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Loess Hills Agriculture in the Classroom

Agriculture is vital to our everyday life. Educating and encouraging the next generation grows good decision-makers, sharing unique classroom curriculum, supporting schools, honoring educators, and rewarding students who learn about agriculture.

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It is the mission of the Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation to educate Iowans, with a focus on youth, regarding the breadth and global significance of agriculture. IALF is an effort to serve as a clearinghouse of information, taking best practices from existing agriculture education programs, incorporating business needs related to STEM, and presenting a unified approach with benchmarks from a statewide perspective. The mission of Agriculture in the Classroom is to "increase agricultural literacy through PK-12 education." An agriculturally literate person is defined as "one who understands and can communicate the source and value of agriculture as it affects quality of life." Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) programs seek to improve student achievement by applying authentic, agricultural-based content as the context to teach core curriculum concepts in science, social studies, language arts and nutrition. By encouraging teachers to embed agriculture into their classroom, AITC cultivates an understanding and appreciation of the food and fiber system that we all rely on every day. AITC is unique within the agricultural education community as the lead organization to serve the full spectrum of PK-12 formal education.

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Iowa is a leading producer of agriculture products, which are essential to feed a growing global population estimated to be more than 9 billion by 2050. We hope to provide students with an agricultural-based learning experience. Change happens when individuals are given the resources they need to learn, advocate and educate others. We hope students and adults are motivated to learn more about the unlimited ways agriculture applies to every part of every day.

What is Agriculture in the Classroom?

Agriculture in the Classroom seeks to improve agriculture literacyawareness, knowledge, and appreciationamong PreK-12 teachers and their students. An agriculturally literate person is one who understands and can communicate the source and value of agriculture as it affects quality of life. Agriculture in the Classroom programs are designed to meet local needs and may include guest speakers, field trips, agriculture days, FarmChat® programs, or curriculum units.

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