Don't I Know You?

I find it absolutely incredible on how you can travel nearly 350 miles to find your neighbor. I’m sure you’re wondering what I mean by this, and I will explain. Yesterday as I walked through the career show, which contains hundreds of booths, I kept running into people from my home state that I knew.

Two of the individuals I ran into were fellow University of Illinois students who recently graduated and took on job within the agriculture industry. Those individuals were Katie Knapp and Jarred Brown. In fact, I lived with Katie for a year at 4-H House, and had no clue that she would be here. Jarred is currently employed with Monsanto and serves as a sales representative. Once again, I wasn’t even aware of the fact that he worked for Monsanto.

In addition, to running into these two individuals I also met the individuals working the AgriSolutions booth. AgriSolutions is an agricultural company that helps those involved within the industry to have better financial management skills. Now, what’s the link with this company to me? Their headquarters are only five minutes from my house. It’s always great to see companies from your area thriving in an industry, and it’s even greater to seem them thriving in the agricultural industry.

Stay tuned as day two of my CLASSIC ADVENTURE gets under way.