UPDATED 3/19/15: The newest bundles of joy were welcomed with gift baskets at Kishwaukee Community Hospital and Valley West Hospital during National Agriculture Week, March 22-28. All new babies born during the week received special gift baskets filled with an assortment of ag-related products compliments of local farmers, ag groups and the DeKalb County Farm Bureau.
Farm Bureau partnered with the hospitals to commemorate National Agriculture Week and create an awareness of agriculture’s significance in our everyday lives.
The gift baskets given to new babies and their parents during Ag Week were filled with products which originate on the farm. The products in the basket included: baby wipes and lotion (glycerin), a bib (cotton), corn and soy snacks (corn and soybeans), baby books and ag magazine (corn starch, wood pulp), “onesie” (cotton), meat gift certificates (beef & pork), rice/oatmeal cereal (rice, oats), ice cream gift card (dairy), wool wax crème (lanolin) and a teddy bear (soybeans).
“National Agriculture Week is a time to call attention to how agriculture impacts our lives and also recognize its role in our local communities,” said Mariam Wassmann, director of information for DeKalb County Farm Bureau. “Production agriculture contributes over $350 million to the local economy and additionally provides jobs and generates tax dollars.”
Sponsors of the Ag Week Baby Baskets included: DeKalb Area Pork Producers, DeKalb County Corn & Soybean Growers, DeKalb County Lamb & Wool Producers, DeKalb-Kane Cattlemen’s Association, Kishwaukee Dairy Herd Improvement Association and the DeKalb County Farm Bureau.
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