Ag Education
Agricultural education teaches students about agriculture, food and natural resources.
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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Two New Ag Card Games!
We have two new card games to make learning about agriculture FUN!
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!
National Read a Book Day
National Read a Book Day is September 6th! Read an Accurate Ag Book!
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!
