<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/final/magazine/winter-2006/agriculture-opera.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>From Agriculture to Opera</title><excerpt>Working out in the flat fields of his father’s farm, Zachary Sheely ’04 bends down to test the soil before planting cotton. Jets from the nearby naval base scream overhead as he uses GPS to precisely identify the area. He studied biology and chemistry at Westmont for good reason: Agriculture has become a high-tech business. When he enrolled, he planned to return to Lemoore and farm. But that was before he fell in love with opera.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            <img src="http://blogs.westmont.edu/magazine/files/2006/11/Zach.jpg" alt="Zach Sheely"/>
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