2018 Farm-City Contest

Marion County Regulations: http: //offices.aces.edu/marion/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2018/09/Farm-City-2018-Rules.pdf

** All entries must be selected by the Marion County Extension Office Marion County Farm City Committee by 31 October 2018. The first job will be submitted by the Marion County Council for state submission. **

DUE: You can return your entry to the scheduled 4-H club meeting or send your entry to Marion County Extended Office by 31 October 2018.

Alabama was engraved in Mississippi in 1817 and Alabama joined the federal state on December 14, 1819 and became the 22nd state. At that time, agriculture was the lifestyle of most Alabama people, but interdependence relationship between urban and rural areas has already been revealed. In cities that emerge along major waterways, farmers use mobile ports to transport goods from the inland to the global market. In the past 200 years, technology has changed the footprints and urban landscape of Alabama's agriculture. Old scorpions and plows have been replaced with GPS compatible tractors and covered crops. Farmers have accepted the importance of diversification of crop rotation and agriculture to protect soil nutrients and to prevent market instability. The former 'Cotton State' currently produces various agricultural products ranging from wood, beef, pork, chicken to fruits, vegetables, nuts, corn and soybeans. The riverside, farmers, merchants, merchants, who once flourished, developed into a densely populated urban center with towering high-rise buildings. Today, many urban dwellers do not go through the farm where they work. Everyone depends on agriculture for foods, clothes, shelters, etc. regardless of their careers, such as lawyers, doctors, mechanics, bankers, teachers, scientists, etc. Over the past 200 years, we celebrate the contribution of farmers in our country.

Farm-City held three competitions, poster, essay and multimedia, and in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the state, the theme of 2018 was "Alabama Agriculture 200 Years". There are two types of poster competition, from kindergarten to 3rd grade and 2nd grade to 4th grade to 6th grade, one from seventh grade to ninth grade and the other from 10th grade to 12th grade. The multimedia competition is open to all students in Alabama state from grade 9 to 12.

K - 12 students celebrating Farm City Week this week 's Thanksgiving are encouraged to participate in posters, prose and multimedia projects in three farm - themed theme games. In addition, there are Farm City Awards, Farm City Council Competition and Farm Race Farm Competition. The competition was sponsored by Alabama Farm City Council of the classroom Alabama Ag and Alabama Peasant Cooperative. Farm-City held three competitions, poster, essay and multimedia, and in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the state, the theme of 2018 was "Alabama Agriculture 200 Years". There are two types of poster competition, from kindergarten to 3rd grade and 2nd grade to 4th grade to 6th grade, one from seventh grade to ninth grade and the other from 10th grade to 12th grade. The multimedia competition is open to all students in Alabama state from grade 9 to 12.

Alabama Farm City Council is once again excited to host multimedia competitions, poster competitions and essay competitions for young people in Marion County. Competition is sponsored by the Alabama Peasant Cooperative and complements farm city posters and essay competition by providing different channels to students to express their creativity. The theme of 2017 for all three competitions is "agriculture: food of life". The theme of "Agriculture: food of life" in 2017 of the National Agricultural Day and Agricultural City Week Week captures the essence of agriculture. It is not agriculture, there are no other industries and activities related to "life". Farmers produce cereals, proteins, fruits, vegetables, nuts and dairy products that sustain life. The food we eat is actually the fuel of our body. Without it, life will be unsustainable. Agriculture, however, is intertwined with "life" in other ways. Private farms and forest areas provide wildlife habitats and food and support the lives of all natural creatures. Food is indispensable