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Archives for July 2024

Entrepreneur and AGEC 425 "Survivor" Heather Salopek
AGEC 425 Former Student Features

Creating her legacy in the pecan industry, Salopek ’11 ’14 pivots with Legacy Pecans

July 11, 2024 “The road to entrepreneurship success is rarely smooth sailing,” offered Heather Salopek ’11, owner of Legacy Pecans, during the 2024 Texas Farm Credit Entrepreneurial Dreams Symposium. Salopek is an AGEC 425 “Survivor” who entered the Dianne and M. Edward Rister ’74 Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program during the 2013-2014 academic year as a Master… Read More →

July 11, 2024

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