FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Monday, January 4, 2010

For more information contact:
Bill Clary

(502) 564-1137

STUDENTS INVITED TO CREATE POSTERS, ESSAYS ON ‘KENTUCKY PROUD: GROWING A HEALTHY KENTUCKY’

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer invites Kentucky students to create posters and write essays based on the theme “Kentucky Proud: Growing a Healthy Kentucky” in the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s annual Poster and Essay Contest.

“Kentucky Proud foods are part of a healthy lifestyle,” Commissioner Farmer said. “They are fresh, delicious foods that can be served with confidence. And they help keep Kentucky farm families on the farm. This contest will help educate Kentucky school children about the advantages of Kentucky Proud.”

Participating students in grades kindergarten through 12 will create posters and write brief essays describing their posters and the theme. A winning entry will be chosen in each grade level, and each winning student will receive a $100 savings bond. The winning posters and essays will be printed in a 2011 calendar with Kentucky Proud recipes.

The students who create the winning entries will be honored at the Agriculture Day Celebration luncheon March 9 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort.

Entries must be mailed to Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Poster and Essay Contest, 100 Fair Oaks Lane, 5th Floor, Frankfort, KY 40601 and must be postmarked by Feb. 5. For more information and contest rules, contact Elizabeth McNulty at (502) 564-4983 or elizabeth.mcnulty@ky.gov or go to www.kyagr.com/marketing/ageducation/agday.htm.

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