Growing Knowledge Podcast: Recent Episodes
Parker Kruse
Howdy, y'all! Welcome to an informative podcast about the agriculture industry from an agriculture student.
To quote Ethan, "This episode is definitely going to be Awesome Opossum!"
This episode I had the amazing opportunity to sit down with my buddy, Ethan Hyers, and talk to him about Georgia FFA, being a fellow Polynesian Sauce doubter, and about Japanese philosophy according to two southerners! Buckle your seatbelts because you all are in for a treat!
WE ARE BACK!!
I know it's been a while everyone, but we are back with an absolutely great episode. I got to sit down with my good friend and teammate, Riley Rowe. We talked about her FFA experience, career goals and our teams ILSSO experience. I hope you all enjoy this episode!!!
Hey everybody! I hope you all are staying safe and well! In this episode, I had the pleasure to sit down with Dr. Chris Eck, assistant professor of Agriculture Sciences at Clemson University. We talked about his time in the classroom as an ag teacher and FFA advisor, his graduate school experience at Oklahoma State University, and his new position at Clemson University. I had a great time recording this episode and I hope you all enjoy it as well!
Hey, everybody! In this episode of the podcast, I had the great opportunity to talk to Mrs. Brianna Swartsfager. We were able to discuss her agriculture background in rodeo, her involvement with the University of Floridas meat judging team, and how she as an agriculture educator has had to adapt to distant learning. I had a blast making this episode and I hope you all enjoy it!
Howdy, everybody! In this episode, I got to sit down with Ms. Jill Huesman, an ag educator at Fort White High School. We discussed how she got started in agriculture, how she has had to adapt to distance learning as an ag teacher, and how she thinks online learning and agriculture education be compatible in the future. I hope y'all enjoy it!
Howdy, y'all! This episode is a certified banger! I got to sit down with my good buddy, Hendrix Paterson, and talk about some of the cool things he's get going on. Whether that be his passion for the forestry industry, his awesome aquaponic research, and his thoughts about distance learning when it comes to agriculture education. I promise y'all will not be disappointed.
In this episode, I had the awesome opportunity to sit down and talk to my friend JP Prescott. We talked about JP's life, this past year serving Florida FFA as its State President and his future plans. I had a lot of fun making this episode and I hope yall enjoy it.
In this episode of the podcast, I ad the wonderful opportunity to sit down with Mr. George Deloach and talk to him about his long time involvement in agriculture but especially rodeos. Mr. Deloch has been in announcing rodeos for over 30 years and hosts a radio talk show to this day in the Putnam county area. I hope you all enjoy this episode!
Hey guys, on this episode of the podcast I had the privilege to interview Ms. Andrea Stevenson. We talked about what her FFA story was like, how she actively supports FFA through her involvement at the State Alumni Association and her advancement of ag education through her career. This was a great episode to make and I hope yall enjoy it.
Hey guys! In this episode I had the pleasure of sitting down with my mom, Sheila Kruse, and talk to her FFA journey and lifelong support of agriculture. I hope yall enjoy and see you all next time!
Howdy, y'all! In this episode of the podcast, I had the great opportunity to interview a good friend and mentor of mine, Ms. Lauren Roberts. Lauren is a former Trenton FFA member and is currently serving Florida FFA as their Area 2 State Vice President. We discussed her start in FFA, her research and speeches about honey bees and her year of service for Florida FFA. Give it a listen I know yall will enjoy it as much as I did making it!!
Howdy yall! In this episode of the GK podcast, I had the honor of interviewing Mr. Ian Bennett. Ian is a former National FFA Vice President, Georgia FFA State Officer, and currently an Ag Communications Student at the University of Georgia. In this episode, we talked about his experience as both a national and state officer, FFA's impact on him and his future and finally his plans for his future involvement in the Agriculture Industry. I hope you guys enjoy it!!
In this episode of the podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Mr. Kyle Mendes. Kyle currently works at the University of Florida in the Animal Science department and is the coach of the UF Meat Judging Team. In this episode, we talk about Kyle's life long involvement in agriculture, his FFA experience, his passion for the swine industry and his involvement in collegiate meat judging. Hope yall enjoy it!
I had the great opportunity to attend the 2019 Florida FFA Hall of Fame Dinner at the Leadership Traning Center. At the dinner, we honored the lives of the inductees and their lifelong support of the FFA and Agriculture. This dinner made me think and reflect so I decided to pull out the old microphone and record. I hope you guys like this solo episode of the podcast and let me know if you want more like these!
Hey y'all! On this episode I had the amazing opportunity to talk with Mr. Clayton Willis. In the episode we talked about Clayton's beginnings in agriculture, his year of service as Florida FFA State President, his time at the University of Florida, and his current career at Farm Credit of Florida. I hope y'all enjoy and sorry if his audio is quite, me and my editor tried our best to fix it for y'all!
On this episode i was able to sit down with a former and current Agriculture teachers and learn more about their story and journey to being agriculture educators. Mr Brian Lee was an Agriculture teacher for 18 years and worked at Lecanto and Chipley High School as an AG teacher and FFA adviser. Mr Thomas Sturgis is currently teaching and advising at Durant High School in Plant City and has been apart of agriculture education for 28 years. Hope you guys enjoy this episode!
Hey y'all, on this episode of the podcast i was fortunate enough to have Mr. Matt Griffin be on and talk about his life around agriculture. We talk about his time in FFA at South Lake High School, his involvement in the Young Farmers and Ranchers program and even about his side hobby of being a living historian and performer in historical reenactments. I had a blast making this episode and I hope you guys enjoy it.
Howdy! Thank y'all for listening to the welcome episode and i hope you are looking forward to more episodes!