Editor's note: Media may attend this event at no charge. Please call Cheryl Abrams at (515) 294-5872 if reporters plan to attend.

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Contacts:
Robert Martin, Agricultural Education and Studies, (515) 294-0896
Ed Adcock, Agriculture Information, (515) 294-2314

SUMMIT MEETS MARCH 9 TO MAP FUTURE OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

DES MOINES -- U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture Miley Gonzalez and Gov. Tom Vilsack will join educators, business people and other interested persons March 9 to share their visions for education's role in the future of Iowa agriculture.

The Summit on Agriculture Education in Iowa will begin at 9 a.m. in the State Historical Building in Des Moines. The Governor's Council on Agricultural Education invited several people with backgrounds in education and agriculture to discuss key issues related to agricultural education, share ideas about its "Grand Plan for Agricultural Education in Iowa" and create an agenda for the future of agricultural education in the state.

Robert Martin, council chair and head of the Department of Agricultural Education and Studies at Iowa State University, said agricultural education is will be examined in its broadest sense. "The council's vision is to develop an agriculturally literate, knowledgeable and skilled society in Iowa that contributes to premier food, fiber and natural resource systems in a global environment," Martin said.

The council set 11 goals in its "Grand Plan" and has suggested ways to accomplish those goals.

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