There is a trickle-down effect with organizations such as Alpha Gamma Rho. A young man’s decision to join AGR can impact not only himself, but those he surrounds himself with.
Gracie Anderson is the daughter of Brother Jason Anderson, an alumnus from Beta Eta Chapter at Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University. Although, not a member herself, Alpha Gamma Rho has surrounded her from the very beginning.
Born to an AGR member, she was raised on a beef cattle and crop farm in Louisa, Virginia. Gracie graduated last year with her bachelors, majoring in agribusinesses. She is currently working on her master’s in public administration. Gracie said she was told by a professor in the department to be the first woman to go through the program, as well as the first person to have a main focus in agriculture policy. Gracie has also attained a summer internship with the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, an internship she has wanted since she could remember, which she got not only from her hard work, but also through the connections her father has established with her through Alpha Gamma Rho.
“The connections I have gotten through AGR is absolutely insane,” Gracie said.
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“I like to say that’s why I love AGR so much, is because of the connections … and they will carry you through the rest of your life,” Gracie said.
Gracie’s younger brother, Chase Anderson, hopes to attend Virginia Tech this fall and attend recruitment for the Beta Eta Chapter. His plans are to study agriculture technology and would like to eventually take over his parent’s plant healthcare business, Water’s Edge LLC.
Gracie hopes that her future family remains as involved with AGR as she and her family currently are.
