Stories of Impact

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...

Sarah Ehrlich is the first to admit she doesn’t come from a “traditional” agricultural background. Unlike most of her friends and...

Most horse lovers tell similar stories: They grew up on a ranch or farm and horses were a part of their everyday lives.  Devan Catalano,...

When Noa Román-Muñiz, Lily Edwards Callaway and Catie Cramer received the Excellence in Collaborative Research Award this spring from the...

Norm Dalsted was astrapping lad of 8 when he first drove a grain truck on his parents’ farm in North Dakota. “My mother was furious with...

Like most young high school students, Katie Greenwood wasn’t spending a lot of time thinking about her future during that summer of 1999....

Failure isn’t permanent if it’s on the road to success. For Kevin Larson, superintendent and research scientist at CSU’s Plainsman...

Typically, when college students aren’t pre-occupied with their next paper or exam, how they will eventually impact the world...

For soil and crop sciences major Patricia Vail, cultivating relationships and community – as well as plants – allowed her to grow into a...

Not long after joining the College of Agricultural Sciences in 2003, Henry Thompson was walking on a campus sidewalk when now-retired...

Find what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. While this may be an antiquated statement for some, Temple Grandin...

Sometimes the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. For Omar Roman (‘21), agriculture is part of his family’s history, and something he...

Scan a well-stocked famers market or grocery store and it’s hard not to be impressed by the sheer variety of produce. Look, shape, aroma,...