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2-6-2004 |
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HUNTINGTON AREA NOW RECEIVING "TODAY IN AGRICULTURE" BROADCASTS “Today in Agriculture,” the monthly educational television program produced by the West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA), can now be seen in the Huntington area, a development that boosts potential viewership to more than a half-million households. The show is broadcast on the Educational Information Channel (Channel 25) on Adelphia Cable in Cabell, Wayne and Putnam counties, on the West Virginia Library Television Network (Channel 11) on Charter Communications in Fayette, Lincoln, Kanawha and Putnam counties, and on Southern West Virginia Community College’s channel 4 in the Logan/Williamson area. “A lot more goes on in agriculture in this state than most people realize,” said Commissioner of Agriculture Gus R. Douglass. “The ‘Today in Agriculture’ show opens a window on a world most West Virginians only come into contact with when they visit the grocery store. Even in rural West Virginia, very few people actually have visited a farm to see what goes on.” Although much of the programming focuses on Department-related activities, such as recent innovations to the Department’s Donated Foods Program, other segments show what other organizations are doing to support the farm community. Featured topics have included the Natural Capital Investment Fund, which helps agriculturally based businesses to obtain development capital to expand their operations, and the AgrAbility Program, which helps disabled farmers remain in farming by finding technical and financial solutions to their individual obstacles. ‘Today in Agriculture’ will air in the Huntington area
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 p.m. The show is also broadcast by Southern West Virginia Community College in the Logan / Williamson area on local channel 4. That area has nearly 30,000 viewing households. A schedule of programs is available at www.southern.wvnet.edu/tv/default.htm. Contact: Buddy Davidson The West Virginia Department of Agriculture protects plant, animal and human health through a variety of scientific, regulatory and consumer protection programs, as mandated by state law. The Commissioner of Agriculture is one of six statewide elected officials in West Virginia. Currently, Commissioner Gus R. Douglass is the longest-serving agriculture commissioner in the nation. For more information, visit www.wvagriculture.org. |
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