{"id":3029,"date":"2010-11-17T09:21:47","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T16:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=3029"},"modified":"2010-11-17T11:47:27","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T18:47:27","slug":"abef-to-send-student-nama-members-to-ag-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=3029","title":{"rendered":"ABEF to Send Student NAMA Members to Ag Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/abef-logo5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3031\" title=\"abef-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/abef-logo5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"57\" \/><\/a>Student NAMA members are being given the opportunity to  share in the message of agriculture and its importance during the Ag Day  Celebration 2011.\u00c2\u00a0 This opportunity is available thanks to the Agri-Business  Educational Foundation (ABEF).\u00c2\u00a0 These students  will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Spend two nights at the 4-H Visitors  Center<\/li>\n<li>Visit Capitol Hill and meet directly with  legislators and advisors from their home state<\/li>\n<li>Participate in training sessions with  government relations liaisons, share ideas and build advocacy  plans<\/li>\n<li>Share morning coffee at the USDA with the  Secretary of Agriculture as the invited guest of honor<\/li>\n<li>Attend a luncheon at the U.S. Capitol Visitor  Center<\/li>\n<li>Network with other students passionate about  agriculture and the legislative process<\/li>\n<li>Take a guided tour of Washington, DC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This experience is scheduled for March 13 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 15,  2011.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/agday1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3032\" title=\"agday\" src=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/agday1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a>Last year 100 students from FFA, 4-H, AFA and the  Consortium participated in this valuable activity so we are pleased to be able  to include Student NAMA members in those ranks.<\/p>\n<p>Onsite costs for participation in the Ag Day Experience  are covered through the Agriculture Council of America.\u00c2\u00a0 This includes lodging and meals.\u00c2\u00a0 For five deserving students this year, ABEF will cover travel to and from Washington, DC. So, for those students, this  important trip to Washington would be absolutely  free!<\/p>\n<p>We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re excited about the opportunity to include NAMA  student members in the Ag Day Celebration.\u00c2\u00a0 Students will be responsible for  making all travel arrangements and will then be  reimbursed.<\/p>\n<p>Please tell your student members about this first-time  opportunity to participate in these events and direct them to  (<a title=\"https:\/\/agfuture.wufoo.com\/forms\/2011-ag-day-delegate-form\/\" href=\"https:\/\/agfuture.wufoo.com\/forms\/2011-ag-day-delegate-form\/\">https:\/\/agfuture.wufoo.com\/forms\/2011-ag-day-delegate-form\/<\/a>)  to complete the application process.\u00c2\u00a0 For more information about Ag Day, visit  <a title=\"http:\/\/www.agday.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.agday.org\/\">www.agday.org<\/a>. View a video taken by  Iowa State students during their trip to Washington, DC last year at <a title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QldGrJ6h1dI&amp;feature=player_embedded\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QldGrJ6h1dI&amp;feature=player_embedded\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QldGrJ6h1dI&amp;feature=player_embedded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All applications must be submitted  by December 1, 2010.\u00c2\u00a0 A geographically diverse group of winners will be chosen  and notified by January 3, 2011.\u00c2\u00a0 They will receive additional information  periodically between then and March 13.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please  contact <a title=\"mailto:debbieb@nama.org\" href=\"mailto:debbieb@nama.org\">debbieb@nama.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student NAMA members are being given the opportunity to share in the message of agriculture and its importance during the Ag Day Celebration 2011.\u00c2\u00a0 This opportunity is available thanks to the Agri-Business Educational Foundation (ABEF).\u00c2\u00a0 These students will: Spend two nights at the 4-H Visitors Center Visit Capitol Hill and meet directly with legislators and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,277],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-student-nama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3029"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3069,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3029\/revisions\/3069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}