AUGUST 2024 TOOLKIT
YEAR IN REVIEW
On behalf of the FANR team, thank you for your dedication to spreading the word about the innovative and impactful research, education, and Extension efforts on your campuses and in communities and regions. This month, we would like to provide a compilation of the previous 11 toolkits (September 2023 – July 2024). As always, we welcome your feedback.
PAST TOOLKITS
BUILDING THE FUTURE: CELEBRATING EDUCATORS’ DETERMINATION AND IMPACT
PROTECTING ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH
GIVING THANKS: STORIES FROM OUR COMMUNITIES
CONNECTING AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND HEALTH
INNOVATING FOR THE FUTURE: CLIMATE-SMART SOLUTIONS
CELEBRATING 1890 LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES
LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES COLLABORATING TO INCREASE PRODUCERS’ PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITS
ENHANCING WATER EFFICIENCY AND MANAGEMENT
ADVANCING AG WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
AVIAN FLU THREATS: The United States Needs to Prepare and Prevent Mutations that could Spread Among Humans
LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES: FORTIFYING FOOD SECURITY AND PROTECTING NATIONAL SECURITY
2024 CLIMATE PUBLICATION
The 2024 report America’s Public & Land-grant Universities: Leveraging Discovery, Education, and Engagement for Climate-Smart Solutions highlights how public and land-grant universities are on the leading edge of addressing climate change, creating and implementing practical solutions, and building a sustainable future.
NATIONAL LAND-GRANT IMPACTS DATABASE
The National Land-grant Impacts Database (NIDB) is the nation’s most extensive repository of the land-grant system’s collective impact statements in research, education, and Extension. Impact statements are used for variety of purposes, including advocacy, accountability, and education. We encourage you to submit your impact statements throughout the year so APLU, NIFA, and other stakeholders have access to timely impacts from your university.
- Access the database.
- View the featured educational materials.
- Just getting started? Check out the NIDB Jump Start document.
- Need to add or remove an inputter? Contact Kim Scotto at [email protected].
SOCIAL MEDIA
Looking for pre-made stories to feature? Check out:
- Land-grant Impacts
Scroll down to "View by Institution" and click your university's name. Only institutions who submitted impacts to the National Impacts Database in 2023 are listed. This page features research and Extension impacts. - Multistate Research Funds Impacts
Scroll down to "Filter by Institution" on the sidebar and click your university's name. This page features research impacts.
Feel free to reach out to us with specific posts that you would like @AgIsAmerica to share. Please email your request to Kim Scotto at [email protected] or use #AgIsAmerica.
HASHTAGS AND HANDLES
HASHTAGS
#LandGrantUniversities
#AgIsAmerica
HANDLES
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Ag is America |
@AgIsAmerica |
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APLU Ag |
@APLU_Ag |
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Sec. Vilsack (Secretary of Agriculture) |
@SecVilsack |
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USDA |
@USDA |
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USDA National Institute of Food & Ag |
@USDA_NIFA |
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APLU |
@APLU_News |
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Cooperative Extension |
@Ext100Years |
CALENDAR
AUGUST HOLIDAYS
MONTHS
National Catfish Month, #NationalCatfishMonth
National Water Quality Month, #WaterQuality
National Wellness Month, #WellnessMonth #Wellfie
WEEKS
August 4-10: National Farmers Market Week, #FarmersMarketWeek, #LoveMyMarket, @FMCorg
DAYS
August 2: International Beer Day, #InternationalBeerDay
August 3: National Watermelon Day, #NationalWatermelonDay
August 3: National Mustard Day, #NationalMustardDay
August 5: National Oyster Day, #NationalOysterDay
August 17: World Honeybee Day, #WorldHoneybeeDay
August 19: National Potato Day, #NationalPotatoDay
August 22: World Plant Milk Day, #WorldPlantMilkDay
August 25: National Park Service Founders Day, #NPSFoundersDay
August 27: National Peach Day, #NationalPeachDay
August 30: National Beach Day, #NationalBeachDay
August 30: Anniversary of Second Morrill Act (1890s), #1890Strong
Source: August - National Day Calendar
