Eric Hodel is a farmer from Woodford County and the COO/CFO of Midwest Food Bank, a nonprofit organization with 12 locations in the U.S. and other countries. MFB distributes food and shares the love of Christ with programs like Hope Packs for hungry students to take home on the weekends and disaster relief in the form of nutritional meals called Tender Mercies.
Up Next in Season 2
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Becky Nielsen Hanks | Young Farmer | ...
Becky Nielsen Hanks decided to return to agriculture as a career. She and her husband farm and she works with her dad and brother on the family farm. Like many in ag, she has diversified their operation by selling seed and becoming a certified crop adjustor.
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Julie Hardy | Hardy’s Reindeer Ranch ...
Julie Hardy was a city girl whose expertise was in marketing. When she married a Christmas tree farmer and flew reindeer from Alaska to their farm in Illinois, they soon became a tourist destination. Now they’re teaching others to appreciate this wonderful animal with “up close and personal” tour...
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Greg Steele | Farming & Leadership | ...
Greg Steele, a farmer from Dover, Illinois, and a Vietnam veteran, looks back on his career in agriculture. Serving our country’s interests overseas and surviving combat trickled over into volunteering with agriculture groups like Farm Bureau and Pork Producers. Farmers make tough business decisi...
