{"id":10389,"date":"2024-08-12T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=10389"},"modified":"2024-08-12T10:00:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T15:00:35","slug":"advancing-ag-at-the-missouri-state-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2024\/08\/12\/advancing-ag-at-the-missouri-state-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing agriculture and much more at the Missouri State Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/DSC00914-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DSC00914-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"President Choi at the 2024 Missouri State Fair opening ceremony.\" class=\"wp-image-10390\" style=\"width:350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>President Choi at the 2024 Missouri State Fair opening ceremony.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, we were proud to kick off the 2024 Missouri State Fair in Sedalia by once again hosting Mizzou Day. It was an honor to participate in the opening ceremony with <a>Gov. Mike Parson, Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn<\/a>\u00a0and other community leaders to celebrate Missouri as well as our state&#8217;s top economic driver, agriculture, and so much more!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout Missouri, CAFNR and Extension work alongside producers and industry partners to support the state\u2019s ag industry and contribute to Mizzou&#8217;s $5 billion economic impact. But, this year\u2019s celebration involved so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/20240808_1027401-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240808_1027401-1024x522.jpg\" alt=\"The CAFNR booth in Mizzou Central showcases family-friendly events, as well as information on CAFNR\u2019s 14 degree programs. Opening day was represented by Food Science &amp; Nutrition.\" class=\"wp-image-10400\" style=\"width:350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>The CAFNR booth in Mizzou Central showcases family-friendly events, as well as information on CAFNR\u2019s 14 degree programs. Opening day was represented by Food Science &amp; Nutrition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We had every single college represented (including CAFNR, Law, Engineering, Arts &amp; Science, Trulaske Business, Education &amp; Human Development, Nursing, Vet Medicine, Health Sciences, Journalism and Medicine).\u00a0Our world-class nuclear research reactor (MURR) also displayed the newest innovations in cancer fighting treatments.\u00a0Through our teaching, research and engagement, we make a difference to more than 1.2 million.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The State Fair continues through this week, so make sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/showme.missouri.edu\/mizzou-at-the-2024-missouri-state-fair\/\">visit Mizzou Central<\/a> \u2013 your one-stop destination for all things Mizzou \u2013 to learn more about our land-grant mission and how we serve each Missouri community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/20240808_1202141-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240808_1202141-1024x522.jpg\" alt=\"4-H exhibitors during the 2024 State Fair.\" class=\"wp-image-10397\" style=\"width:350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">4-H exhibitors during the 2024 Missouri State Fair. 4-H is a part of MU Extension.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/20240808_1210001-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240808_1210001-1024x523.jpg\" alt=\"(Left to right) Chelse\u00e1 Mitchell, director of the Mizzou Law Criminal Practice Clinic; Dean Hargett, coordinator of admissions and recruitment; President Choi; Don Seitz, director of the Mizzou Law Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic; Paul Litton, dean of Mizzou Law at the Mizzou Law booth in Mizzou Central.\" class=\"wp-image-10398\" style=\"width:350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>(Left to right) Chelse\u00e1 Mitchell, director of the Criminal Practice Clinic; Dean Hargett, coordinator of admissions and recruitment; President Choi; Don Seitz, director of the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic; and Paul Litton, dean of Mizzou Law. Among other services, the Mizzou Law booth in Mizzou Central provides information about the school\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/law.missouri.edu\/academics\/clinics\/\">four free legal clinics<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, we were proud to kick off the 2024 Missouri State Fair in Sedalia by once again hosting Mizzou Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}