Teresa Brandenburg farms with her husband and son in Alton, Kansas.
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Meet Teresa Brandenburg. Teresa was the 2006 American Honey Princess, crown and all. But that hardly serves as her only contribution to agriculture. Starting out, Teresa grew up in a small town in Iowa where her dad drove a truck hauling farm commodities. Teresa started raising livestock with her family when she was 10. Now, she and her husband, Luke, are the fourth generation on his family’s farm in Alton, Kansas. Their son, Jacob, represents the fifth generation. They currently work with Luke’s parents to manage 2,500 acres of crops and pasture, including soybeans, wheat and milo in addition to raising 85 head of cow/calf pairs.
Teresa and Luke work very hard as a team to keep up between taking care of Jacob, managing their off-farm jobs and farming. But they make time to play with Jacob, watch movies and sometimes just drive around looking at crops. They love riding their all-terrain vehicles together. Teresa is passionate about her faith, and meeting new people, and enjoys traveling, reading and working in the garden.
Teresa enthusiastically joined the CommonGround™ Kansas program in the summer of 2011 because it provides her with a bigger platform to share the facts about food and farming with more women. She also very much enjoys the fellowship with other volunteers who demonstrate passion about agriculture.
- Expertise: Raising livestock/Agriculture education
- Ag Connections: Kansas Soybean Association Board of Directors
