Three brothers from the small town of Assaria are doing more for Kansas’ image than any advertising could buy.
The Peterson brothers, Greg, Nathan, and Kendal, made a video to the music of the rather raunchy song “I’m Sexy and I Know It,” changing the title to “I’m Farming and I Grow It.”
As videographer, the Petersons’ sister, Laura, 11, showed her older brothers doing their farm chores while delivering their lines in the punchy rap style.
“I got passion for my plants and I ain’t afraid to show it,” they say. Better plants than pants, as the original version goes.
The brothers posted the parody on YouTube where more than 1 million — and growing — viewers have seen it.
In a TV interview the brothers said they made the video to promote God and farming.
“People don’t give credit where it’s due,” said one of the boys, naming God for the fact that we’re here, and to farmers who grow the food that feeds us.
They did a lot of the footage for the filming on Sundays, because that’s the one day the family takes a break from their typical 15-hour days of tending crops and cattle.
IT’S NO SECRET to the success of the boys’ video. They are Kansas at its best.
Wholesome, hard-working and good-humored.
Adults, take note.
— Susan Lynn
