Each year, senior students at Bear Creek High School in Jefferson County, Colorado, have the opportunity to sign up for the Senior Field Studies class. The program offers students “real-world experience” in three different environments: urban, rural, and wilderness. The Women’s Leadership Committee at Colorado Farm Bureau has been sponsoring the rural experience for almost 50 years now. In that time, they have been bringing seniors onto farming and ranching operations in Colorado, immersing students in the lifestyle and work that goes into producing food products. “We bring the kids out to the farm for a week, and we encourage...

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