Farmer & Rancher Appreciation Dinner

The Colorado Farm Show and the Colorado Foundation for Agriculture are teaming up to honor our agriculture producers. We will be holding the Farmer and Rancher Appreciation Dinner on Wednesday evening 6:00 p.m., January 27, 2010 at the Colorado Farm Show. This fund raising dinner will benefit Colorado’s Ag in the Classroom program which provides materials and
resources about agriculture to Colorado schools. Read more and register…

Colorado Foundation for Agriculture

The Colorado Foundation for Agriculture (CFA), a 501(c)(3) not for profit educational corporation, was established in 1991 to promote agricultural literacy in Colorado. CFA is governed by a nine-member board of directors that administers the Agriculture in the Classroom program in Colorado. Projects and materials developed by CFA are made available, at no or minimal cost, to Colorado educators. CFA is the only organization that provides our state's educators with current information about Colorado agriculture and natural resources. CFA derives its funding from grants and donations.

Programs include:

• Colorado Reader
• AgriCULTURE in the Classroom Summer Institute
• Activity Books
• Activity Sheets
• CFA Comics—Watershed Defenders & Major Ag
• Internet based learning—Choices and Consequences
• Science Teachers Conference
• Food, Land & People
• Summer Institute for Teachers

CFA is also involved in Cooperative Partnerships with a variety of agencies and organizations to research, develop and produce materials and programs.

They include:

Colorado Department of Agriculture
Colorado Department of Health
Colorado Agricultural Statistics Service
Colorado State University
University of Northern Colorado
Colorado Division of Wildlife
Colorado Farm Bureau
Colorado Corn Growers
Colorado Cattlemen and CattleWomen
Colorado Beef Council
Colorado Wool Growers
Colorado Pork Producers
Colorado Sugar Beet Growers
Colorado Rural Electric Association
Colorado Bowhunters
Colorado Wildlife Federation
Colorado Egg Producers
Soil Conservation Districts
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Granges
Dairy Council
USDA Wildlife Services
USDA Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
and many more...

 

Support Ag Literacy by sponsoring a Classroom

2010 Summer Institute—a five-day course for teachers with little or no agricultural background. Come see where your food comes from and earn 2 CSU credits.

Curious about the latest CFA activites? Check out our most recent newsleters, the CFA Report Card:

Fall 2009
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Spring 2008
Spring 2007
Fall 2006
Fall 2005
Spring 2005

Maybe now more than ever, there is a need to teach children about food, fiber and natural resources. A $60 "Adopt a Classroom" donation provides the monthly set of Readers and Teacher's Guide to a classroom in Colorado.

Want to get involved with CFA? Many of CFA's programs depend on volunteers and sponsors. Find out more…