Agriculture plays a critical role in our lives. It provides an experiential teaching tool for the core curricula of science, social studies, life skills, mathematics, and language arts. Incorporating agriculture into teaching and learning creates the foundation that students, as future adults, need to make educated decisions regarding food choices and nutrition, community issues, land use planning, and natural resource conservation.
Ag Literacy Week is March 17-21, 2025. This year's featured book is "The Soil in Jackie's Garden" by Peggy Thomas. After the reading, the children participate in an activity.
Several of our staff go into the local elementary schools. They have read to dozens of students ranging in age from pre-school through fourth grade as part of the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation Agricultural Literacy Program. This program encourages people in agricultural professions to read a farming related story with kids.
For more information on MAEF, please go to their website.