First Combine Experience...

Well, I guess the title is a lie.

I work at Reynolds Farm Equipment, a Gold Star John Deere Dealership in Indiana that markets, sells, inspects and repairs combines.
I showed a Gelbvieh Heifer with some FFA friends a few years ago, and everyday I walked Malibu Barbie-Q, we walked by the combine used on the farm.
I took agricultural education courses at Hamilton Southeastern High School,  and learned about the technological improvements and uses for a combine.
I have spent the last year and a half of my short life sharing experiences with FFA members who are involved in production agriculture and use combines to learn about themselves [seriously. Incredible]. <-- This is where this particular combine story begins.


Lucy is one of my greatest friends and role models. She has kindness, conviction and honesty, and for those reasons she's been elected as Jr. Leader President and is making great progress leading her fellow FFA members. We celebrated these accomplishments last Sunday. Before headed to support our beef and dairy producers at Steak & Shake [Frisco Melts and shakes], we took a ride with her father in their John Deere 9670 combine.


A.K.A. we harvested beans.


Standing there in the field before climbing the ladder into the machine, I was amazed by this thought:


My two sandal-clad feet stood where food comes from. I was in the field that grew a crop that would fill hungry bellies. 


Ladies and gentlemen, that's what we're in it for. We bust ours to feed ours. I love it for many reasons, but mostly:


BECAUSE IT HELPS YOU EAT SO YOU CAN BE EXCELLENT.


Blog Action Day October 16, 2011