Behind the Scenes

Congratulations Carah!

Brownfield Ag News intern Carah Hart has been selected to receive the Glenn Kummerow Memorial Scholarship from the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation.

Each year, through your support, the NAFB Foundation awards $13,000 in scholarships among three promising agricultural communicators. Since the scholarship program began in 1977, the Foundation has awarded more than $250,000 to aspiring farm broadcasters and communicators.

This year’s applicants were especially competitive. After review of the applications received by the NAFB Scholarship & Internship Committee, the Foundation is pleased to introduce you to the 2011 NAFB Foundation Scholarship recipients…

Selected for the Glenn Kummerow Memorial Scholarship of $5,000 is Carah Hart of the University of Missouri-Columbia. Carah is a junior, majoring in Agricultural Journalism, and has been patiently awaiting the year when she could apply for the scholarship—as she’s dreamed for some time of becoming a Farm Director for a Midwest station or network.

Already, Carah has a wealth of experience. She is currently interning at Brownfield Ag News, writing ag news for three states, conducting interviews and posting to the website. She has also interned with the Missouri Soybean Association, Missouri Farm Family Alliance, Missouri Farm Bureau and KMZU Radio, Carrollton, MO, where she had the opportunity to attend the NAFB Annual Convention.

Carah is keeping busy on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus as well. She is involved with Mizzou Collegiate Cattlewomen, Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow, National Junior Swine Association and is on the Dean’s List.

Excited about where farm broadcasting will take her to tell the story of agriculture, she says she’s amazed at where she’s already been. In 2010 and 2011, Carah had the opportunity to study abroad and visit agricultural communities in Brazil and Germany.

Carah is the third Brownfield intern to receive this prestigious recognition:  Tyne Morgan Hulsey was the recipient in 2007 and Katie Allen was selected in 2008.