The Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) program works to raise awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of farms and farming in Virginia through classroom education. Since the program stared, AITC has reached more than 300,000 students and 13,000 teachers. Here, Lynn Stadelmeie (AITC Education Coordinator) answers questions about teaching agricultural literacy. The heart of AITC is agricultural [...]
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Agriculture in the Classroom
Posted in Agriculture, tagged agintheclass, agriculture, farming, farms, Horses on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Test Your Knowledge of Virginia Agriculture
Posted in Agriculture, tagged ag, ag quiz, equine events, va ag, virginia ag, women farmers on March 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Later this month, the Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom program will visit my blog to talk about agricultural literacy. As the population increases, pastures and fields decrease and farmland disappears. As a result, fewer farmers have to feed more people with less land; the acreage available for recreating or riding horses shrinks, too. We depend [...]
