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Hands-on internship<br />
creates lasting<br />
lessons, relationships<br />
<strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> <strong>Farmer</strong> photo / Brooke Taylor<br />
One of Rachel Moore’s duties during her summer internship with Brandon<br />
and Heather Moore was milking and other farm chores, as well as working<br />
at the family’s retail store. The job gave the Wisconsin native the chance to<br />
apply her college studies in both dairy science and marketing.<br />
By Rachel Moore<br />
EASTERN IOWA FARMER<br />
When the topic of<br />
my passion for<br />
agriculture and<br />
the dairy industry<br />
comes up,<br />
one of the questions I get asked<br />
the most is “Did you grow up on<br />
a farm?” The short answer is no,<br />
I did not grow up on a farm, but<br />
agriculture goes much deeper<br />
than that.<br />
“Without agriculture, you<br />
would be naked and hungry.”<br />
These wise words came from one<br />
of my high school ag teachers/<br />
FFA advisors, and it’s a phrase I<br />
often repeat to others.<br />
I don’t think a lot of people<br />
recognize that agriculture is a<br />
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