Leadership Georgia is an educational program designed to address current issues confronting the state. Each year, five meetings are scheduled at various locations throughout the state; this year, Leadership Georgia has chosen to hold a session March 13th-15th at the Lake Blackshear Retreat in Cordele. The focus of the 3-day event is Georgia agriculture, one of the state’s leading strategic industries.

Bill Boone, director of the Agriculture Innovation Center (AgIC), will be one of the event’s presenters as well as a participant in a panel discussion and a field demonstration with three of AgIC’s clients. AgIC is also planning to give a tour of a recycling facility in Arabi that produces their feedstock from corn syrup.

“My role in the panel discussion is to address the Ag Innovation Center’s leadership role in orchestrating an economic development strategy for Georgia in order to produce synergy and enhance collaboration across state agencies,” said Boone. “Most people do not realize that agriculture is responsible for bringing in $10 billion directly each year and $55 billion indirectly.”

For more information, visit agriculture.georgiainnovation.org or call 229-391-6882.