Projects
Visit From Miss America 2017 Savvy Shields Planned for First Peas to the Table Contest Winner
The winner of the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture’s First Peas to the Table Contest is Mary Tomlin’s third-grade class at Fayette Academy in Somerville, Tennessee. Tomlin’s classroom wins the grand prize – a visit from Miss America 2017 Savvy Shields.
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YOUR donations mean the world to us
Your donations help bring agriculture into classrooms across the country!
Celebrating Volunteers: The Schramms
We love hearing about your ag literacy efforts all across the country!
YOUR donations make a difference
We are so grateful for all of the generous donations we get from people like YOU!
One special project your donations help fund is the White-Reinhardt mini-grant program. The White-Reinhardt Fund funds projects that will increase agricultural literacy for students in grades K-12.
Celebrating Volunteers: Sarah Wilson
Sarah Wilson of North Dakota is a prime example of the great ag literacy volunteers we have across the country!
STEM Game Teaches Students Where Peanut Butter Comes From
Operation Peanut Butter, the new My American Farm Game, tests students' math skills while teaching them where peanuts come from!
Standards Aligned Activities Make Educating About Ag Easy
Standards aligned activities make it easy for educators to help students understand American farmers and how food is grown in America.
Beefing Up STEM 2016
“American farmers in many ways have surpassed most fields in their use and application of STEM.” Denise Johnson, Director, Hollingsworth Science Center, Houston Independent School District writes of her experience with Beefing up STEM 2016.
Celebrating Volunteers
We will be celebrating ag literacy volunteers all year by adding more stories to this article! Thank you to everyone who goes out there and helps educate about agriculture!
My American Farm Outreach Grants Launched
Middle and High school classrooms interested in using My American Farm to reach out to elementary students can apply to receive a $1500 grant.
STEM Coordinators Selected for On the Farm Experience in Nashville
STEM coordinators selected for the On The Farm Experience in Nashville
Announcing the 2016 Peas Contest
Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell Helps Launch Farm Bureau’s First Peas to the Table Contest
Authors Selected to Take Part in the 2016 On the Farm Experience
Get a glimpse of the authors selected to take part in the "On the Farm Author Experience" funded by The Beef Checkoff program
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Donations Equip Teachers with Tools to Educate about Agriculture
Your donations got this teacher (and 9 more!) to the 2015 National Ag in the Classroom conference which has inspired her to educate about agriculture. She will reach over 350 students this year alone! Read more here:
Working Towards a Common Goal for Ag Education
American Farm Bureau Foundation and the National Ag in the Classroom Organization work to educate about agriculture
