b'Giant HighlightsCatch up on the best quotes from our Giant Views videos this year.I cant recall a time in my life that I hadnt had some connection to seeds. It started when I was three yearsYou bring the people around the table old. My father started working for a seed company. Iwho can help you find a solution. And worked for that seed company all through my teens,you dont start with what you disagree learning about all the components of producing,on. You start with what you agree on packaging and delivering seeds to farmers. There was one summer that I volunteered to assist the cornand what the goal is. Its not about ASTA breeder in his breeding nursery, and I was hookedgetting credit, its about the seed industry from that point. I made the decision that day that Igetting credit. Its about the grower was going to pursue a degree in plant breeding. Andgetting credit and having new products. thats really how it all started.Andy LaVigne Don BlackburnIts really exciting that weve got that record level of membership. I think what NAPB brings is a combination of things. Number one, the connecting of plant breeders across multiple crops and multiple geographies. Thats an important thing, because theres so much that any plant breeding program can learn from others in the field. So, theres the connecting. Theres also communicating what plant breeding is about. And thats not just to the public, its also to other people in agriculture, or in science more generally. Hannah Senior The benefit of this group is they can talk aboutImagine walking into a room with 400 or 450 registrants at the [NAPB] what they do. They can talk about what theyconference this year and being a freshman through senior in college, are discovering, or how the science is changing.where you dont know anybodyThe mentor is designed to provide a one Especially when we look at the young womenon one for that student to ask questionsIt also allows that mentor to and men who are early in their career. They haveintroduce the student to other member companies through the program. huge passion about trying to find solutions forUltimately, wed love these students to come back into the independent issues here in Iowa, or issues in the U.S. or globalsector of the business. Getting them to be able to tie in with the members issues that impact the ability to feed people. Theand to look for internship opportunities while theyre still in college oremployment opportunities after college is really, really important.basic ability. Andy LaVigneJeff Skemp36/ SEEDWORLD.COMDECEMBER 2022'