The Alliance Taught Me The Importance of “Why?”
This summer I have asked a lot of questions and I have answered just as many, but most importantly I have learned to understand the importance of “Why?”
A Flashback to ’15 – College Aggies, Activists and Online Engagement
Being a part of the College Aggies Online program provided me the opportunity to do exactly what I love to do more than most everything else- talk about cattle and agriculture.
Everyone Needs a Farmer, Three Times a Day
Currently there is a great need to bridge the communication gap regarding the truth that serves as the backbone of American animal agriculture.
Without Agriculture, I wouldn’t be an Aggie
I am a better agvocate today because CAO has taught me so many great points on how to be a great agvocate and how to communicate and fill the gap from the agriculture community to people who may not know much about agriculture.
College Aggies Online is Amazing
I believe that College Aggies Online and the Alliance are the best at getting youth involved in advocating for Ag.
When a farm kid goes to an animal rights conference…
If you have questions or concerns about how farm animals are cared for please ask a farmer who cares for their animals every day, not animal rights groups with a radical, unrealistic, and downright absurd agenda.
Reflections from the Animal Rights National Conference: what can we learn
The themes targeted the rights and welfare of all animals. After a few phrases were repeated, the strategic position these organizations held was clear: these conferences are an attempt to undermine the animal agriculture community.
How will you answer when someone asks – Why do youth show livestock?
I was recently asked “Why do youth still raise livestock and show at the fair?” I love questions like this. They open the door to not only inform and educate but to also share the impact involvement in 4-H and livestock can have on the lives of youth.
From the Cattle Pasture to Capitol Hill
Coming from a small, rural town in east-central Missouri, I never would have imaged myself interning in an office near the nation’s Capitol.
Directionally Challenged
Originally I was in route to becoming a zoo veterinarian, then to a farrier, to an equine vet, as well as considering equestrian management. The common ground: agriculture.