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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: 4-H offers something for everyone
When you think of 4-H, do you think of farm kids, cows and cooking? Though 4-H has its roots in agriculture dating back to the early 1900s, today’s 4-H program has so much more to offer!
Organized Chaos: Creating a County Fair
Joan Grott doesn’t think that she could put a number on the amount of time it takes to set up the 4-H projects and events for the Porter County Fair.
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Feeding the world one degree at a time
When considering a current hot topic in agriculture that I could address in this column, I only needed to look at what my fellow "aggies" were posting about on their Facebook pages.
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: For ag folks, fair season is a great time of year
It's not a stereotype if it's true, right? Well, the truth is that many of us in the agricultural sector are fair junkies. All year we look forward to fair season; some of us, perhaps, with more excited anticipation than a kid waiting for Christmas morning!
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Who's to blame for high food prices?
If you ever had an economics class, the phrase "supply and demand" might sound familiar to you, but when you're pacing the aisles of the grocery store, do you ever think back to those days when you were sitting in your econ class doodling in your notebook?
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