By Anna Morgan Duke
Alabama will celebrate Woods to Goods Week, Oct. 20 – 26. The week-long celebration aims to promote the state’s forest products industry’s professionals, resources, companies and environmental and economic impact. Gov. Kay Ivey plans to proclaim the third week in October as Alabama Woods to Goods Week to coincide with National Forest Products Week.
The forest and forest-products industry contributes more than $36 billion to Alabama’s economy and is more than just an industry to the 123,624 Alabamians who are employed as a result of the economic activity it generates.
Alabama’s Woods to Goods Week is a promotional event to celebrate the state’s second largest manufacturing industry and the impact of the industry’s loggers, truck drivers, mill owners, mill employees, landowners, foresters and the many others who dedicate their lives to the forest industry. These individuals make an impact not only in their local communities, but also statewide, nationally and around the world.