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Kansas Profile – Now That’s Rural: Tiya Tonn, Farm to Fork

“All the world’s problems are solved around a kitchen table.” That statement is based on the belief that sharing food in a family setting can help people bridge their differences.  Today we’ll learn about an innovative county organization which has put this concept into practice with a nationally award-winning program called Farm to Fork.

Board members of the Butler County Farm Bureau.

Tiya Tonn is county coordinator for Butler County Farm Bureau which conducted this program. Tiya grew up in a farming and ranching family in Reno County and Colorado.  Her family later ranched in Butler County.

After college, Tiya became a farm broadcaster in Wichita and Arizona. She eventually returned to the Flint Hills, married, and became a full-time ranch mom of four kids. As the kids got older, she took on a part-time position as a county Farm Bureau coordinator and eventually became the full-time county coordinator in Butler County.

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