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Leadership Class Members Broaden Experience in Statewide Agriculture
Class X of the South Dakota Agricultural and Rural Leadership (SDARL) Program took to the road to explore rural/urban partnerships in economic development and global …
Leadership Alumni Tour Ireland and Scotland Agriculture and Culture
The South Dakota Agricultural and Rural Leadership Foundation “Graduate Experience” program recently conducted a two-week cultural and agricultural study tour of Scotland and Ireland. The …
Ireland: Guinness experience
In Ireland, two-thirds of the malting barley crop goes into making Guinness beer. Here are a few of the graphics we saw when touring the …
Scotland: Connecting with roots, sites of Edinburgh
Several alumni group members found connections to family roots in Ireland and Scotland on the trip. Brad and Kathie Sanderson rented a car and drove …
Ireland: Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin. SDARL Alumni went to the Saturday afternoon game featuring Limerick versus Kilkenny, where 55,001 …
Ireland: Learning about whiskey
A few days earlier, our group visited the headquarters of Alltech. The founder of that company also set up a distillery in an abandoned church …
Ireland: Thanks to the Crinions for hosting us, Limerick dinner
Michael and Patrician Crinion were instrumental in making this a wonderful trip. Our group presented them with a gift at our dinner Friday night. Having …
Ireland: Connections to presidents
We stopped at the Barak Obama travel plaza to learn a bit about the connections to our presidents. I hope you can read a bit …
Ireland: Rugged beauty
Terry Jaspers checks out the peat that has been stacked to dry. The landscape of the Burren has been shaped by geological forces for hundreds …
Ireland: Kylemore Abbey
Originally a castle built as a romantic gift for the beautiful Margaret Henry in 1867, Kylemore Abbey is steeped in tales of romance, tragedy, spirituality, …