Highland County Chamber of Commerce donates children’s books to local youth organizations

The Highland County Chamber of Commerce donated a complete set of author Amanda Radke’s children’s books to Highland County youth organizations, as a thank-you for helping with their Ag is Everyone’s Business event that was recently held.

Fairfield FFA, Hillsboro FFA, Hillsboro DECA and Highland County 4-H each received a complete set of Radke’s eight agriculturally accurate children’s books. Each organization plans to present their books to a local library or use them in their own programming aimed at educating children about agriculture.
 
Amanda Radke is a fifth-generation rancher from Mitchell, S.D., who recently spoke at the Highland County Chamber of Commerce’s Ag is Everyone’s Business event.

Radke wrote her first children’s book, “Levi’s Lost Calf,” in 2011, after noticing a lack of children’s books that accurately described agriculture. Radke has written seven children’s books since (“Can-Do Cowkids;” “A Home Run for Peanuts;” “The Soil Quilt;” “BEEF Strong;” “C is for Care;” “Faith, Family, & Freedom;” and “Roll, Sprinkle, Spread, Bake”), which all aim to promote agriculture literacy in schools.

Radke is a mom of four, and many of her books are based on her own children and their life on the ranch. Radke is determined to teach children where their food comes from and to celebrate the people behind it and has spent the last 15 years traveling the country fighting for agriculture.

About the Highland County Chamber of Commerce: The Highland County Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit membership-driven organization that represents the business community of Highland County. The many plans and programs the Chamber offers its investors, combined with county workforce development initiatives and local, state and federal legislative/advocacy efforts, position the Chamber of Commerce as a leading organization in Highland County. Learn more at www.thehighlandchamber.com.