Conectándose con Tierra Difícil
El señor Ryan Speer ha sido el gerente de Jacob Farms desde 2003 y ha sido agricultor alrededor de 20 años. Cuando le preguntamos por qué quiso ser agricultor, nos dijo “es algo con lo que nací”. Desde que tiene 5 años, el señor Speer supo que quería ser agricultor, nos compartió que su niñez lo conectó a la tierra, especialmente el amor a estar en los campos con su abuelo: “Tenían que jalarme para sacarme de la cosechadora porque no quería irme. Me iba protestando. Si la cosechadora estaba en marcha, yo estaba en marcha dentro de ella.” Lea todo el artículo y presione en el enlace de abajo. |
Connecting with Challenging Soil
Mr. Ryan Speer has been the manager at Jacob Farms since 2003 and has been farming for around 20 years. When asked why he wanted to be a farmer, he said farming is “just something I was born with.” Mr. Speer has known since he was five years old that farming is what he wanted to do, sharing that his childhood connected him to the soil, especially the love of being out in the field with his grandpa: “They used to have to tear me out of the combine because I wouldn’t leave. I'd leave under protest. If the combine was going, I was going to be in it.” Read the complete article by clicking the link below. |
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Original article and interview by Friends University English Composition student
(Dr. Kassia Waggoner's class, Fall 2019)
Spanish translation by Nicolle Franco, Friends University Zoo Science/Conservation Science student
(Dr. Ana Jurcak-Detter's class, Spring 2021)
(Dr. Kassia Waggoner's class, Fall 2019)
Spanish translation by Nicolle Franco, Friends University Zoo Science/Conservation Science student
(Dr. Ana Jurcak-Detter's class, Spring 2021)