The College of Agriculture celebrated Ag Week today with a picnic in front of Comer Hall.
Sarah Stephenson, junior in poultry science, is one of the students who was in charge of the event.
"A lot of people don't know about Ag and all that it entails," Stephenson said. "Basically, we put on this big week where everybody gets to learn about agriculture and see what it looks like. Today is the Spring Ag Hill Picnic and this is a big day for us. We have a lot of faculty, staff and students that come out and purchase a picnic ticket. We thought a fun a way to do it, since it is on a Wednesday, is to bring a camel out here."
There has been a great turnout so far, according the Stephenson.
"We really promoted it on Twitter and out on the concourse, like hashtagging and all sorts of things like that," Stephenson said. "We brought him (camel) as a way to get people to come to the picnic. They'll see the #AgWeek on twitter and when they see all the stuff that's on there they'll learn a lot about agriculture and that's a cool thing for us."
Many students came to take pictures with the camel, which will be uploaded to the Auburn Agriculture Facebook page.
Anna Kincaid, sophomore in animal science, came out to support her friends working the event and was excited about the picnic.
"I came here to eat the food because it's catfish from Alabama and it's chicken from the poultry farm," Kincaid said. "I'm here supporting Ag. I wanted to come out and help too."
Lucy Riley, sophomore in human development and family studies, attended the Ag Week Picnic event for the first time.
"I will probably come again next year," Riley said.
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