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Lessons from the Land

For some, it’s tough to choose between a perfectly sun-ripened summer tomato and a juicy strawberry—but not for my three-year-old. Tomatoes, always tomatoes. Especially one that he has picked directly ...
For generations of Weakley County students, Farm Day has been more than just a field trip. It’s a chance to trade their desks ...
EMMETT, Idaho — March is National Agriculture Month, which recognizes and educates people about the contribution agriculture makes to our everyday lives. What better place to spark that interest than ...
Photo caption: Mother-daughter Ag in the Classroom teachers Jacey Duncan and Amber Bales, pose together at an AITC conference. (Courtesy Photo.) For Amber Bales, a fourth-grade teacher at Will Rogers ...
Amanda Thorsvig, a Detroit Lakes native and longtime ag educator, aims to grow student involvement: “We’re all consumers of ...
Louisa County fifth-graders experience hands-on agricultural education through collaborative program involving 450 students across four schools.
Years ago, when I was a college student, I returned one weekend to my family farm. It was calving season, and as soon as I arrived home, my father drafted me to help him check the cows and newborn ...
On a chilly, clear morning earlier this month, 17-year-old Shaun Patterson worked on a laptop in the spacious new greenhouse outside Archer High School, trying to get a robot to farm. If Patterson ...
Arrowhead Elementary is not only participating in Virginia's Farm to School week, but it also practices those lessons throughout the year.
A total of 4,138 students are attending Lake Land this fall, an increase of 4.5% compared to the previous year. This number ...