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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Fellow Directors – Here is an email from our new Ag. STEM Agent, Gigette Webb. Some of you met her at the Annual Conference. I encouraged her to reach out to the Directors as she begins her Extension career.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0C234B">Edward C Martin, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#767676"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767676">Director, County Extension</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#767676"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767676">Professor/Extension Specialist - Biosystems Engineering</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#767676"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767676">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#767676"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767676">Maricopa County Cooperative Extension<br>
4341 E BROADWAY RD | PHOENIX, AZ 85040-8807<br>
Office: 602-827-8232 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#767676">| </span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767676">Cell: 520-709-0939 <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Webb, Gigette Aja - (gigettewebb) <gigettewebb@email.arizona.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 22, 2019 3:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Martin, Edward C - (ecmartin) <ecmartin@email.arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Associate Area Agent - Ag STEM <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hello County Extension Directors:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Since starting in June, I am impressed to see the great work and research that the Extension team conducts. As the Associate Area Agent for Ag STEM, I look forward to sharing this with teachers and students throughout
Arizona and continuing the incredible work my predecessors, Monica Pastor and Brandon Moak, have put into place. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">As an educator for the past 24 years and as a parent, I realize our future lies in our children. Nowadays, more than ever, our youth have become disconnected from agriculture and lack
the understanding of its importance. Growing up in a ranch and farming family, I have learned sacrifice, determination, perseverance and most importantly, an appreciation for our food, fiber, and the network of hands and minds that have helped advance agriculture. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><i><span style="color:black">“Public prosperity is like a tree; agriculture is its roots,</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><i><span style="color:black">If the root suffers, the leaves fall, the branches break, and the tree dies.” – Illinois Farmers’ Institute 1912</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">Not very optimistic or uplifting words, but rather they explain how pertinent and imperative agricultural literacy has always been to our society. This is why I am excited to help educate
Arizona’s teachers about agriculture and how vital STEM is to its growth to meet the demands of society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">Dr. Paul Brown is beginning work on arranging a meeting for all Extension employees who work in STEM education – more details will follow. Until then, if I can be of help, please give
me a call or send me an email to share what you are doing in your county, and we will see how I can help promote and support your Ag STEM</span>/<span style="color:black">Literacy</span> programs<span style="color:black"> in your
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">Please share this email with others in your office. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Gigette<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Associate Area Agent - Ag STEM<br>
Maricopa County Cooperative Extension<br>
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA<br>
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4341 E Broadway Rd | Phoenix, AZ 85040<br>
Office: 602-827-8253 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#767676">| </span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767676">Cell: 623-363-4875 <br>
<a href="mailto:gigettewebb@email.arizona.edu"><span style="color:#767676">gigettewebb@email.arizona.edu</span></a><br>
<b><a href="https://www.cals.arizona.edu/agliteracy/"><span style="color:#8B0015">www.cals.arizona.edu/agliteracy/</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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