WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will appear at Purdue University next week to meet with students, faculty and statewide agricultural industry leaders.

The university says that during his visit to West Lafayette on April 2, and he will meet with the College of Agriculture student leaders who have organized Hammer Down Hunger, an annual event in celebration of Ag Week.

This year the program will prepare 150,000 meals to be distributed throughout central Indiana and abroad.

Purdue President Mitch Daniels will host Perdue for a conversation open to the public from 9-10 a.m. in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall.