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SUMMARY:Agriculture and Natural Resources Week
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 Michigan State University and the College of Agriculture 
 and Natural Resources extends a cordial 
 welcome to visitors to the 99th Agriculture 
 and Natural Resources Week (formerly Farmer's 
 Week). The nation's pioneer land-grant 
 college was founded more than 150 years ago, 
 guided by a philosophy to serve all the people 
 of the state, an idea that still prevails in 
 2014.\n
 \n
 Agriculture and Natural Resources 
 Week (ANR Week) continues to be one of the largest 
 events of its kind in the nation. Foundations 
 for the week were laid by the Farmers' 
 Institute more than a century ago. In 1898, 
 Michigan Agricultural College hosted the first 
 statewide Farmers' Institute "Round-Up." Agriculture 
 Hall was completed in 1909, and a fourth 
 floor auditorium provided the meeting place. 
 Five years later, the round-up combined 
 with farm association meetings to become the 
 first Farmers' Week.\n
 \n
 The topics of interest 
 over 90 years has changed with the times. 
 In the 1960s it was the space age, in the '70s 
 it was science and cybernetics, and the '80s 
 bought forth issues related to world hunger. 
 In 1982, Farmers' Week became Farmers' Week 
 and Natural Resources Days followed by another 
 name change in 1985 to Agriculture and Natural 
 Resources Week. The event now hosts more 
 than 50 programs and annual association meetings.\n
 \n
 ANR 
 Week 2014 provides a wide variety 
 of topics in areas such as agriculture, horticulture, 
 and natural resources, i.e. Quiet 
 Water Symposium, Michigan Wildflower Conference, 
 Growing of Michigan's Organic Future, MSRBA 
 Rabbit Show, and the 86th state convention 
 of the Michigan FFA.\n\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Jennifer Labun\n
 Contact phone: 517-884-7351\n
 Contact email: sibsonje@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://anrweek.canr.msu.edu\n
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