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Oklahoma Ag Leadership Progrsm Class XX Ready to Explore Cutting Edge Agriculture in Israel
Sun, 12 Feb 2023 15:11:50 CST
Over the next two weeks- Oklahoma Farm Report's Ron Hays will be traveling with Class XX of the Oklahoma Ag Leadership Program and will be reporting daily via our Daily Email and here on our website. Here's his first report as the Class finished 24 hours of travel from Oklahoma City's Will Rogers Airport to the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel:
"Class XX of the Oklahoma Ag Leadership Program is winding down their extended time as the current class of the program here in February- with their capstone International Travel Experience to middle east- The pic above shows the group still smiling after 24 hours of travel to arrive in Tel Aviv Sunday.
"As the Chairman of the OALP Advisory Council- I am traveling with the group to both represent the Ag Groups and Companies that support OALP- but also to report on what the Class is seeing and doing- here in our email- our website- via social media and on our statewide radio network. This will be one of my final official duties as Chair- as I will step aside in late March after serving as the Advisory Board Chair for 27 years.
"Class XX will forever be remembered as our COVID class- as they were organized even as we dealing with the pandemic. After a few classes in the fall of 2020- in person learning was suspended. Zoom learning took its place for a season and eventually we were able to resume- cautiously- our in person seminars.
"It did mean that the practice of ending a class in an even year- as well as starting the next one- has changed and has made this final experience for Class XX happening in an odd year.
"Edmond Bonjour and our tour professionals that work with many of the Leadership Programs in the US have assembled an incredible program that will allow the group to interact with farmers and agribusiness that are cutting edge at what they do- Israel has learned how to produce their food in a country that is a desert- at least a good bit of it is.
"Even as Class XX wraps up- they will officially graduate at the end of March- we are starting the search for Class XXI- Click here if you are interested in applying or share the link with someone you think needs to be a part of this experience.
"As an alum- I can assure you- this program is worth every moment that you invest into it- and it will change how you see agriculture- and the world. Many of our top Ag Leaders in our state are alums- you can make a difference by being a part of this program.
Read out reports in the daily email and via Facebook- You can also read Edmond's informative updates on his Facebook page as we travel throughout Israel."
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