Rick McNary

Rick McNary

Rick McNary became intensely aware of hunger on a mission trip to Nicaragua when a starving girl asked him to feed her. He dedicated himself to fighting world hunger and recruiting volunteers to help. He is also a fan of farmers and understands that to combat world hunger we must all work together.  

  • Scott Thellman

    Growing Goals

    By Rick McNary on January 22, 2016

    Scott Thellman caught the ag bug at 9 years old when his parents purchased Juniper Hill Farms north of Lawrence. "My parents leased land to cattlemen,” Thellman said. "I'd wait in our farm house for...

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  • Ag Eagle owner with UAS

    Skyward vision

    By Rick McNary on December 14, 2015

    Bret Chilcott spent too much time and money on remote-controlled airplanes while growing up on a farm near Udall, Kans. At least that used to be the opinion held by Bret’s father. Bret has now...

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  • Tim Gogolski, Gogo's Bees

    The Bee's Knees

    By Rick McNary on November 24, 2015

    Tim Gogolski flips through the brittle pages of the pages of the 1952 Beeware Catalog addressed to his grandfather, Bernard. Tim now refreshes his family’s history of beekeeping in his new business...

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  • Valerie with sign

    The Fork in the Road

    By Rick McNary on October 19, 2015

    Valerie Visser became an entrepreneur watching her parents adjust to the collapsing hog market in the early ‘90s on the family’s northwest Kansas farm. Her parent’s creativity­--fueled by a passion...

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