The Pennsylvania Center for Dairy Excellence welcomes Nathan Heim and Tiffany Grove as summer interns.
Nathan Heim of Harrisburg will assist the Pennsylvania Dairy Task Force and its five committees by coordinating programs, activities and events throughout the summer.
Heim, a Penn State junior, has experience in production and agribusiness, having completed internships with Cargill Animal Nutrition and Ar-Joy Farm LLC. While working for Cargill, Heim completed an independent study evaluating feed and manure samples on 30 farms, and he worked closely with consultants and administrative staff to learn more about the feed industry. At Penn State, Heim was on the 2006 dairy judging team that competed in Louisville and was named the Muller Outstanding First Year Member by the Penn State Dairy Science Club as a freshman. He was also the vice president of the Pennsylvania Junior Holstein Association.
Tiffany Grove of McVeystown will provide communications support, assisting with the industry promotion programs associated with the center’s collaboration with the Dairy Check-off and the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program.
Grove, a graduate of Mt. Union Area High School, is president of the Pennsylvania FFA Association, and travels across the state to promote agriculture, agricultural education and the FFA. Grove deferred college for one year to commit to her FFA term and plans to attend Penn State to study agriculture education this fall. Grove works on Mill Hill Farms, a dairy operation owned by the Biddle Family in Williamsburg, and was also a certified nursing assistant in a local retirement facility. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Junior Holstein Association and the National Honor Society.