Vance Crowe

So I go through this presentation. We know we're all here to feed the world, and we've got to do GMOs, and we all know that it's bing, bing, bing, bing. So I get through this 45-minute, hour-long presentation in 15 minutes. So I have an hour and 45 minutes of Q&A. So I think. Here we go. This is going to be fun. And I say, are there any questions?

And a woman all the way at the top, back row, raises her arms straight up in the air like this. You're like, I knew it. Yes, you there. Do you have a question? And she goes, I don't believe a word out of your mouth.

And a woman all the way at the top, back row, raises her arms straight up in the air like this. You're like, I knew it. Yes, you there. Do you have a question? And she goes, I don't believe a word out of your mouth.

And a woman all the way at the top, back row, raises her arms straight up in the air like this. You're like, I knew it. Yes, you there. Do you have a question? And she goes, I don't believe a word out of your mouth.

And the whole room starts clapping and cheering.

And the whole room starts clapping and cheering.

And the whole room starts clapping and cheering.

And I was like, oh, what do you do now? And what I learned from that experience was

And I was like, oh, what do you do now? And what I learned from that experience was

And I was like, oh, what do you do now? And what I learned from that experience was

was if you come in there with something flashy and shiny and it's not authentic and it's all the message tested stuff people smell that out immediately so from then on i i after that shellacking i ended up just starting to come in and be like hey guys this is what i thought about modern ag this is what i've learned so far and now if you guys know something i don't know tell me about it and it's it would always start a dialogue that went really really well do you remember what

was if you come in there with something flashy and shiny and it's not authentic and it's all the message tested stuff people smell that out immediately so from then on i i after that shellacking i ended up just starting to come in and be like hey guys this is what i thought about modern ag this is what i've learned so far and now if you guys know something i don't know tell me about it and it's it would always start a dialogue that went really really well do you remember what

was if you come in there with something flashy and shiny and it's not authentic and it's all the message tested stuff people smell that out immediately so from then on i i after that shellacking i ended up just starting to come in and be like hey guys this is what i thought about modern ag this is what i've learned so far and now if you guys know something i don't know tell me about it and it's it would always start a dialogue that went really really well do you remember what

Well, it turns out... NRAM. It was one of the programs at Ag that broke away from the Ag school and floated to the left side of campus.

Well, it turns out... NRAM. It was one of the programs at Ag that broke away from the Ag school and floated to the left side of campus.

Well, it turns out... NRAM. It was one of the programs at Ag that broke away from the Ag school and floated to the left side of campus.

national natural resources ecology and management something probably i was at it i was at a uh farm managers conference thing and one time i told this story and a guy was in there he's like i was in that room i saw that that happened and i don't remember the name of the program but it was a special program that was clearly all the people that hate modern ag and it was i'm glad it happened it was the best thing that could have happened to me right

national natural resources ecology and management something probably i was at it i was at a uh farm managers conference thing and one time i told this story and a guy was in there he's like i was in that room i saw that that happened and i don't remember the name of the program but it was a special program that was clearly all the people that hate modern ag and it was i'm glad it happened it was the best thing that could have happened to me right

national natural resources ecology and management something probably i was at it i was at a uh farm managers conference thing and one time i told this story and a guy was in there he's like i was in that room i saw that that happened and i don't remember the name of the program but it was a special program that was clearly all the people that hate modern ag and it was i'm glad it happened it was the best thing that could have happened to me right

Well, and when I would be there, I had spent hours upon hours studying this, learning this, trying things out. And a person that had really strong feelings about Monsanto, they had those strong feelings because they watched a documentary and maybe they read a book. And they, the reason they feel so strongly is the exact same thing that makes them think I am the devil himself in front of them.