diff --git a/README b/README
index d341194..97610ff 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -51,13 +51,15 @@ and re-run the task.
 
 db_populate rake tasks
 ======================
-db_populate includes two rake tasks:
+db_populate includes three rake tasks:
 
 rake db:populate loads all of the data for the current environment
 rake db:migrate_and_populate is the same as calling rake db:migrate followed by rake db:populate
+rake db:reset_and_populate is the same as calling rake db:reset followed by rake db:populate
 
 History
 =======
+2009-09-15 Add db:reset_and_populate task
 2009-05-17 Fix typo in README
 2009-03-21 Patch from Ahmed El-Daly to allow PKs with names other than id
 2008-10-11 Initial release
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diff --git a/db_populate.gemspec b/db_populate.gemspec
index b9d9796..d403a8f 100644
--- a/db_populate.gemspec
+++ b/db_populate.gemspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name     = "db_populate"
-  s.version  = "0.2.3"
-  s.date     = "2009-05-17"
+  s.version  = "0.2.4"
+  s.date     = "2009-09-15"
   s.summary  = "Seed data populator for Rails"
   s.email    = "MikeG1@larkfarm.com"
   s.homepage = "http://github.com/ffmike/db-populate/tree/master"
diff --git a/tasks/populate.rake b/tasks/populate.rake
index d4306e4..a94235b 100644
--- a/tasks/populate.rake
+++ b/tasks/populate.rake
@@ -18,4 +18,9 @@ namespace :db do
 
   task :migrate_and_load => [ 'db:migrate', 'db:populate' ]
   
+  desc "Drop and reset the database for the current environment and then load seed data"
+  task :reset_and_populate => [ 'db:reset', 'db:populate']
+
+  task :reset_and_load => [ 'db:reset', 'db:populate']
+  
 end
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