The Farm Bureau Promotion and Education Committee promotes awareness and understanding of agriculture. Nate Schlief, who is from Grand Forks, said one of the most recent projects was called ‘Ask a Farmer.’ “We’ve done it in a grocery store and a culinary institute,” explained Schlief. “In the grocery store, ten of us all take a position; some by the egg aisle, somebody was by the bread aisle, someone was at the flour aisle. We put a banner up that says ‘I’m a farmer, let’s talk.’ As people came into the grocery store, we’d have conversations.” This was seen as an opportunity for consumers to have a personal connection to a farmer who produced the food in their supermarket.
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