Melinda Walls, Assistant Vice President of West Virginia University’s Launch Lab, spoke to the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee today to introduce the Launch Lab Program and a few of its students. The Launch Lab is a center to help student vet ideas and connect them with the resources to turn their ideas into reality.
Jordan Masters, Emily Wells, and Micah Allen presented their ideas and businesses to the committee and explained how the Launch Lab benefited them in their endeavors.
Kent Leonhardt, Commissioner of Agriculture-elect, presented a few of his ideas for the Department of Agriculture. He said he wants people to remember that agriculture is a business. He wants to bring forestry back to the Department of Agriculture.
Leonhardt said he wants to start small, because slow change is permanent change.
The committee also approved the 2016-2017 final report.
