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National Agriculture Day
Today we celebrate National Agriculture Day, a time to recognize the value of agriculture in our daily lives. From the food we eat to the clothes we wear, agriculture is essential to all people. According to the Agriculture Council of America, there are 3.75 million Americans employed full- and part-time in agriculture, including forestry, fishing, and other activities.
For more information about National Ag Day, visit the Agriculture Council of America website. For general information, visit the U.S. Department of Agriculture website.
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March 23rd is National Agriculture Day, and has been since 1973, when the date was established alongside its sponsor, the Agriculture Council of America. But prior to National Ag Day, we had ‘Tommy Looks at Farming’, a ca. 1962 comic produced by the B.F. Goodrich Company to inform young people about “the vital role of agriculture in our health, economy, and security” and, of course, the importance of B.F. Goodrich Company products to that system.
This comic is Pam 2017.0810 in Hagley Library’s Published Collections, and is included in a collection of other promotional comic books in our Digital Archive. The items in this digital collection offer a selection of the promotional comic books held in our collection.
These works were generally, though not always, produced by corporations and other business entities for the purposes of advertising a product, managing a company’s public image, or providing consumer education. A number of these works were also produced with the goal of influencing public opinion regarding socioeconomic political issues such as organized labor and government regulation of businesses. Click here to view the digital collection online now.
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