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Do you have a passion for agriculture, a curiosity about food systems, or a desire to lead? If you're in 6th grade or above, you're invited to join the Ag Ed Leader group—a hands-on, high-impact opportunity designed to help you become Beyond Ready for college and career.

The purpose of this group is to help youth explore opportunities within our community while also developing skills to educate others and become stronger leaders.

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A landfill is where the discarded residue of everyone’s lives is buried out of sight. But out of sight is far from out of mind for the people entrusted to handle what happens next. One of the most vexing issues created in landfills today is the presence of “forever chemicals,” officially known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, which do not break down in water, soil or air.

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