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For Immediate Release: September 18, 2006

Taste Missouri’s Finest on Gameday at the AgriMissouri™ Food Festival

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) – On Sept. 23, AgriMissouri™, a program of the Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), will host the AgriMissouri™ Food Festival while rooting on the Missouri Tigers as they take on Ohio. The AgriMissouri™ Food Festival will be held at the Walsworth Plaza at the Mizzou Arena on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

“Missouri is home to many great products made, grown and processed in our state,” said Fred Ferrell, director of MDA. “And this is a great opportunity to experience a variety of regional and unique food products that our state has to offer.”

All are welcome to visit 20 AgriMissouri™ companies at the Food Festival and sample the products they have to offer including unique jams, jellies, barbecue sauces, cheeses, milk, summer sausage, soup, dip mixes, honey, honey ice cream and pecans.

AgriMissouri™ promotes agritourism businesses, farmers’ markets and products grown, processed and made in Missouri. For more information about the AgriMissouri™ Food Festival or program, contact Sarah Gehring at (573) 522-9213 or Sarah.Gehring@mda.mo.gov.

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