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>>I grew up on a cotton and peanut farm
in Southeast Georgia.
I just knew that was what I wanted my career to be in.
I graduated from UGA in 1999
with an Ag Communications degree.
There's a lot of variety out there for students
with ag comm degrees.
You could work in publishing for a magazine,
newspaper also advertising, web design.
Also, there are some ag journalism channels.
I work for Bayer Crop Science
as a horticultural technical sales coordinator
and that job involves calling on large corporate
growers and I also manage our internship program
and then I also work with the Florida Department
of Agriculture.
With my job with Bayer Crop Science I get
to travel a lot.
I travel to where the growers&apos farms are,
and with the recruiting portion
of my job I have the ability to travel to recruit
for interns, and then with our efforts
with the Florida Department of Ag
in Tallahassee I'm there a few times a year as well.
One of the things that I like most
about my job is the ability to work with college students
and really mentor them and advise them in their choice
of a career, and then another portion of my job
that I really like is working with actual producers
in Florida -- whether it be citrus
or vegetable growers -- helping them make wise decisions
about what products they're going to use to be able
to grow the best crop that they can for us to consume it.
My favorite thing about being a student at UGA was, of course,
Georgia football, and then also I was really involved
with my sorority and made a lot great friends
that I still keep in touch with even today.
I also really enjoy that Athens has a lot of local restaurants
that aren't chains so you get to experience a variety
of dining options downtown.
One of the greatest benefits I see
of a college education is exposing you to people
who were not raised in the hometown where you are.
It really gives you a taste
of what reality is once you graduate.