On my recent trip to Ireland with the Oklahoma Agricultural Leadership Program (OALP), we visited many farms around this small island nation. What we discovered was, they’re not all that different than farms back home in Oklahoma. They have many of the same concerns we have, government mandates, subsidies, production values, etc., only in some cases, they deal with much more than we do. I overheard one of my classmates saying, after coming here, I won’t complain about the mandates we have to deal with, they’re much, much less stringent than in Europe.
We were also able to see a lot of diversification from dairy farming to vegetable farming to sheep farming and also some of the problems that they have been dealing with for years. In this week’s video blog, travel to Ireland with OALP and see what we saw and learned when it comes to Irish farming.
Alisa Hines
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
On the Horizon: What an Experience!
I’ve been a member of the Oklahoma Agricultural Leadership Program for the past eighteen months. We have gone all over Oklahoma and experienced all types of agriculture from cotton in the Southwest to Mushrooms in the Northeast. Agriculture is still big business here even though only about two percent of the population actually works in the agriculture industry.
At the end of the program, there is an international trip taken to show Oklahomans how agriculture is done outside of the U.S. It’s held in a different location each time and this year we had the opportunity to go to Scotland and Ireland. I have to say, I was really excited when I found out where we were going. I have always wanted to visit both countries.
I wasn’t disappointed. Both countries are absolutely beautiful! I was afraid that when we went in the later part of February, it would be gray and dreary and not very pretty kind of like it is here in Oklahoma in the Winter. Boy was I mistaken! While it was cold, it wasn’t gray and dreary (okay the weather was a lot of the time but not the scenery). It was quite green. Scotland not as much as Ireland, but green enough.
In this week’s video blog, see what Scotland was like for twenty-five Oklahomans including myself.
Alisa Hines
At the end of the program, there is an international trip taken to show Oklahomans how agriculture is done outside of the U.S. It’s held in a different location each time and this year we had the opportunity to go to Scotland and Ireland. I have to say, I was really excited when I found out where we were going. I have always wanted to visit both countries.
I wasn’t disappointed. Both countries are absolutely beautiful! I was afraid that when we went in the later part of February, it would be gray and dreary and not very pretty kind of like it is here in Oklahoma in the Winter. Boy was I mistaken! While it was cold, it wasn’t gray and dreary (okay the weather was a lot of the time but not the scenery). It was quite green. Scotland not as much as Ireland, but green enough.
In this week’s video blog, see what Scotland was like for twenty-five Oklahomans including myself.
Alisa Hines
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