The Chairman of the National Farm-City Council this year is Al Pell, AgDay TV. He’s on the scene here in Washington, DC for the National Farm-City Week Luncheon and I caught up to him while our entertainer, Michael Peterson, was warming up. Al’s on the left by the way.

Al says the purpose of the luncheon is to draw attention in advance to National Farm-City Week which officially kicks off the Friday before Thanksgiving. Having this event in Washington, DC really helps create awareness. You can listen to Al explain this in an excerpt from an interview I did with him just a few minutes ago: farm-city-07-pell-1.mp3

I’ll post my full interview with Al in next week’s ZimmCast.

Al says that Michael Peterson will have a very inspirational message for us today and I’ll be recording it to post for you this afternoon. I know we’re going to hear some of Michael’s famous songs. At least that’s what he was doing during his sound check.

We’re also going to hear from AgriTalk’s Mike Adams today. In fact, the show will be live and we’re going to start the luncheon at halftime with Mike being our emcee.