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If we as a society don't change the ways in which we live and behave, we will be missing what will likely be a once in a lifetime opportunity to begin healing our planet and restoring our ecosystems. While the situation we face is still perilous and immensely tragic I fully believe in my heart that something positive can come as a result of this. Our skies have never been clearer, our air has never been cleaner, and our environment has never been less polluted in recent history a result of the quarantines around the world. We have witnessed wildlife venturing beyond the wilderness and taking over urban areas, something that would have been unfathomable just a few years ago. I feel these quarantines have truly allowed people to see the massive amount of destruction that our modern way of living does to our environment. The extinction of our precious and fragile ecosystems will continue if we all go back to way things were before. We have already lost so many unique plant and animal species and we cannot afford to lose anymore. We have a chance to learn how to live in a more harmonious way with nature and how to provide for ourselves by growing our own food and harvesting the resources that our environment provides.
Jean Christie Travers: I thought after 911 that things would be different. People would be more caring of each other as we experienced after the first several weeks....but as we all know that changed in a hurry. So I do not believe we will change, we will be the narrow-minded, self-serving individuals that horde everything from soap to toilet paper not caring about the other person. Me first will be alive and well and we will take modified selfies to make sure we look good while living our selfish existence with our hand out, complaining what we don't have and how unfair life is.
Early the next morning, we met at the headquarters of the National FFA Organization and engaged in discussion with high-level staff to explore the value of agricultural education curriculum that fully integrates learning experiences and career development opportunities as part of student learning. Partnerships that are being forged with employers seeking dynamic and talented young people for one of over 300 ag-related careers are impressive, as is the growth of this organization. VALOR fellows then engaged with Product Manager Tim Keller at Dow AgroSciences for an in-depth facility tour and discussion about modern trends in production pharmaceuticals that meet consumer demand for performance and environmental accountability. Afternoon tours included the Western Indiana Sustainable Energy Resource facility and wind farm and BioTown Ag to look at closed-loop sustainable farming models that digest all waste and generate both energy and natural fertilizers. Dinner that evening was hosted by three program grads that hold leadership positions in Indiana agriculture and Extension, who eagerly shared their success as a result of being affiliated with a program similar to ours.
Since the VALOR program began, participants and staff have been asked about opportunities that result from participation, and the types of people that go through these adult ag leadership programs around the world. We met several current or graduated fellows of the state programs we visited including the CEO of the Indiana Soybean Alliance, Indiana Corn Marketing Council, and Indiana Corn Growers Association; the National FFA Director of Corporate Relations; a Dow AgroSciences product manager; the assistant director of Extension staff development at Purdue University; commissioner of Jasper County, IN; a seed sales agronomist; the department chair for the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences; the owner of Countryside Greenhouses; a Michigan State Representative and owner of Victory Farms; and a town council member and owner of Grassfields Farms. All shared with our fellows anecdotal evidence that their involvement in small and large business, local and state government, corporate and private enterprise, was enhanced and even perpetuated because of their involvement with state Ag leadership programs and the connections and opportunities afforded them as participants and graduates. 2b1af7f3a8