Village Voices - We don't write papers, we build scrapbooks

It has been over 10 years since I served as the Summer Intern for the McHenry County Farm Bureau located in Woodstock, Illinois. I spent my summer interviewing farmers, helping with Agriculture In The Classroom, and much more. I look back on those memories fondly. During that summer I was asked if I would ever consider being a Farm Bureau Manager. At that time I said no, as I had planned to become an Agriculture Teacher.

But little did I know where life would take me. After my internship I became involved with Collegiate Farm Bureau at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. As my...