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Growing Strong

March 18, 2025

Andrea Carter was about 10 years old when she realized she wanted to spend her life cultivating food. While there weren't many farms near Bethesda, Maryland, where she grew up, her family traveled each summer to rural Vermont, where Carter…

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Pride on the Farm

March 13, 2025

Iowa is the largest producer of corn in the United States. Moreover, the state has more than 86,000 farms and about 30 million acres of farmland. It’s second only to California in total agricultural production. That’s no small feat. In…

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Environment

Water at Work

March 11, 2025

Water is one of our most important resources. Many people don’t think about where water comes from, how it gets to us, or where it goes after we use it. But water resource engineers do. It’s their job. They make…

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Arts

Talking Toons

March 5, 2025

Do you like to make up silly voices? That’s exactly what a voice actor does. Voice actors perform in animated movies and on TV shows, audiobooks, radio shows, podcasts, and more. As a voice actor, Eric Bauza has made a…

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Agriculture in Action

February 27, 2025

In March 2024, TFK Kid Reporter Ben Stern attended Ignite by 4-H, an annual career readiness conference for teens. Ben interviewed Katie Collins, a 2024 winner of the National 4-H Youth in Action Award. Collins started a program called See…

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Food Experiences

February 25, 2025

In March 2024, TFK Kid Reporter Ben Stern attended Ignite by 4-H, an annual career readiness conference for teens. At the conference, Ben interviewed Kwame Onwuachi, an award-winning chef and restaurant owner. Read the transcript below to learn about Kwame’s…

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On Location

February 19, 2025

Mike Gunton has a front-row seat to the wonders of nature. As creative director of the Natural History Unit for BBC Studios, Gunton makes documentaries, including the award-winning series Planet Earth II and Dynasties, a series on animal behavior. TFK…

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Business

Making it Up

February 10, 2025

Danessa Myricks is the first to admit that her path to the beauty industry was unconventional. “I say that I am accidental in every way,” she says. “I knew nothing, I had no money, but I did have passion.” Myricks…

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Real Talk with Jackie Bae

January 28, 2025

TFK Kid Reporter Disha Rai spoke with Jackie Bae, a storyboard artist living in Los Angeles, California. As a storyboard artist, Bae helps visually outline animated TV shows, turning text into images that tell a story. She’s worked for various…

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Business

Sky’s the Limit

January 23, 2025

David Neeleman is the CEO of Breeze Airways, the latest of five commercial airlines he has founded. Building his career hasn’t always been easy. “I have attention deficit disorder (ADD), so I can be all over the map,” he told…