Profiles Volunteer Diana Welch has been a Farm Bureau member for 20 years and is currently serving her third term as Erie County Farm Bureau president. During those 20 years, she has also been membership, young farmer and advisory council, and safety chair. She also has served on the promotion and education and government affairs committees. "I think we need to be spokespeople for our industry," Welch said. "We need to educate the public about agriculture and take a proactive approach. Farm Bureau is a huge supporter of this." She and her family raise corn and soybeans and have a small fruit orchard. Welch is also an assistant leader with a Girl Scout troop, advancement co-chair of a Boy Scout Troop and a Sunday school teacher at the United Church of Christ Congregational. She and her husband, Neill, and their children, Nathanial, 13, and Marinna, 7, reside in Vermillion. | |