CONTENTS Volume 74 | JUNE 2021 | Number 6 24 12 38 12 Half century of history Co-ops have a long history of sending students to D.C. 21 Missouri Snapshots Photo Contest 2021 Missouri State Parks & Rural Missouri contest rules 24 Flite Test High-flying fun in Fayette 30 Growing connections AgWiki hopes to help feed the world, socially 48 New life for old things Noel and Chris Clayton share their secondhand lifestyle 50 Missouri's many Trails of Tears Early statehood marred by removal of Native Americans IN EVERY ISSUE 4 Cooperation 5 Perspectives 8 Community 18 Outdoors 33 Recipes 38 Eats 44 Neighbors 53 Events 54 Just4Kids ON THE COVER It may be a different group of delegates that travel to Washington, D.C., on the Missouri Youth Tour each year, but the iconic symbols remain. More can be found on page 12. JUNE 2021 | RURALMISSOURI.COOP June21_Contents.indd 1 3 5/6/21 10:47 AMhttp://www.RURALMISSOURI.COOP