The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation’s Ag in the Classroom program has awarded 26 matching grants to schools and organizations to expand agricultural literacy. Totaling $11,964, the grants will fund activities that teach students about agriculture.
Groups, schools and organizations can apply for up to $500 to support their project, provided they had a source of matching funds. The 26 matching grant recipients are:
- Outagamie County Farm Bureau and Dairy Promotion: Adventures in Dairyland – $500
- Sun Prairie High School Agricultural Education: Morel Spawning – $500
- D.C. Everest 4K and St. John Lutheran School: Young Farmers – $500
- Roche a Cri School: Inquiry STEM Garden – $500
- School District of Manawa: MES Garden Project – $500
- Merrimac Community Charter School: Barnyard and Indoor Gardens – $400
- Mequon Nature Preserve, Inc.: Three Sisters Urban Ag Vegetable Garden – $500
- River Ridge FFA: One STEM at a Time – $500
- Luck School: Ann Goldbach Garden (Harvest Garden) – $500
- Ashland FFA at Ashland High School: K-3 Fall Fest – A Celebration of the Harvest – $500
- Randolph Cambria-Friesland FFA: Land Laboratory Food Bank Project – $250
- Houlton Elementary School: Growing Healthy at Houlton – $500
- Stevens Point FFA: Science Extravaganza – $500
- Agriscience Program: Agriculture Education Summer Program – $500
- Medford FFA Alumni: Bringing the Barn to School – $500
- Verona FFA: Day on the Farm – $334
- Janesville Parker FFA: Food for America – $230
- Huey’s Hideaway Children’s Museum: Ag Exhibit – $500
- Brillion FFA Chapter: Brillion Agriculture Outdoor Learning Lab – $500
- Laconia FFA: Laconia FFA Day on the Farm – $250
- Sheboygan County Women’s Committee: Classroom on the Farm – $500
- Walworth County Fair Barnyard Adventure: Barnyard Adventure Learning Coop – $500
- New Richmond Agriscience Department: School District of New Richmond Veggie Garden – $500
- Watertown Unified School District: Riverside Middle School Garden Outdoor Classroom and Pergola – $500
- Taylor County Farm Bureau: AG Venture tent – $500
- Northland Lutheran High School: Bees’n for a Reason – $500
Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom program provides teachers and 4K-12 students with an understanding of how their food is produced. The program seeks to work within existing curricula to provide basic information on our nation’s largest industry: agriculture. Wisconsin’s Ag in the Classroom program is carried out by a network of local educators, volunteers and representatives from agricultural organizations and businesses. The goal of the program is to help students gain a greater awareness of the role agriculture plays in the economy and society, so that they may become citizens who support wise agricultural policies.
