A few weeks ago Mark and I made a quick trip to Chicago to represent Farm Bureau Young Leaders at the Growmark Annual Meeting. We had a great time and always enjoy meeting new people. I have to admit though, I felt a little old with this group of young people. :) Most of them were FFA members in college studying in an ag related field. Only a handful of us were out on our own farming. Several of the FFA leaders gave speeches during the meeting and did an amazing job! All had passion and ambition, something that many of today's youth lack. American agriculture certainly has some fantastic young people coming into the business in the next few years!
The Young Farmer Representatives from Iowa Farm Bureau.
My favorite restaurant ever! If you love meat like I do, this is the place for you! It's a Brazilian style restaurant where gaucho chefs go from table to table serving 16 cuts of meat. Everyone gets a little card, flip it to green they stop by with meat, when your plate's full, flip it to red and they let you eat. :)
After a fantastic lunch we quickly walked back to our hotel, the Chicago Hilton. We got a behind the scenes tour with our Young Leaders Group, which was very interesting. The picture above is of a chandelier in one of their meeting halls. This particular room has an $80,000 deposit to rent, yes $80,000!!!
We toured part of the kitchen and one of their chefs demonstrated how he makes food sculptures. He made it look very easy, but you probably won't be seeing any food sculptures on my next fruit and veggie tray. :)
The view of Navy Pier from one of the penthouse suites, this room will cost you $6,000 per night.
Several of these sculpture heads lined Michigan Ave.
Chicago skyline.
The view from our hotel room.
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