An Inside Look at Ag Communications with Intern Holly Anderson

In a remote recording of Arizona Agriculture Connection live from Flagstaff’s Little America Hotel during the Arizona Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee Summer Agricultural Conference, Nicole introduces agriculture communications intern Holly Anderson and discusses her first three weeks in the internship. Holly describes discovering agriculture through high school FFA, competing in public speaking, employment skills, and agriscience, and showing sheep before switching to small stock to focus on CDEs. She says the internship’s value is building industry connections, learning Arizona agriculture sectors, and creating blog posts using census data, including pride in Maricopa County’s diverse urban and rural agriculture. The conversation highlights using digital media and virtual policy meetings to make agriculture more accessible, addressing urbanization impacts like Queen Creek, and emphasizing that people without farm backgrounds can find many careers in agriculture, including communications.Learn more at https://www.maricopacountyfb.org/.00:00 Welcome From Flagstaff00:23 Meet Intern Holly01:19 Internship Goals Networking02:20 Blogging Arizona Agriculture03:16 Maricopa County Ag Story05:00 Digital Media Access06:04 FFA Livestock Roots07:36 Urbanization And Advocacy09:20 Careers Beyond The Farm10:40 Thanks And Sign Off