Monday, December 21, 2009

Outdoor Power Equipment Institute Sponsors Webinar Series for Agricultural Educators

The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) today appear that it will sponsor a alternation of Webinars for associates of the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) as a appropriate activity of the National FFA Foundation. To annals for a Webinar or for added information, go to https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/236597879.

More than 12,000 agronomical educators will be able to assurance up for chargeless Webinars acclamation capacity important for their able development and classroom curriculums. Webinars will abode issues such as all-around altitude change, agronomical policy, accommodation grass administration and addition fuels. All Webinar participants can accept continuing apprenticeship credits for participation.

On September 29th from 3:30 to 5:00 message EDT, the aboriginal affair to bang off the Webinar alternation will focus on Ethanol. Titled “Ethanol at the Pump: How Will it Revolutionize the Industry?” this Webinar will altercate the challenges in transitioning engines acclimated in automobiles, gasoline acreage equipment, account vehicles, chainsaws, lawnmowers, ATVs, motorcycles, generators, boats and abyssal engines and all added engine accessories to greater amounts of booze and added cellulosic fuels in ammunition blends.

Webinar presenters will cover Kris Kiser, agent for the Alliance for a Safe Alternative Fuels Environment (AllSAFE) and Vice President, Public Affairs for the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, Bob Dinneen, President of the Renewable Fuels Association, and Joan Glickman, Team Lead, Biofuels Infrastructure at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

“We are actual aflame to accept OPEI absolute its knowledge, acumen and relationships with key industry assembly appear our educational program,” said Alissa F. Smith, Associate Executive Director, National Association of Agricultural Educators. “Our associates can now accept above educational programs appropriate in their home or at their office, extenuative the amount of travel.”

“Our affiliation with NAAE as a appropriate activity of the National FFA Foundation is a accustomed fit for OPEI,” said Kris Kiser, Vice President, Public Affairs for OPEI. “As the boundaries of acceptable agronomical acreage accord way to the suburbs, you accept a growing burghal agronomical association in this country and now added than ever, our organizations accept common, actual important issues to address, such as carbon sequestration, baptize and pesticide use, safety, emissions, to name a few.”

About NAAE
NAAE is the able affiliation for agronomical educators at every level. Its mission is “professionals accouterment agronomical apprenticeship for the all-around association through abstracted leadership, advancement and service." NAAE has added than 8,000 associates nationwide. The NAAE appointment is amid in Lexington, Ky. For added advice about NAAE, appointment www.naae.org

About the National FFA Foundation
The National FFA Foundation, aforetime accepted as the Future Farmers of America, is a civic adolescence alignment of 500,823 apprentice associates all advancing for administration and careers in the science, business and technology of agronomics as allotment of 7,358 bounded FFA capacity in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The National FFA Foundation afflicted to its present name in 1988, in acceptance of the advance and assortment of agronomics and agronomical education. The FFA mission is to accomplish a absolute aberration in the lives of acceptance by developing their abeyant for arch leadership, claimed advance and career success through agronomical education. Visit www.ffa.org for added information.

About OPEI
OPEI is an all-embracing barter affiliation apery the $15 billion landscape, forestry, account and backyard accessories accomplishment industry. OPEI is committed to advancing efforts to ensure chump assurance and acceptance to alfresco ability accessories in adjustment to advance and enhance alfresco landscapes. OPEI works with federal, accompaniment and bounded groups to ensure that accessories operates efficiently, bigger and is absolutely discharge compliant. For added advice on OPEI appointment www.OPEI.org.

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