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Jack Powers, Mike Schweitzer, and Caleb Shull - Presiding Fellows On our second full day in Israel, the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Program Class of 2020 headed north to the Sea of Galilee.  On the way, we made a stop near Caesarea to look at the aqueduct along the Mediterranean Sea.  The ...
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Ellen Kamps and Blake Lanphier - Presiding Fellows We began our first full day in Tel Aviv at Herods, a hotel overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. With a packed, 10-hour schedule, the class was ready to explore the city of nearly 500,000 on the first Sunday of March.  Briefed by our Israeli ...
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Mark Inkrott and Deanna Zwicker - Presiding Fellows Kwaheri - Today we say goodbye to Kenya, and hello to Israel, with a brief layover in Ethiopia. After a full week of learning in Kenya, we departed bright and early from Nairobi and traveled most of the day, arriving in Tel Aviv in time for a ...
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Jared Brown, Scott Halpin and Phil Montgomery - Presiding Fellows Today was our last full day in Kenya, and we started the day off at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). ILRI is one of fifteen research centers around the world that’s mission is to improve food security and to ...
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Jason Czapka, Bruce Frank, and Brandon Groth - Presiding Fellows Day 4 began with an early morning start as today was safari day in Nakuru National Park.  This was an awesome experience being up close to so many different animals and rather than us blabbering on, we’ll let the pictures do ...
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