Leaders in Ag Education
Leaders in Agricultural Education
What does the future of sustainable pig farming look like, and who will lead the next generation of agriculture? Meet the Dadson family, whose passion for raising pigs, agricultural education, and sustainability highlights the important connection between family farming and the future of animal agriculture.
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Unlike many teenage girls her age, sixteen-year-old Karis Dadson isn’t smiling for the camera. When she’s showing pigs, her expression is intensely serious — and it’s helped make her a social media sensation.
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Dr. Frank Mitloehner

Dr. Frank Mitloehner is a professor, an air quality specialist, Chair of the Animal Science Department in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at UC Davis and director of the CLEAR Center. He studies the environmental impacts of animal agriculture and works with researchers, producers and industry leaders to find practical, science-based approaches to sustainability. Through the CLEAR Center, he also helps bring that research beyond the university and into conversations that matter.
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