The Progressive Agriculture Foundation (PAF).The Progressive Agriculture Foundation (PAF PAF platelet activating factor. PAF abbr. platelet-aggregating factor PAF platelet activating factor. ), elected its 2006-2007 board members, including: Terry Barton Terry Lynn Barton is a former U.S. Forest Service worker who was accused of starting the Hayman fire in 2002, the largest wildfire in the history of the state of Colorado. She claimed that the fire started as an accident when she burned some letters from her estranged husband. , with State Farm; John Hays, Farm Credit System Foundation; Bob Marshall, Bunge North America; Sharry Nielsen, University of Nebraska--Lincoln Extension; Laura Powell, University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. Extension; Charles Schwab, Iowa State University Academics ISU is best known for its degree programs in science, engineering, and agriculture. ISU is also home of the world's first electronic digital computing device, the Atanasoff–Berry Computer. , Carolyn Sheridan, Iowa Agrisafe Network/Spencer Hospital; Bruce Stone, Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Company, and Tammie Stutts, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. The Progressive Agriculture Safety Day program was started in 1995 as a marketing and educational program of Progressive Farmer magazine. In 2002, PAF became a separate entity from the magazine and in 2004 became a 501(c)(3) public charity. Today the Foundation has more than 72 corporate, foundation and individual sponsors. |
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