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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
 Price: free\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://http://anrweek.canr.msu.edu/\n
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