TONASKET, Wash. — Kait Thornton was swarmed by FFA members eager to speak with her following a panel discussion on agricultural communications careers at the Spokane Ag Show last February.

Thornton’s sincerity and matter-of-fact style make her an appealing, approachable role model.

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Kait Thornton educates consumers about produce from her family’s Tonasket, Wash., pear and apple orchard, reaching nearly 500,000 followers on social media.

Courtesy Kait Thornton

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WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== - Western Innovator: 'Apple Girl' reaches nearly 500,000 online followers — Kait Thornton educates consumers about produce from her family’s Tonasket, Wash., pear and apple orchard, reaching nearly 500,000 followers on social media.

Courtesy Kait Thornton

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TONASKET, Wash. — Kaitlyn Thornton is the fourth generation on her family’s fruit farm in northern Washington. Kaitlyn, her dad Geoff, and her younger brother Joseph are the main family members involved in the orchard, which produces pears and apples. Read more about her and other tree fruit growers in the Orchards, Nuts and Vines special section.

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Panelists told Washington FFA members to pay attention in business classes and reach out and find mentors as they consider careers in agricultural communications at the Spokane Ag Show.

“Whether you end up being an accountant, a doctor, a field guy for Syngenta who rides around and check on fields or a dairy farmer, everybody communicates every day,” moderator Kara Rowe said.

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