Commodity Classic Student blogger Margy Fischer, sponsored by Monsanto

I’ve come down from the clouds of my in-flight nap and am happy to report that I am in California!

I go to school almost 800 miles away from home, so I have flown quite a bit for personal reasons to go home for holidays and such, and over the past four years, I have made a consistent observation of in-flight beverage choices – people love tomato juice or ginger ale when they fly. In fact, I don’t think I’ve seen such a high concentration of consumption of those two beverages unless I am on a plane. Even our cab driver on the way home from dinner chuckled when I announced what I had noticed to our group. By the way, I love being close to the coast for fresh seafood because I had a delicious dinner. So thank you again to my sponsors.

It was a long flight, and watching what people order from the flight attendant is only entertaining for so long. So I read Vanity Fair and Farm Journal and had my iPod Nano playing G. Love and Ella Fitzgerald.

The first half of my week was full of class, group meetings, and homework to catch up on before my departure, but it was nice to be on my way to California, and now that I am here I am ready to fully engage in this event!

It’s great to know that my peers back at Mizzou can keep track of my blogs on CAFNRCornerpost.com. This is a site that is completely student-driven with reporting, editing, photography and posting all done by MU Ag Journalism students.

Yesterday morning I woke up at 4 a.m. Pacific time in order to pack, attend my first class and meet my shuttle to the airport on time, and this morning won’t be an exception. It shall be a day full of events and interactions with interesting people, and I look forward to relaying the day’s events back to you.