Today we got the opportunity to tour St. Louis a little more and we started the day off at the courthouse and got to hear about a lot of the history that went along with it and how much it has changed.
We then proceeded to St. Louis Arch-I was not originally going to go up in the arch because I am terrified of heights but I am beyond glad that I decided to go up there because the view was phenomenal!!
After the arch we got to go on a riverboat tour up and down the Mississippi River and learn about some of the history of St. Louis. We got a great view of the arch and got to meet some very interesting people!
After the riverboat tour we proceeded to Chesterfield where we got to go to the Monsanto Research Center. We learned some pretty amazing things but I have to say-going to one of the best research universities has helped my knowledge of agriculture so much and definitely knew a lot about what they were talking about. Something cool that we saw was a seed chipper and that is not something I have ever been introduced to. They basically take a seed and chip off part of the seed without destroying the genome to get the best genetics for the best outcome. I am REALLY enjoying this trip-can’t wait for what else there is to come!
