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| Topic | Agriculture |
| Content | “Sowing Seeds of Hope from the Heartland”
The Idea:
A global initiative based in Oklahoma, aimed at spreading our state’s agriculture and petroleum expertise to those who need it in third-world and developing countries.
Outline of the Idea:
Oklahoma is a deep well of knowledge and experience when it comes to agriculture and petroleum techniques. As the developing world struggles to overcome vast expanses of poverty, Oklahomans can sow seeds of hope by helping to develop farming and drilling techniques that will directly help those in need.
Our state is bursting at the seams with the intellectual and human capital in regards to agriculture and petroleum. We find ourselves at the heart of the world’s superpower, providing the fuel and food to keep America running. We have an amazing opportunity to spread our knowledge with people in dire need.
An Oklahoma-based initiative to help the third world would define the pioneering legacy of our state. The benefits reaped from such an initiative would spread across our great state as they spread across the world.
Imagine Oklahoma petroleum experts taking a one or two-year trip to Chad, helping the local people understand how to best leverage the technology for their benefit. Imagine Oklahoma legislators joining the trip, working with the Chadian government to ensure the profits from the growing oil industry reach the people in need, not just the pockets of the government.
Imagine internally displaced citizens in Uganda and Sudan. If peace in their civil wars is found, they could finally return to their homeland to work the land. Imagine Oklahoma farmers there waiting for them, teaching them basic farming techniques and helping them get back to life.
Then, imagine the new global perspective of these Oklahoma servants when they return to America’s heartland, forever changed by what they saw in the third-world. With their experience of sowing hope to those in need, they would have a new vision and reason to appreciate our great state. Then begins the process of spreading that global perspective and experience to future generations of Oklahomans.
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