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SHOP students serving students

In February 2011, a food pantry on campus, especially one run entirely by students, was a fresh idea. A group of transfer students who were passionate about food and helping their peers made the dream...

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Time in the saddle leads to healing, learning

By: Melea Reicks Licht Hailey Gandrup leads Dilly, a patient Arabian gelding, around the arena. Jensen, a seven-year-old rider at One Heart Equestrian Therapy, looks down beaming. He’s ready to ride....

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Service-learning on campus and beyond

Finding ways to grow local fruits and vegetables sustainably. Teaching children about agriculture, culinary science, natural resources and more. Learning to collect data to determine animal population...

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Helping local businesses thrives: ISU Extension and Outreach enterprise...

Tina and Amos Troester know the value of producing quality, premium beef. They’ve seen steady growth in their cattle company since they began selling to family and friends six years ago. But when...

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Urban youth gain livestock experience at ISU Research Farm

Giving more youth the chance to learn about livestock and take animals to the fair is the goal behind a project started a decade ago in Monona County. Known today as “The Breakfast Club,” the project...

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Building a media powerhouse

By: Melea Reicks Licht Throughout her notable career as a journalist and media executive, Betsy Freese, executive editor for Successful Farming and Meredith Agrimedia, has learned the only constant in...

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Fostering futures in STEM

Growing up in the Washington, D.C. area, Simone Soso’s parents, a medical doctor and a speech pathologist, continually encouraged her interest in science and math. As an undergraduate at the...

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Continuing a custom processing tradition

Payson Kerns and Baili (Kerns) Maurer both grew up around their family’s eastern Iowa business, Edgewood Locker. This local, custom meat locker and processor in Edgewood was founded by their...

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Defining moments: Putting policy to work to support, advocate for disability...

Kody Olson (’18 global resources systems, agriculture and society), policy advisor for the Minnesota Council on Disability, has been working with the Minnesota State Emergency Operations Center...

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