Ag Education
Agricultural education teaches students about agriculture, food and natural resources.
At Home Ag-tivities
Staying in? Need some fun and educational activities? Here are some fun ways to learn about food and farming from home!
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From Bean to Book
2020 Book of the Year author Peggy Thomas's story about her experience writing and researching for her book, Full of Beans, Henry Ford Grows a Car
$25,000 Awarded through White-Reinhardt to Promote Ag Literacy Efforts
The 2020 White-Reinhardt scholar winners and Spring 2020 grant winners have been chosen!
Food and Farm Facts Scavenger Hunt!
The team from Kansas Farm Bureau created a scavenger hunt to accompany Food and Farm Facts!
On the Farm STEM Applications 2020
Experience STEM and health concepts brought to life by American beef cattle ranchers, researchers, nutritionists and veterinarians.
Foundation Highlights from the 2020 AFBF Annual Convention
We had a great time at the 2020 American Farm Bureau Annual Convention! Here are some highlights from our time in Austin, TX!
Growing Green Challenge Winners
Learn about what the 2019 Fall Purple Plow Challenge Winners projects were!
Purple Plow Challenge: Growing Green Winners Announced
The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has recognized the winning teams in the fall 2019 Purple Plow Challenge, Growing Green.
Successful Project Based Learning Curriculum Using Purple Plow
Marian Handlin, M.Ed. is an AgriScience teacher from Delaware. She writes about how her school successfully implemented Purple Plow Challenges into their STEM curriculum.
Find Ag Lit Resources
Looking for the best ag literacy resource for your volunteering event? We put our resources together in one searchable list!
Fresh Food and Farm Facts!
We have updated our Food and and Farm Facts book to include updated Ag Census data!
Mushrooms 101: Putting the Fun in Fungus!
Did you know that mushrooms are not technically plants, but are fungi?
Here's everything you need to know about them!
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Grains: Fuel for life!
Did you know that grains are the edible seeds of specific grasses? We as humans get about 48% on average of our calories, or food energy, from grains! Grains also can be used to feed livestock and manufacture cooking oils, fuels, cosmetics and even hand sanitizer.
True cereal grains include wheat, oat, rice, corn, barley, sorghum, rye and millet.Grains are annual plants, which means they have only one growing season per year and yield one crop.
Let’s talk about a few grains we use every day!
Fall 2019 White-Reinhardt Mini-Grants Awarded to Enhance Ag Literacy
Our Fall 2019 White-Reinhardt grant winners have been chosen by our panel of judges.
New Book! A Berry Good Project
Thanks to sponsorship from Nichino America, we're pleased to offer a brand new FREE book in the My Little Ag Me series from Feeding Minds Press. Our latest title "A Berry Good Project" is now available to download and print.
Aquaculture is Farming
What is Aquaculture? And what does it have to do with farming? Let's find out!
