsantoco

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Farm Girl Goes Global

By Alyssa

As a new intern at Monsanto, I have enjoyed meeting and working with people who share my passion for agriculture.

I grew up on five acres of rich, black, Central Illinois soil, where you can see corn and soybeans stretch to the horizon. Our large, family-owned pork farm sits just a half mile up the road from our house, where my dad manages a 7,000-head operation with seven employees. In high school and during holidays home from college, I worked at the farm and helped care for the sows and newborn piglets, and kept breeding and genetics records. … Full Article »

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Originally published
July 27, 2009 by Monsantoco