{"id":7386,"date":"2022-08-16T11:46:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T16:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=7386"},"modified":"2022-08-16T11:46:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T16:46:01","slug":"inspiring-future-ag-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2022\/08\/16\/inspiring-future-ag-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring future ag leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Choi-state-fair-scaled-1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Choi-state-fair-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"A photo of President\u00a0Choi and\u00a0CAFNR\u00a0Dean\u00a0Christopher\u00a0Daubert\u00a0with\u00a0a Budweiser Clydesdale\u00a0at the Missouri State Fairgrounds\u00a0in Sedalia.\" class=\"wp-image-7388\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Choi and CAFNR Dean Christopher Daubert with a Budweiser Clydesdale&nbsp;at the Missouri State Fairgrounds&nbsp;in Sedalia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Missouri shares in the Missouri State Fair\u2019s mission to&nbsp;champion tomorrow\u2019s ag leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year,&nbsp;our&nbsp;College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR)&nbsp;helped sponsor an event to raise funds for first time fair exhibitors&nbsp;with&nbsp;4-H, the National FFA Organization and youth&nbsp;facing&nbsp;physical or cognitive challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week,&nbsp;I joined&nbsp;CAFNR&nbsp;Dean&nbsp;Chris&nbsp;Daubert and other CAFNR leaders at the event, known as the Purple Ribbon Kickoff Gala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For 15 years, Mizzou has proudly served as&nbsp;a solid partner&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;state&nbsp;fair \u2013 Missouri&#8217;s premier agricultural event. We&nbsp;are excited to&nbsp;head back to Sedalia Thursday to attend the Governor\u2019s Ham Breakfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Missouri shares in the Missouri State Fair\u2019s mission to&nbsp;champion tomorrow\u2019s ag leaders. This year,&nbsp;our&nbsp;College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR)&nbsp;helped sponsor an event to raise funds for first time fair exhibitors&nbsp;with&nbsp;4-H, the National FFA Organization and youth&nbsp;facing&nbsp;physical or cognitive challenges. Last week,&nbsp;I joined&nbsp;CAFNR&nbsp;Dean&nbsp;Chris&nbsp;Daubert and other CAFNR leaders at the event, known [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}