Students excited about Purdue Ag Week, April 3-9

WEST LAFAYATTE, Ind. – The sixth annual Purdue Ag Week, hosted by students and created to share information with the campus community about the importance of agriculture, will take place Monday (April 3) through (April 9) on the Purdue University campus.

This year’s theme is the classic “Purdue Ag Week.” After rebranding this past year, Ag Week will highlight all aspects of agriculture ranging from production agriculture to the role that community and technology can play in helping to reduce hunger.

 “I am most excited to see the thousands of students who will visit Purdue Memorial Mall throughout the week because they are genuinely interested in learning more about an industry that, unfortunately, is often taken for granted by much of the public,” said Katie Carroll, Ag Week Task Force president and senior in agribusiness marketing and agricultural communication.

Purdue Ag Week consists of more than 20 events, each presented by College of Agriculture student organizations. Key events include:

* Milk Monday: During the event, which highlights the dairy industry, the Purdue Dairy Club will give away hundreds of grilled cheese sandwiches and cartons of milk. Milk Monday is 9:30 a.m. to noon Monday outside Class of 1950.

* Panel Discussion: Purdue College of Agriculture Dean Jay T. Akridge and DuPont Executive Vice President Jim Collins will discuss the state of the agriculture industry and how to prepare the next generation of leaders. The event is 3-4 p.m. Thursday (March 30) in Pfendler Hall, Room 241. A reception will be held beforehand from 2:30-3 p.m. on Leopold’s Landing.

* Hammer Down Hunger: This meal-packing event, which is open to all students and campus organizations, has a goal of packing 70,000 meals to send to children in Haiti. It is from 5-9 p.m., April 4, on Memorial Mall. 

* Burger Bash: The free lunch buffet line provides a meal while teaching students agricultural information about the parts of a hamburger. The lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., April 6, on Memorial Mall.  

For more information about Ag Week, connect with the Purdue Ag Week Task Force on Facebook http://on.fb.me/1k0RLAF and Twitter https://twitter.com/PurdueAgWeek 

Contact: Kathleen Jacobs, purdueagweekmedia@gmail.com,  (260) 388-3876.  

Agricultural Communications: (765) 494-8415;
Shari Finnell, Manager/Media Relations and Public Information, sfinnell@purdue.edu  
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