FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 13, 2000
"Forestry---Seedling to Saw" Topic of November SC Ag Council Meeting
(Columbia, SC)---South Carolina Ag Council will hold its final meeting of the year on Thurdsay, November 16, 2000, at at the SC Farm Bureau, 724 Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce, S.C. Registration will begin at 9:30 AM followed by the program at 10:00 AM.
Bob Scott, Executive Director of the SC Forestry Association, will present an overview of the state's forestry industry. He will be followed by Bob Fledderman, Environmental Manager of Westvaco, who will present issues facing the SC forestry industry. In addition, Mike Windhorn, General Regional Forester/Wood Procurement Operations of Bowater, Inc., will offer a general introduction of SC's Forestry Industry and Bowater, Inc. from an agribusiness point-of-view. And, Dwight Stewart, Forestry Consultant from Manning, SC, will round out the program with information regarding the forestry consulting business in the state.
After the program, Faith Lawrimore of the SC Farm Bureau Federation, will launch Farm-City Week in South Carolina. Farm-City Week, November 17-23, salutes the men and women who work every day to provide millions of Americans with numerous products, from the Thanksgiving turkey to the detergent for washing dishes. and from the paper or cotton napkins on the table to the walls around us. Farm-City Week is a time to reflect on our blessings, and a time to develop cooperation, encourage understanding, and solidify relations between rural and urban residents.
Founded by Kiwanis International Agriculture and Conservation Committee, Farm-City Week was established to unify all workers---farmers and non-farmers. Thanksgiving, the holiday on which we give thanks for our blessings, is the appropriate time to reflect on the interdependence of all people---people from all walks of life engaged in the business of providing food, fiber, and shelter.
Every job---rural and urban---is linked to agriculture in one way or another. Neither a farm nor a city can exist in isolation. Hand in hand the two create jobs, products, markets, and relationships that maintain our strong economy. During Farm-City Week, South Carolina counties will help strengthen this bond through various activities throughout the state.
The public is invited to attend. To register for this special meeting which includes lunch, send $7 per person to: Stephen Pavlasek, % SC Ag Statistics Service, 1835 Assembly Street, Room 1008, PO Box 1911, Columbia, SC, 29202, or call 803-765-5333.
For more information, call Julian Barton, SC Agricultural Council President, at 803-796-6700.