Joshua Bledsoe, the NC FFA state agricultural education leader, was recently named chief operating officer of the National FFA Organization. Bledsoe will assume his new duties in Indianapolis in February. Our Ag Voices students have had the chance to work closely with Bledsoe during their time in FFA. Two of the students, Matt Currin and […]
Our Ag Voices series focuses on young people preparing for a career in agriculture. The series highlights what the students are learning in the classroom and how they plan to apply those lessons to future challenges in the agriculture industry httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TssbTmWaxC0 Recently, we caught up with Daniel Alvey, Matt Currin and Alycia McLamb as they […]
Matt Currin, a participant in our Ag Voices series, has spent the summer learning more about North Carolina’s green industry as a full-time landscaper. In addition, he has volunteered with a summer camp, worked on his family farm and prepared for his fall harvest of pansies. He sent us this post about his experience. This […]
Our Ag Voices series focuses on young people preparing for a career in agriculture. The series highlights what the students are learning in the classroom and how they plan to apply those lessons to future challenges in the agriculture industry. It’s hard to believe it’s been a full academic year since we first sat down […]
A few weeks ago, we checked in with the three N.C. State University students participating in our Ag Voices series as they finished up the first semester of their sophomore year. This week, we’ll post updates from Matt Currin, Alycia McLamb and Daniel Alvey as they complete their final exams. Some students learn about business […]
Matt Currin, one of the students participating in our Ag Voices series, started a nursery business with his father when we was still in high school. Now a sophomore at N.C. State University, he is in the process of growing his first crop of pansies. He sent us the following post about his experience. Currin’s […]