AALA Member in the News: Jara Settles

Congratulations to our AALA member Jara Settles

(This story was originally published by the Angus Journal)

 

Think back to about the mid-1990s when the United States had its first outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Now imagine this — a young, grade-schooler who was awfully fired up about the false claims that Oprah Winfrey was making about her industry and the quality of beef being produced by American cattle producers. Following the story, this little, but passionate farmgirl knew from this time on, when she grew up, she wanted to be a lawyer so she could represent the agricultural industry.

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