NAMA chapters celebrate Ag Day.This year many NAMA Na·ma n. pl. Nama or Na·mas 1. A member of a people of southwest Africa. 2. The Khoikhoin language of the Nama. chapters held Ag Day events. Below is a brief description of some of those chapter programs. Iowa NAMA The Iowa Chapter of NAMA hosted a series of four events in Central Iowa with over 500 people in attendance. The events were held at four different metro locations March 21-24. The Ag Day committee contacted Iowa Commodity groups and ag producers to solicit donations and materials to distribute during Ag Week. All events were open to NAMA members and employees where the events were being held. Cornbelt NAMA Cornbelt NAMA members participated in the Annual Celebration of Agriculture in Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, city (1990 pop. 108,751), seat of Linn co., E central Iowa, on the Cedar River; inc. as a city 1856. The second largest city in Iowa, it is named for the surging rapids in the river. on Thursday, March 24. This annual celebration dinner was hosted by over 70 area supporters of agriculture and was attended by 600 producers, agri-business professionals, association representatives, academic leaders and students. Former Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman Ann Margaret Veneman (born June 29, 1949) is currently the Executive Director of UNICEF. She was the first woman and first Californian to become the United States Secretary of Agriculture. was the keynote keynote /key·note/ (ke´not) in homeopathy, the characteristic property of a drug that indicates its use in treating a similar symptom of disease. speaker for the event and a reception hosted in part by Cornbelt NAMA. Chicago NAMA The Chicago NAMA Chapter sent National Ag Day posters and Ag Day Fact Cards to their members and suggested that each member post these in prominent locations for the guests that come into their offices. Gateway NAMA For National Agriculture Day this year the Gateway NAMA chapter put together a direct mail campaign which included materials from the Agriculture Council of America and a Quick Facts Sheet from the recently completed "Importance Of Agribusiness agribusiness Agriculture operated by business; specifically, that part of a modern national economy devoted to the production, processing, and distribution of food and fibre products and byproducts. To The St. Louis Economy" report by the St. Louis AgriBusiness Club. The information packet was mailed to schools, government leaders, media and all chapter members prior to Ag Day. Missouri-Kansas NAMA As part of the 2005 bi-state observance of National Agriculture Day, more than 600 school children and educators from across the Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). metropolitan area attended a pizza party, Mar. 10, at the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame The National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame is located in Bonner Springs, Kansas. The Kansas Glacial Hills region supplied historic Fort Leavenworth with agricultural products that Frontier Army Quartermasters delivered to other Kansas Territory outposts by wagon train. in Bonner Springs, Kan. Local commodity groups taught the students how the ingredients in pizza come from farms and ranches, and how each is processed and delivered to the grocery store or restaurant. The celebration concluded with magician Rex Getz's "The Magical World of Agriculture" presentation. |
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