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SignatureMT | 31 families through legislation, cooperation, and education. Topics that have currently come to this board's aention are climate change, agri-tourism that can be value added for farm families, and sustainable agriculture, among other issues. "We reach out to our 1500 farm family members to learn what we should be supporting," said Tusick. She feels that it is important to use creative thinking during board meetings, especially when they engage in strategic plan- ning. "We seek to find ways to explain what agriculture and the family farm mean to our country. We strive to be the voice for families who work so very hard on Montana farms." An Expert in Sales and Marketing at Hodgskiss Seed Chrissy Cook assists customers who come into Hodgskiss Seed in Choteau. Nine- ty-nine percent of them are men. e major- ity of the people she works with are men. It's easy to say that she works in a man's world. Out of high school Cook was a snow safety and ski guide in the winter and a fishing guide in the summer for a number of years. As a non-traditional student, she went to Colorado State University in Fort Collins when she decided on a major. She earned a bachelor's degree in Ag Business and Animal Jan Tusick, who is the only female board member of Montana Farmers Union, also raises sheep on the family farm near Polson. Photo courtesy of Kim Owen, k.rae Creations Photography.