Farnam Vineyard Wins Award
Monday, September 13, 2010McCook Daily Gazette
CURTIS, Nebraska -- When it comes to preparing young people to enter an ever competitive and uncertain economy, the University of Nebraska-Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture enlists entrepreneurship to give students the skills they need to be innovators and leaders, not just employees, in their chosen field.
It turns out the faculty also practice what they preach.
Dr. Ricky Sue Barnes Wach, Veterinary Technology professor, and her husband Gary Wach, Ag Production instructor, are two of the NCTA instructors who have made entrepreneurship the foundation for the college's entire curriculum. The two faculty members are the owners and operators of Three Brothers Vineyard and Winery in Farnam, Nebraska. In July, the professors-plus-winemakers, received one gold and one bronze medal for their Frontenac wines in the Fourth Annual Mid-American Wine Competition at Ankeny, Iowa.
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