Loud moos and other barnyard noises will continue to fill the
Brickyard this week through Thursday as part of Alpha Zeta’s Agriculture
Awareness Week, which features tents with information booths and live
animals such as baby chicks, cattle and pigs.
"We’re out here to educate the students and public about where their
food comes from,” Amanda Noble, a junior in plant and soil science,
said. "It doesn’t just come from the grocery store.”
Included in the week’s activities are opportunities to pet animals,
eat lunch and watch contests.
"[Monday] we had the administrative agriculture Olympics. We had
three administrators from CALS participate in an Egg Toss, Watermelon
Crawl, Tractor Race and a Sunflower Seed Spittin’ contest,” Noble said.
"Tomorrow we’re having a milking contest. Lunch will be served every day
at 12:30.”
According to Jamie Jordan, a senior in animal science, Alpha Zeta, an
agricultural fraternity, also invites other agriculture related clubs
to come out and do fundraisers and whatever else they wish to do.
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Agricultural Awareness week is a cross section of the
University, including the Veterinary school, the Farming and Agriculture
School, and over half a dozen clubs and student organizations, including
Alpha Zeta and the Animal Science Club.
The Fraternity [Alpha Zeta] reminds students that
the University is a land grant institution, which has roots in providing
food and comfort for society through agriculture.
Jacob Pearce, a sophomore in biology, and one of
the Alpha Zeta members on staff, tended to the animals and made sure no
one would get hurt. He said, "I like seeing all these animals out on
the
Brickyard. You get to see the cow, not just the steak.”
Throughout
Agricultural Awareness week, Alpha Zeta puts on numerous events to involve
people in a celebration of agriculture.
Throughout the week we invite other ag-related clubs to set up booths
along with our display of animals.
On
Monday, we did an administrative event on the brickyard. This event included
seed spitting; a tractor race and an egg toss among the participants. The Food
Science Club sponsored our lunch.
On Tuesday, we had an Alumni breakfast for
faculty from 7:30-9:30. During this time the faculties were invited to eat and
socialize with the officers and brothers in Alpha Zeta. There were about 7
alumni who showed up. AGR/CERES Fraternity sponsored our lunch for this day.
On
Wednesday, Richard Reich from the Commissioner of Ag Office and our local news
station, WRAL's Brian Shrader engaged in a milking contest. After two minutes
of milking, Reich's bucket of milk was twice as full as Brian's, sending the
title to the NCDA for the fourth year in a row.
At the end of Agriculture Awareness week, Thursday, we had a trophy
presentation given to the "most creative booth.” There was also a raffle ticket
drawing while Alpha Zeta sold lunch to the campus. All of the proceeds were
given to Alpha Zeta to cover costs like agriculture awareness week. Overall the week was a great success and we
were able to promote agriculture around NCSU!
It's actually Amanda Noble instead of Novle. : ) Thanks for the recognition! We are very proud of Ag Awareness Week and it is a great way to promote agriculture to students from all backgrounds at NCSU.
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