In honor of the 10th Anniversary of the North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable, AgCareers took time to recognize a few people who have supported them since the beginning. One of those individuals was Russ Weathers, President of Agriculture Future of America (AFA). Both organizations started about the same time and each has grown successful in the support for career placement in the agriculture industry.

“Our organization really focuses on helping college students who are talented, passionate and committed for a career in agriculture prepare for that career. So, on a daily basis we are doing programming, student identification, recruiting and we work with universities and corporations across the country leverage that student into intern working situations.”

“I attended the very first HR Roundtable and from that very first experience one finds that it is a terrific place to network with not only the collegiate leadership that works with students in career services, but also with corporate recruiters.”

You can listen to my interview with Russ here: Interview with Russ Weathers

Check out our photo album for the 2012 North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable.