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Farm Bureau Promotion and Education Committee

The Farm Bureau Promotion and Education Committee is enabling farmers interested in engagement with consumers.

Melinda Groth serves on both the American Farm Bureau and Minnesota Farm Bureau committees and says there are many opportunities to explain modern farming practices to an often uneducated audience.

“We tend to think that everybody is not interested (because) it’s boring.  It’s our everyday thing, why would anyone else be interested in hearing about how we do chores or what planting decisions we make.  But there really are a lot of people interested and they know nothing about where their food is coming from, or what it takes to produce that food.”

Groth, who farms near Ridgeway in southeast Minnesota, recommends getting involved with a local church or chamber of commerce.

“We have a seat at that table as well, and other business owners are interested in what decisions we’re making to make our business the best that it can be.”

She says county Farm Bureau offices are equipped with resources to assist in the promotion and education of modern agriculture.

Brownfield spoke to Groth from the American Farm Bureau Convention in Phoenix earlier this month.

 

 

 

 

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