March is Agricultural Literacy Month, and if you’ve been following this column long enough, you already know I have a huge heart for teaching kids about agriculture and where their food comes from.
Since 2011, I’ve written nine agriculturally-accurate children’s books, and I’ve taken them coast-to-coast. I’m committed to celebrating America’s farmers and ranchers, and showing kids how folks like my friends and family back home in South Dakota are stewards of the land, livestock, and people.
I’ve taken these books from New York City to Los Angeles and everywhere in between, and for most of these kids, I am the first farmer/rancher they have ever met. It’s a humbling exercise, and it’s abundantly clear to me that we have our work cut out in engaging and empowering the next generation of consumers to know the truth about how food is grown, raised, harvested, and delivered to them in the grocery store.