Please Contact:
Governor Tom Vilsack
Capitol Building, Des Moines, Iowa 50309
(515) 281-5211
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(If neither of these e-mail addresses aren't viable, please go to:
http://www.iowaccess.org/governor/comments/capitol_correspond/index.html
and here is how to reach the governor's staff:
http://www.iowaccess.org/governor/comments/staff_mail.html )
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AP v8039 m 0ia-n
AP-IA-VILSACK-TRADE
IOWA NEWS!
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GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES SIX-DAY AFRICA TRADE MISSION
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(DES MOINES-AP) -- Governor Vilsack has announced plans for a six-day
trade mission to Africa, hoping to tap into an untapped market for Iowa
products.

Another goal is to improve farm technology in the impoverished continent.
Vilsack leaves this Saturday and will visit South Africa and Nigeria.

He'll be joined by officials from Iowa State, business
leaders and former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young.

The trip is being financed by the Healthy Harvest Foundation, a nonprofit
group, and won't cost the state anything.  Young founded the group with a
goal of increasing bio-technology in Africa.

The trade mission was thrown together rapidly, and is the first time an
Iowa governor has made an official trip to Africa.  Young met with Vilsack
three weeks ago during a meeting of the National Governors Association.

(COPYRIGHT 2001 BY TTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)
APNP 08-23-01  1307CDT
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More on Andrew Young (from a quick web search):

http://www.kenyaembassy.com/ambassador.html
http://www.afire.org/AMM2000Photos.html
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Newsletters/ucon_3998.html
http://www.hrw.org/worldreport/Asia.htm
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr1999/m04021999_m020-99.html
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Posted by Ericka Dana, OCA Iowa Regional Coordinator,
http://www.purefood.org
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Ericka Dana
Catnip Farm, OCIA Certified Organic, Iowa County
(319) 685-4270 <[log in to unmask]>
Box 72, Victor, IA 52347
Organic Consumers Association Regional Coordinator
http://www.purefood.org
Sierra Club Iowa Chapter Executive Committee
 http://www.sierraclub.org/chapters/ia/
Managing Editor, Iowa City Area Sierra Club News
Iowa City Area Sierra Club Executive Committee
http://www.sierraclub.org/chapters/ia/icag/
Director, Midwest Anti-Drift Coalition
http://www.IowaFarmer.com/000617/drift2.htm
http://www.StopDrift.org (under construction)
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