The Delaware Department of Agriculture can provide speakers on a variety of agricultural and food issues to your organization or group. Subjects can include:

• Aglands (Farmland) Preservation Program
• Agricultural Education
• Agritourism
• Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO’s)
• Farmers’ Markets
• Farm to School
• Forestry (wildland firefighting, forest Health, forest management, watershed, urban forestry and careers in forestry)
• Food Safety
• Healing and Enabling Gardens
• Horse Racing
• Invasive Plants and Insects
• Livestock Health
• Native Plants
• Nutrient Management
• Pesticides (pesticide registration, application, agricultural pesticides, groundwater monitoring)
• Poultry Health
• Weights and Measures (scanner inspections, gas pump inspections, commercial scales, heating fuel meters)
• Young Farmers Loan Program

To request a speaker, contact Stacey Hofmann, Chief of Community Relations, at (800) 262-8685 (toll-free) or (302) 698-4542 (office) or E-mail: stacey.hofmann@delaware.gov. Please include your organization’s name and information; preferred dates, times and locations; the audience (size, background, ages); and the format of the event (single speaker, roundtable discussion, brown-bag lunch, etc.)