For Immediate Release
Contact: Betsy MacMillan
betsymac@uga.edu
The candidates for the Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture will meet on stage for an open forum on Wednesday, March 29, at the University of Georgia Chapel on North Campus. Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin, the only Democratic candidate, was invited but unable to join the group.
A meet-and-greet reception will start at 6:15 p.m. At 7 p.m. the forum will begin allowing each candidate to give a prepared statement and answer questions. All four Republican candidates, Gary Black of Commerce, Bob Greer of Cumming, Sen. Brian Kemp of Athens and Deanna Strickland of Brooklet, have agreed to participate.
Black recently served as president of the Georgia Agribusiness Council, Inc., an agribusiness trade organization with more than 650 Georgia member businesses. In 2003, he was appointed to the Governor’s Rural Development Council, where he serves as chairman of the Economic Development Committee.
Greer is a Vietnam Veteran and Master Mason. He is a charter member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity at his alma matter, the University of West Georgia. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Pest Control Operators of Georgia.
Kemp represents the 46th district in the Georgia Senate. He currently serves as chair of the public safety and homeland security committee, as well as the vice-chair of the higher education committee, secretary of the agriculture and consumer affairs committee and member of the appropriations committee.
Strickland is the owner of D.L. Strickland, Inc., and grows her own tobacco crop. She is a member of the Georgia Tobacco Growers Association, served on the Georgia Tobacco Advisory Board, was a delegate to an agricultural trade mission to Cuba and was employed by the U.S. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.
The University of Georgia chapter of Sigma Alpha professional agricultural sorority and UGA Student Government Association are sponsoring the forum.
One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
Comment by hochongs — December 26, 2006 @ 4:57 am
The foods have nutrients or healthy foods are comes from the farms. Even the riches people still got foods from the farms, and they bought the large farms for their own. The purpose of this topic is to protect the farms like rice and corn, fruits and also water we need that. Even if we only have rice, fruits and water we still healthy.
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Comment by tseo — June 5, 2008 @ 10:29 pm