If you haven’t voted for your favorite video in the Alpharma, Reach Teach Learn Student Video Contest, now’s the time. Voting began on Monday, November 30 and goes through December 28, 2009.
Earlier this fall ag students from across the country submitted short video clips depicting anything related to agriculture and food production. Students received a $25 gift card for each video accepted, up to 10. Students submitted more than 140 clips to the contest Web site. In the second phase of the contest, students used these clips, along with their own footage and media, to compile a video conveying the role of modern agriculture in American society.
Video titles and submitting universities are as follows:
• Perennial Wheat – Michigan State University
• Naked and Hungry – University of Missouri
• A Call to Farm – University of Florida
• Agriculture: Who Cares? – Oklahoma State University
• Corn and Its Many Lives – University of Wisconsin-River Falls
• Agriculture is Our Soul – Sam Houston State University
• The AgriQuiz – Ohio Northern University
The video with the combination of the most votes and judges score will receive $5,000, with second and third place receiving $2,000 and $1,000 prizes, respectively. The winning videos will also be posted on YouTube and other social networking sites where visitors will be able to see the video and have a better understanding of how food is produced, as well as the care that is given to farm animals.