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[Larry Howery]

URME Team:  


Let's talk about this next week at practice.

Larry


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From: Agricultural Innovation Prize <cmeyer1 at wisc.edu>
To: lhowery at ag.arizona.edu 
Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2013 7:00 AM
Subject: National Agricultural Innovation Prize Launched - Your Ideas Needed!
 


 
Dear Colleagues,
In Washington DC yesterday afternoon,
the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the University of Wisconsin-Madison
announced the launch of the 2014 Agricultural Innovation Prizein cooperation with the United
States Department of Agriculture. 
The competition is open to U.S.
undergraduate and graduate students across all academic disciplines and runs
through spring 2014, when teams will compete for the chance to win $215,000 in
prize money, with a grand prize of $100,000; making this the largest agriculture-focused
student competition in the world.
The contest encourages student
teams to develop innovative plans to address social and agricultural challenges
within food systems, improving the standard of living and quality of life for
the world's population.  
The
challenges facing our shared food systems are numerous - and as a member of
the agricultural community we want YOUR input to identify specific challenges
that teams of students may use to guide the development of business plans that
address these challenges. 
 
Please
visit this web form to contribute your ideas for
challenges facing agriculture today and into the future.  Submissions will be
kept anonymous and will be compiled and summarized as soon as possible on our
website.
 
If
you work with students, please direct them tohttp://agprize.com to join our
mailing list and be kept informed of competition developments or opportunities
as they develop. 
 
Many
Thanks,
 
 
The
Agricultural Innovation Prize team@ the University of Wisconsin - Madison
 
1
Gifford Pinchot Dr
Room
201
Madison,
WI  53726
 
608-663-5173
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