Where Does Your Food Food Come From?
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Collaborative INSIGHTS
By Collaborative INSIGHTS
Published on 24 April 2008
Where does your food come from?
In a global economy, we know our food may come nearly anywhere in the world. The recent push for locally grown foods is helping people focus on products grown and processed locally. But ask the average school-age child the source of his or her food and the answer will likely be the local supermarket or fast-food restaurant.
Where does your food come from?In a global economy, we know our food may come nearly anywhere in the world. The recent push for locally grown foods is helping people focus on products grown and processed locally. But ask the average school-age child the source of his or her food and the answer will likely be the local supermarket or fast-food restaurant.
May 6th 2008
In the United States, where only about 1 percent of Americans are farmers, children have lost touch with the concept of agriculture. The word is often unknown to them.
That’s why the Agriculture in the Classroom program was begun as a cooperative effort by the USDA in the early 1980s. Ag in the Classroom (AITC) is an agricultural literacy effort aimed at students grades preK to 12. The Alaska AITC program, sponsored by the Alaska Farm Bureau, offers teacher training, lesson plans, resources and special events to raise agricultural literacy among Alaska’s students.
One event is Alaska Agriculture Day, the first Tuesday of May each year. Alaska AITC sponsors events and coordinates activities around the state to put the focus on Alaska’s small but vital agricultural industry.
This year, Alaska AITC will be sending volunteers into classrooms around the state, armed with books on agriculture. The volunteers will read to students, talk to them about agriculture and, in some cases, do fun activities with the students. Some schools will have all-day agricultural festivals.
While Alaska Ag Day makes a statewide impact on ag literacy, the effort to teach children about farming goes on year ‘round in classrooms, at special events and with the online presence at www.agclassroom.org/ak.
Agricultural literacy will grow in Alaska as more and more people who understand the importance of a strong Alaska farming industry are willing to get involved and share the value of agriculture with students.
To get involved with the Alaska AITC program, contact Victoria Naegele, 746-2172, akaitc@alaskafb.org.
That’s why the Agriculture in the Classroom program was begun as a cooperative effort by the USDA in the early 1980s. Ag in the Classroom (AITC) is an agricultural literacy effort aimed at students grades preK to 12. The Alaska AITC program, sponsored by the Alaska Farm Bureau, offers teacher training, lesson plans, resources and special events to raise agricultural literacy among Alaska’s students.
One event is Alaska Agriculture Day, the first Tuesday of May each year. Alaska AITC sponsors events and coordinates activities around the state to put the focus on Alaska’s small but vital agricultural industry.
This year, Alaska AITC will be sending volunteers into classrooms around the state, armed with books on agriculture. The volunteers will read to students, talk to them about agriculture and, in some cases, do fun activities with the students. Some schools will have all-day agricultural festivals.
While Alaska Ag Day makes a statewide impact on ag literacy, the effort to teach children about farming goes on year ‘round in classrooms, at special events and with the online presence at www.agclassroom.org/ak.
Agricultural literacy will grow in Alaska as more and more people who understand the importance of a strong Alaska farming industry are willing to get involved and share the value of agriculture with students.
To get involved with the Alaska AITC program, contact Victoria Naegele, 746-2172, akaitc@alaskafb.org.