Extension office greets its new instructor

Joel Haas’ ambitions as a member of the Future Farmers of America during his youth eventually guided him to serve as the instructor for the University of Idaho’s extension office in Mountain Home.

Photo by Brian S. Orban

It seems that farming and agriculture remained a key part of Joel Haas’ youth.

Growing up in Sonoma, Calif., north of San Francisco, he grew up in a community roughly the size of Mountain Home that provided him the chance to hone his gardening skills on his family’s half acre of land. While it wasn’t necessarily dedicated farm land, his efforts developed his interest in growing various plants as well as learning more about the various insects that help benefit that land he cared for.

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