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Animal Agriculture Alliance Welcomes Dairy Management Inc as College Aggies Online's Top Sponsor
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:28:17 CDT
The Animal Agriculture Alliance's annual College Aggies Online (CAO) scholarship competition begins September 10, 2017 with Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) as its largest supporter.
"We are thrilled to have DMI return as our largest sponsor for this year's College Aggies Online program," said Kay Johnson Smith, president and CEO at the Alliance. "DMI brings so much value and excitement to the students participating and we can't wait to make this year the best yet."
Collegiate clubs and individuals will compete for more than $16,000 in scholarships and mini prizes while engaging online and in person about food and agriculture. The program presents a unique opportunity for students to network with leaders from a wide variety of companies and organizations representing the animal agriculture community.
In addition to sponsoring, DMI will offer hands-on guidance to students as a mentor throughout the individual competition. Don Schindler, senior vice president of digital innovations at DMI will host a webinar about breaking out of the "ag echo chamber" and how to talk to consumers about agriculture issues, provide feedback on social media posts created by the students and help answer any questions the students may have about effective engagement.
"CAO is one of the best programs out there that helps college students become advocates for agriculture," said Schindler. "I am proud to be a part of the program on behalf of DMI."
DMI is not only involved in the individual competition of CAO, but will provide resources and support for the club competition with its "Undeniably Dairy" challenge. For this challenge, clubs will host a booth on their campus and hand out pizza or tacos to fellow students to promote and engage about the nutritional benefits of cheese and dairy while also sharing how dairy gets from the farm to the store. Clubs can also host a booth at an athletic event while handing out chocolate milk for muscle recovery.
DMI has supported CAO for the last three years and is the national checkoff organization promoting dairy farmers and the milk, cheese, yogurt and other foods dairy farmers provide to families.
Collegiate clubs and individuals interested in promoting agriculture and becoming confident communicators are invited to sign up through October 1, 2017.
CAO would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. 2017 sponsors include: Dairy Management, Inc., the National Pork Industry Foundation, CHS Foundation, Pork Checkoff, Monsanto, Domino's Pizza Inc., Biotechnology Innovation Organization, Kuhn North America and the Ohio Poultry Association. Businesses interested in becoming a sponsor of this program can find more information, by clicking here.
Source - Animal Agriculture Alliance
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