AgIsAmerica
AgIsAmerica is an initiative of APLU’s Board on Agriculture Assembly that highlights how public and land-grant universities are advancing agriculture to feed our communities and the world, strengthen our rural and the national economy, and safeguard public health.
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Social Media
Tag us @AgIsAmerica or use the hashtags #AgIsAmerica or #LandGrantUniversities.
Want your story featured on AgIsAmerica social media? Email agcomms@aplu.org.
Spotlights
Avian Influenza
Public and land-grant universities across the nation are at the forefront of research, education, and Extension efforts to develop and disseminate research findings that can prevent or minimize avian influenza outbreaks.
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National Ag Week
Public and land-grant universities across the nation are at the forefront of research, education, and Extension efforts to develop and disseminate research findings that can prevent or minimize avian influenza outbreaks.
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National Impacts Database
The National Land-Grant Impacts Database (NIDB) is the nation’s most extensive repository of the land-grant system’s collective impacts statements in research, education, and Extension. It serves as a comprehensive and important resource for the land-grant system to tell their stories.
Photo courtesy of Oklahoma State University.
FAST FACTS
- Impact statements are submitted directly by university faculty and staff, including communicators, Extension and Experiment Station directors, reporting and evaluation staff, government affairs staff, and more. To find out your institution's inputters or add/remove an inputter, please email agcomms@aplu.org.
- We encourage communicators to be involved in the process of creating statements, even if you are not the final inputter. During the process, please refer to these Impact Writing Tips.
- We encourage communicators to be involved in the process of creating statements, even if you are not the final inputter. During the process, please refer to these Impact Writing Tips.
- Impact statements are used throughout the year by APLU, NIFA, and others for blog posts, social media campaigns, talking points and briefs for leadership, and more. Each year, a team of LGU communicators creates educational materials highlighting exemplary impact statements.
- Impact statements fulfill state and federal reporting needs, and show public accountability for use of federal, state, and other funds.
