Excellent Agriculture Module

Yet another great Agriculture Module with Leadership Jefferson. Many great thanks go to Jane Tabb, who put on another great show. Her "Ag 101" presentation was spot on; the tour of the orchards at the WVU Tree Fruit Research Station was interesting; the tour of the Lyle C. Tabb & Sons Farm was both fascinating and inspiring (ingenuity in action); lunch was wonderful; Craig Yohn's talk was informative; the Hough's dairy operation was gorgeous and the work they do is a little intimidating (the view probably wouldn't be that cool at 2:30 am when milking cows for the first time in the day); and the horses at Taylor Mountain Farm were pretty cool. Plus the day was perfect -- warm but not hot; sunny with a few clouds just to add a little interesting backdrop to the sky. It was quite the opposite of last year, when it was rainy and cold. Everyone who was there today greatly appreciates all the hard work Jane Tabb put into the program, not just cooking a delightful meal (Southwestern meatloaf was great), but planning, coordinating, and executing the whole day so that we got to see everything from the milking of the cows to the crushing of the stumps with about the coolest man-toy in the County. It's hard for there to be a better way to start learning the ins and outs of life in Jefferson County than having Jane and Cam Tabb talk about the source of life.