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Meet our 2023 Program Participants State Coordinators FAQs Become a Host Family Why Host Host Family Experiences Meet our 2023 Inbound Program Participants Inquire to Host Host Family FAQs Ways to Give Donation Overview 2023 IFYE Donor List Donate Online Donate by Mail Memorial/Honor Gift IFYE Lifetime Membership Installment Plan Corporate Gift Match Estate and Planned Giving Corporate Sponsorship Host a Special Event Alumni and Membership Membership Introduction Alumni/Member Donations Alumni Contact Information Update Member Login IFYE Store IFYE Travel Benefit Board Member/Candidate Application Volunteer Opportunities News & Events Overview Upcoming IFYE Conferences IFYE Newsletters, World Conference Reports & Updates Newsletters (USA) Updates (USA) State Newsletters Global Newsletters World Conference Reports Archive IFYE News Articles & Testimonials Farm Bill - Call to Action Farm Bill Call to Action IFYE 2023 Outbounds Visit Capitol Hill Farm Bill Congressional Listening Session RFD Today Interview with Carolyn Hansen Experience the world! The Premier Cultural Exchange Experience for Young Adults Farm Bill - Call to Action Contact your legislators today! 2023 Donor List Thank you for supporting IFYE! Experience New Cultures Abroad The Adventure of a Lifetime is waiting! Watch the IFYE Video Meet our 2023 IFYEs Expanding life experiences through cultural immersion Learn more about our representatives Go to Previous Slide Go to Next Slide Established as International Farm Youth Exchange ® in 1948 Become A Participant IFYE participants become immersed in their new surroundings and learn the culture in which they are living. Donate Your gift impacts thousands of exchange participants, families and communities around the world – today, tomorrow, and for years to come. Contact Us To ask us a question, receive additional information on our cultural exchange program, or give us information, please contact us and share your thoughts. India India Thailand Thailand Taiwan Taiwan South Korea South Korea Costa Rica Costa Rica Luxembourg Luxembourg Switzerland Switzerland Germany Germany Austria Austria Norway Norway Estonia Estonia Finland Finland 75 Years of Exchange Destinations Austria Costa Rica Estonia Finland Germany India Luxembourg Norway South Korea Switzerland Taiwan Thailand MEMBER LOGIN As a paid annual member or as a life member, you can go to the " Member Login" for more IFYE information Farm Bill - Call to Action News & Announcements November 30 , 2023 Memorandums of Agreement Signed with African Countries Melissa Haberstroh, IFYE National Program Director traveled to Zambia and Tanzania in August to officially kick-off the new IFYE programs in those countries. Aside from the opportunity to meet the country coordinators, discuss program details, and visit the families that our IFYEs would later become a part of, it was an opportunity to officially sign the memorandums of agreement for each country. Despite having programs in many African countries over the years, Tanzania has only hosted one IFYE Representative, Larry Fritzler, in 2012. Between 1970 and 1984 the United States sent seven IFYE Representatives to Zambia and between 1967 and 1978 seventeen IFYEs to Kenya. This year, five IFYEs are being hosted in Africa: Tori Rasmussen (SD) and Kyle Newland (OH) in Tanzania; Abby Schmidt (MO) and Meghan O’Reilly (OH) in Zambia, as well as Nora Larson (ND) in Kenya. IFYEs arrived in their African host countries on September 17, 2023 and will return to the U.S. in mid-December for debriefing. November 16 , 2023 IFYE and USDA Renew the 2019 Memorandum of Understanding IFYE’s efforts to renew the 2019 Memorandum of Understanding with the USDA has proved successful as we have received the document with Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack’s signature. IFYE President Jan Wood and Interim Executive Director Carolyn Hansen began the effort to gain a renewed agreement in December 2022. The agreement is for a term of five years. We appreciate the efforts of USDA staff to assist with this process. The goal of the MOU is to "promote the common goals of advancing the public interest through developing a highly prepared workforce for unique careers within the industry of international agriculture through rural-based international exchanges." September 15 , 2023 2023 USB Representative, Meghan O’Reilly, meets with Schwartz Farms & Buyer in Taiwan by IFYE USA By Meghan O’Reilly, 2023 IFYE to Taiwan (Summer) and Zambia (Fall) September 15, 2023 As a Northeast Ohio native and local grower of food grade soybeans, that are sold internationally, I never imagined I would have the opportunity to see where our soybeans were sold. I also never imagined I would be eating tofu as a staple in my diet. I can officially say that I am currently fulfilling both of these items and thoroughly enjoying it! My name is Meghan O’Reilly, and I am a 2023 USA IFYE to Taiwan. I am spending the three months traveling, learning, and experiencing what Taiwan has to offer, specifically their agriculture industry. When I embarked on my IFYE experience I did not know that it would allow me to sit in on an international business meeting. Dan Schwartz, owner of Schwartz Farms in Cortland, Ohio, and his direct buyer of food grade soybeans in Taiwan, Mr. Lin, happened to be meeting to discuss purchase contracts for the upcoming year. This unexpected meeting showed me the end of the producer to consumer chain that my home farm is part of as a soybean grower. With some travel we began our meeting at the storage facility for the soybeans. Once the soybeans arrive in Taiwan, they must be stored in an air-conditioned facility due to the elevated temperatures and...