Last week Stacy and I had the opportunity to read to our son’s kindergarten class. What a great time it was. We read a book called “I Drive A Tractor”. The kids were so excited. Several of his classmates do not live on a farm or ranch and unfortunately do not get exposed to agriculture very often.
After reading the book, we pretended that we were driving our own tractor, filling a feed wagon and feeding the cows. At the end of our time, we donated the book to his class. His teacher was very happy to have us there and asked when we could come back again.
Simple things like this can make a big difference in how these kids will view agriculture as they grow. It doesn’t take much time and just a very simple way of promoting our industry. I urge everyone to go into the classroom and read. Even if you don’t have kids in the class, take the time to do it.