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Mass. Agriculture Calendar Photo Contest Returns with Educational Twist

The Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture, in collaboration with Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom, Inc., announces the 2003 Massachusetts Agriculture Photo Contest. Winning photos will be featured in a new 18 month 2003/2004 Massachusetts Agriculture School Year Calendar.

Amateur photographers are invited to submit photographs of Massachusetts farms and agricultural products. Eighteen photos will be selected, one for each month. Photos will be selected that depict the diversity of agriculture and horticulture in the state throughout the year.

Winning photographers will be credited in the calendar, will be invited to attend a winner's ceremony at the Eastern States Exposition (The Big E) in Springfield in September, and will receive a basket of Massachusetts products.

The Massachusetts Agriculture School Year Calendar will also feature facts and figures about Bay State agriculture and horticulture and other useful resources for students and teachers. The calendar will be distributed to schools across the commonwealth and will be available at selected public events next fall.

Deadline for submissions is April 1, 2003. For details and an entry form, contact Rick LeBlanc at 413-545-2353.

Rules

  • All photos must depict an aspect of Massachusetts agriculture or horticulture.
  • Photos must have been taken in Massachusetts within the past three years.
  • Entrants must be a resident of Massachusetts.
  • Professional photographers are not eligible to enter.
  • Photos must be taken by entrants.
  • All entries must be photographic prints, slides or in digital format. Digital photos may be submitted via email, on disk, or CD. Prints are to be no smaller than 4x6 inches and no larger than 8x10 inches. Photos must not be framed or mounted.
  • Original negative or slide should be available upon request.
  • Photographers may submit no more than five photos.

On an index card or paper, type or neatly print the following information and attach with tape to the back of the photo:

  • entrant name
  • address
  • telephone number
  • where the photo was taken
  • month and year photo was taken

Please do not write on the back of the photo, staple or use paper clips, as they will damage the photograph.

Winning photos will become the property of the Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture and Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom, Inc. MDFA and MAC, Inc. reserve the right to use winning photos on the organizations' websites and consumer publications. Neither MDFA nor MAC, Inc. will be held responsible for lost submissions.

Employees of the Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture and Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom, Inc. are not eligible to enter the contest.

Send entries to: Photo-Contest, Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture, 251 Causeway Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02114,Richard.LeBlanc@state.ma.us.

  
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