Ag and entrepreneurship January 23 2021
Gervais High School junior and FFA member wows podcast interviewer with her knowledge of agriculture, entrepreneurial savvy.
Matt Brechwald of Off-Farm-Income, a podcast featuring agriculture and entrepreneurship, was just settling into interviewing Dresen Ferschweiler when the Gervais High School junior and FFA member turned the questioning around.
After describing to Brechwald where she lived and a little bit about the area s agriculture, Ferschweiler was taken aback when the Boise-area based interviewer mused that he doesn t think he s ever eaten a hazelnut. Really? Ferschweiler said. Yeah, but that s a rabbit hole we don t need to go down right now, Brechwald deflected.
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Pam Steele carries in a box of coats from her van to The Giving Place on Wednesday. Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette
There are a lot of caring people who populate the Tolono area. Pam Steele can vouch for that.
The Tolono resident has collected food items for the past several years for the less fortunate. She has asked that people who wish to donate put items in totes that she keeps on her front porch. Steele then takes the non-perishable food to The Giving Place in Tolono that is operated by the townâs United Methodist Church.
The Giving Place serves the Unit 7 school district, which includes Tolono, Sadorus, Philo, Sidney and Pesotum. But it is only open from 4-6 p.m. Wednesdays, so Steele felt she would help by having her house serve as a collection point.