Roundup: U president's first visit to rural Minnesota

New University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler made his first trip to rural Minnesota last week, visiting FarmFest for two days.

August 11, 2011 at 7:32PM

New University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler made his first trip to rural Minnesota last week, spending Wednesday at Farmfest.

Agri News published today a pretty complete description of what he was up to there. According to that article and other accounts, Kaler ate corn ice cream, spoke about the importance of agriculture, met with future farmers and climbed into an ethonal-powered race car.

Watch the U's documentation of the happenings here:

The Agri News article ends on this note:

Here's his full schedule, from the U:

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