Vaney Hariri in the Field with Jordan Scott
Having open conversations about food and farming with South Dakotans and the farmers who grow it is what we do. In fact, that’s what Hungry for Truth is all about. We had an exciting opportunity to connect Vaney Hariri, Co-Founder of Think 3D Solutions, with Jordan Scott, a farmer from Valley Springs, S.D., to chat about generational farming, the meaningful work farmers do, Jordan’s passion for sharing his experiences via YouTube, and much more. Below, Vaney shares his perspective on his recent South Dakota farm visit.
What an amazing opportunity to have a chance to spend time with one of the folks that helps feed this nation and power the engine of our state. What makes it a hundred times better is having an opportunity to spend that time with my friend Jordan Scott, a 5th generation farmer of Scott Family Farm. Getting a chance to see what goes into bringing food to our states and those across the world is inspiring and humbling at the same time.
All of the different things that you have to know, all of the things that you have to do to make this possible can all be undone by nature or a hundred other things that are outside of your control and the fact that hard-working people get up every day and do it over and over and over and over again really inspires me and make me excited to do the work necessary to make this state the best it can be. I hope that everyone gets an opportunity to understand how these things work so we can better appreciate our rural communities and the amazing farmers that we have throughout the state and region.
Jordan is taking his deep set of skills beyond just being in the field and has started documenting his adventures and harvests on a YouTube channel: Scott Family Farms. He let me see a sneak peek of a new video he will be dropping, and as someone who has a lot to learn about the farming world, it was such a cool way to reach people about what the true behind-the-scenes of running a family farm looks like.
I can’t encourage our community enough to take any opportunity to learn what local farmers do for the place we call home. I’m very grateful for Hungry for Truth for connecting me with Jordan and showing me a deeper level of admiration for our local farmers.
To learn more about local South Dakota farmers, check out our most recent Ambassador Pairing where Sioux Falls Young Professionals Network Manager Casey Boerger joins farmer, Brent Greenway in Mitchell, SD, to talk all things sustainability, crops, and what a day on the farm looks like during harvest season.
