Agicultural Weekend Experience

Agriculture Weekend Experience (AWE) gives students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience and meet people in the farming industry. AWE is tailored towards students studying agriculture who do not have a background in farming. Besides experiencing production farming, the program provides a firsthand glimpse into the heart of Iowa. AWE is co-sponsored by the Iowa State University Agricultural Endowment and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Devin Dutilly spent three days on a working Iowa farm this summer. Dutilly is a graduate student in food safety and technology.

The hosts are ISU Ag Endowment Board members or Farm Bureau affiliates.

AWE History

This Year's Flyer

October 14-16Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is will be giving you an awesome opportunity to take part in hands-on learning while staying a weekend at a family farm. In doing so, you will gain a better understanding of information you have learned in classrooms and experience daily livestock chores and crop harvest. This will provide you with many answers to any agriculture questions you may have while providing you with a fun and informational experience!

Requirements

• Fill out application and forms and return by October 1
• Attend a pre-event orientation
• Fill out a post-event evaluation
• Send a thank you to your host family

What you get:

• Free transportation to the farm
• Be part of publicity about your experience
• Free AWE t-shrit
• An experience that will last forever

Applications DUE Monday, October 1, 2011

Location: Marion, Iowa
Livestock: Swine
Crops: Corn and Beans
Date: October 14-16th (Friday evening through Sunday noon)

To fill out an application or for questions contact Carly Martin, AWE program coordinator. cjm0631@iastate.edu Office Hours: (M-F): 515-294-0705 Office: 304 Curtiss Hall, CALS Communications Service

**The AWE program is co-sponsored by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Iowa State University Agricultural Endowment Board. Marylou Ahrens and Larry Lursen are current board members and have hosted for the AWE program since its start in 2005.