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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL EARTH DAY CELEBRATION SET APRIL 13-22

Washington, DC, April 1, 2000--- The Ag-Earth Partnership, a coalition of more than 70 agricultural organizations and agencies, will celebrate environmental stewardship in American agriculture in the weeks leading up to Earth Day April 22.

The Partnership is a three-year initiative designed to highlight ongoing stewardship efforts helping America’s farmers and ranchers contribute to clean water and air, healthy soil, sustainable forestry, improved wildlife habitat and open spaces, and a quality environment for all.

"Members of the Ag-Earth Partnership are excited to share their environmental success stories with the public, lawmakers and school children during the celebration of Earth Day 2000," says Tom Van Arsdall, national coordinator of the Ag-Earth Partnership.

Through interactive exhibits and displays, partner organizations will highlight innovative environmental practices and a public rededication to conserving and protecting the approximately 1 billion acres of land used in the United States to produce food, natural fiber and many other products.

The Ag-Earth Partnership will exhibit on the Mall in Washington, D.C., April 13-22. Educational programs April 13 and 14 will teach children about agriculture’s positive contribution to the environment. Children will tour the displays and participate in interactive exhibits.

Other highlights include:

In addition to the national events in Washington, Ag-Earth Partners will host local Earth Day agricultural celebrations throughout the country. A list of these events is available on the Partnership’s Web site at: www.nasda-hq.org/nasda/earth/index.html.

Conservation and environmental progress in agriculture are the result of hard work and a commitment to stewardship by individual farmers and ranchers, says Van Arsdall. "We in agriculture truly have something to celebrate on Earth Day."

The Ag-Earth Partnership is an ad hoc, private-public coalition working to raise public awareness about conservation and environmental stewardship in American agriculture.