Digging in with FFA’s Emily Hoyt
MEET EMILY HOYT...
In this week's Digging In, we're talking with Missouri State FFA Secretary Emily Hoyt about her involvement in the Future Farmers of America's program and her passion to educate young children about our food system.
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Digging in with FFA’s Emily Hoyt
MEET EMILY HOYT...
In this week's Digging In, we're talking with Missouri State FFA Secretary Emily Hoyt about her involvement in the Future Farmers of America's program and her passion to educate young children about our food system.
When Emily was a sophomore in high school, her local FFA Chapter in Missouri encouraged Emily to take part in its Ag in the Classroom program. She was soon challenged to grow the existing program and even applied for Ag Ed on the Move, a program that helps teach third-grade classrooms about agriculture commodities.
Currently, Emily interns with the local school district, serving as a teaching assistant for seventh and eighth-grade students exploring agriculture. Listen how Emily’s entrepreneurial spirit engages children…and perhaps a few of us, too.
Transcript: Why Isn’t Cultivated Meat on Our Dinner Plates?
This is a transcript for the podcast episode, "Why Isn't Cultivated Meat on Our Dinner Plates?" It explores the perplexing limbo of cultivated meat, a technology that remains largely absent from store shelves despite receiving federal safety approval and billions in investment.
Engineering Nutrition: The Crops Changing Public Health
CRISPR has officially bridged the gap between agriculture and human health, transforming everyday crops into tools for better nutrition, sustainability, and food security. The future of food is no longer just about yield; it’s about measurable health outcomes.

