While youth raise livestock to show at fairs, the emphasis of those expos should be on children, or as Lisa Hinton often says: “We’re raising kids, not animals.” From that mantra, Hinton developed the Champion Youth Program and… Read More
You might say that orange juice runs in Laurie Hurner’s veins. A fifth-generation Floridian from a citrus-growing family, Hurner remembers how she and her two sisters grew up in her family’s groves. “At a young age, we started… Read More
In high school, Dr. Elaine Turner enjoyed the sciences, particularly chemistry. After exploring careers in this area of science, Turner discovered nutrition and food to be an intriguing field. A family friend arranged for her to take a… Read More
Growing up in the Mississippi Delta, the region in northwest Mississippi known as one of the richest agricultural areas in the U.S., Bonnie Wells is used to having the door held open for her and other acts of… Read More
It’s been a long and winding road for Vanessa Campoverde to get to Miami-Dade County. Born and raised in Peru, Campoverde moved around a lot because her dad was in the army. After high school graduation, she went… Read More
Growing up in a city on Brazil’s coast, Natalia Peres saw little agriculture. She was interested in biology and thought about pursuing a career in pharmacology and dentistry, among other possibilities – but a career in agriculture was… Read More
