Stories of Impact

Not so long ago, Syria produced all of the food it needed within its own borders. And a big part of that production was potatoes. Now, you...

If you’re looking for an agricultural researcher from a traditional ag background, Manny Deleon is probably not your guy. Deleon, you see,...

Sally Jones-Diamond’s story begins on the windswept plains of eastern Colorado, where she grew up on a dryland farm and learned firsthand...

When defining what a traditional agriculturist looks like, you’re likely picturing farmers and ranchers of all ages and backgrounds. ...

Growing up on her family’s coffee farm in India, Punya Nachappa quickly grew accustomed to the humungous flies and beetles buzzing around...

Like many students entering college for the first time, Piper Thyden wasn’t quite sure what she wanted to do with her life. She and her...

In the final scene of Wizard of Oz, Dorothy famously talks about the great lesson she learned in her famous journey.  “If I ever go...

Tabor Kalcevic-Erker’s roots in her family farm run deep. As in, 127 years and six generations worth of deep. Kalcevic Farms, established...

Growing up in Burlington, Colorado, 13 miles west of the Kansas border, sophomore Jhoany Juarez was not born into an agricultural family....

Growing up the youngest of four on Colorado’s Eastern Plains, Don Thorn gravitated toward agriculture more than his siblings. The family...

Lauren Chenarides grew up about an hour north of New York City with no direct connection to agriculture. But like many others with...

Junior Cora Schrock credits her hardworking spirit and fierce love for livestock to the environment she was raised in, one that taught her...

Born and raised in Northern Colorado, Gracelynn Farago was always aware of the importance of agriculture to the state, but for much of her...

Jennifer Martin may have grown up in the tiny central Texas town of Sidney, but she had – to say the least – some giant career...

Jarrod Bessire can’t wait to bring his team of more than 20 students to the Colorado State University campus for the annual FFA Career...

Growing up on his family’s dryland wheat farm near Flagler, Todd Gaines was made aware at a very young age of the challenges weeds present...

Jonathan Cable is proud to be a native of northeastern Colorado. Despite growing up near the rural town of Brush, he is the first to admit...

It’s March, and midway through his first full semester back at Colorado State University, Patrick Doyle is everywhere. Whether it is...