Story Behind the Name

People.Passion.Purpose is a slogan that many businesses have begun to use heavily. You may wonder why I chose such a popular slogan as the name of this blog.

     The story starts in March of 2010 when I started my application for the National Junior Hereford Association Board of Directors. I knew that I wanted something catchy and applicable to the beef industry. So I started brainstorming what my goals all entailed and how they could be put into a short slogan. My goals and reason for running for a position on the board included my passion for agriculture, especailly beef, communicating with the people involved through social media sites, face-to-face conversations, and finally what drives us in this industry which is our passion and purpose to grow a safe, nutritious, and wholesome food product.
     My mother and I were sitting around thinking about how 4-H has impacted my life and used part of the 4-H pledge of "...for my club, my community, my country, and my world," to talk about how I have taken the small steps from local, to state, to region, and onto the national level. At each of these levels people, passion, and purpose are all involved. I am proud to say that through my dedicated campaigning and connecting with the people by showing my passion and discussing my purpose, I was elected to the NJHA Board in July of 2010 in which I would serve three(3) years for this wonderful association.
     As I was planning out my summer, I knew that I wanted to re-start a blog. A blog was a great idea for me to keep a daily journal of all the happenings in the BKR counties as well a way to continue to inform the public about agriculture and how it has played a huge role in my life. The hardest part about having a successful blog, is that you need to have a catchy, meaningful Blog Name; that is when I went right back to that slogan which I still continue to use for presentations, scholarship applications, and everything else.
     I hope that you will enjoy following me throughout the summer and there after as I reflect on my summer internship with UNL Extension in the BKR Counties, summer activities from cattle shows to weddings and birthday parties, and agriculture joys and issues.

I AM Jaime Hanson, here to .....

     Connect with the People.....

              Instill the Passion.....

                              and Fulfill the Purpose!

People.Passion.Purpose- Driving Agriculture

Find what drives YOU!

Nebraska Beef Industry Scholars Tour

     The Nebraska Beef Industry Scholars program is a certificate program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in which I enrolled in m yearsy freshman year. The program is carried out over a four year term in which we take classes on top of our required undergraduate curriculum. NBIS was one reason I chose to attend UNL. It allows us to network with industry leaders, expand our communication skills, learn about the policy end of agriculture, and many other opportunities that a typical college curriculm may not offer.
     Spring semester 2012 was the semester in which our class got the opportunity to plan and travel on an industry tour. My class consists of 15 students from a variety of cattle backgrounds. This past week, May 7th through May 10th was our planned trip. It was a great learning experience and one that allowed us to see basically all aspects of the industry. From meeting industry leaders, learning about the unique twists each business cattlemen put on their operation, seeing some gorgeous land, and bonding with each other made for a tour that will never be forgotten!
    
     The tour:
May 7th:     USMARC (Clay Center, NE), Heartland Cattle Co. (McCook, NE), Maddux Cattle Co. (Wauneta, NE)
May 8th:     USMEF, CattleFax, and NCBA in Denver, CO
May 9th:     Colorado State University- ARDEC (Ft. Collins, CO) and Connealy Angus (Whitman, NE)
May 10th:   Rex Ranch (Ashby, NE) and Adams Land and Cattle (Broken Bow, NE)