Philosophy

Helping feed the world in any way possible is my purpose in life. Connecting the farmers in the fields and the consumers at the dinner table is my way of hopefully succeeding at this venture. Helping both of these groups better understand the issues and concerns that are part of society is what I feel empowers me to improve myself and the pushes me towards the career I seek.  I view myself being an active advocate for agriculture in any realm that I find myself regardless of what my career is.   My mission in life is to build a set of tangible steps for an agricultural organization to help them move closer to the consumers that they have helped feed for years.  By including all of these things into one singular push to better myself as an agriculturalist I hope to leave the agricultural industry in a greater state than in which it was when I joined it.

                My purpose, mission, and vision for my future have been developed through a base of values that have been part of my upbringing and education.  The value that I hold most important is family; above all you must hold your family close to you as a leader and as an individual because of the support and love that they can provide for you in both good and bad times. After that the values that are most important to my philosophy are respect, loyalty, honesty, and the belief of furthering yourself as an individual.    All these values have helped me not only become a good leader but hopefully a moral person.  By using these values as a set of guidelines for my leadership style I hope to continue to make a positive impact in an ethical manner. 

                Finally leadership is a collaborative venture that has multiple levels of involvement.  Community wide, organizationally, and individually you must push yourself to improve each level to fully make yourself an impactful leader. By empowering others to help accomplish goals to impact the greater good is what leadership is all about. That being said, I wish to continue my leadership development in a direction that not only helps me, but one that helps develop the people around me.