Educating future farmers: EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE POST-SECONDARY OPTIONS

摘要

FARMING AND A post-secondary education don't have to be two completely separate worlds. As these four farmers show, it's possible to carve out a successful career path by finding inventive ways to blend both your education and your farming backgroundstogether. GRAPHIC DESIGN Hillary Breadner's farming roots go back to 1856, when her family originally settled their farm halfway between Meaford and Markdale. Today, they operate 250 acres of cash crops, as well as 60 beef cattle. But while she was completing a high school co-op placement at a sign shop, Breadner realized her passion for graphic design. "I've always been kind of a creative, artsy person," she says.