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SUMMARY:Agriculture and Natural Resources
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 Michigan State University and the College of Agriculture 
 and Natural Resources extends a cordial 
 welcome to visitors to Agriculture and 
 Natural Resources Week (formerly Farmers 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 today.\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. In 1982, Farmers Week was 
 renamed Farmers' Week and Natural Resources Days 
 followed in 1985 by a name change to Agriculture 
 and Natural Resources Week, better known 
 today as ANR Week. With more than 50 programs 
 and annual association meetings, ANR Week 
 has developed into a late winter gathering 
 of minds deeply concerned and involved in the 
 today's world of Agriculture and Natural Resources.\n
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 Topics 
 of interest have changed with 
 the industry over the past century to coincide 
 with trends and technology from machine 
 based farming equipment to chemical and biological 
 advances, and commodity specialization. 
 Themes have also changed to reflect the times; 
 during the 1960s the space age was topical, 
 the 1970s featured science and cybernetics, 
 and the 1980s bought forth issues related to 
 world hunger.\n\n
 Price: varies by program\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
LOCATION:across campus
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