Why Teach Students About Agriculture?

With low-cost food supplies and urban bias, is it any wonder that affluent consumers don't understand the food supply each year in its entirety, and expanding it further for the nearly 80 million mouths that are born into this world each year? — The late Norman Borlaug, Nobel Peace Prize winner (1970), wheat breeder and former professor, Texas A&M University, in a 2001 speech at Tuskegee University.

Getting the Job Done

The Colorado Foundation for Agriculture has distributed more than 6-million Colorado Readers, 60,000 Understanding Water Activity Books, 6,000 Water in the West interactive CDs, 3,000 Century of Seasons interactive CDs and hosted more than 700 teachers at the Summer Ag Institute. And that's just the beginning of the work. Why? In our amazing world of technology, food, fiber and natural resources don't always get the attention they deserve. In 1997, Atlantic Monthly magazine published an article by Greg Easterbrook that examined Norman' Borlaug's work and legacy. The bottom line? Borlaug's agricultural research and outreach may have prevented a billion deaths from starvation during the post-WWII era. How is it Colorado students, by and large, don't recognize his name?

In cooperation with industry groups, government agencies and teachers, the Colorado Foundation for Agriculture develops, distributes and evaluates educational programs to help Colorado students better understand the world they live in.

Electricity

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11/2011

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Energy

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Electricity Reader

Teachers Guide:

Electricity Teacher's Guide & Evaluation

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Egg Quiz

Choose one answer per question. If your students would like to learn more about eggs, you can order the Colorado Reader on Eggs or the Egg Math Activity Books. Both are FREE.

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Posters

Free Posters for Colorado Educators!

The Colorado Foundation for Agriculture has created the first of a series of classroom posters that bring to life the story of agriculture and water in Colorado. Free to Colorado teachers, these three posters (24” x 36”) also include student worksheets, instructions for teacher-led activities and a listing of local, state and federal resources to help students better understand where their food comes from.

CFA Farmer & Rancher Appreciation Dinner

Submitted by emmett on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 20:06

The Friday before National Agriculture Week CFA will be hosting the CFA Farmer & Rancher Appreciation Dinner. If you like excellent food, mark your calendar for Friday, March 9, 2012. The ACF Colorado Chef's Association will again be show casing Colorado products. If you have a food product you would like the chefs to feature, please let us know early so they can plan their menu.

What did farmers and ranchers say about last year's event?

Colorado Ag in the Classroom Award Program

Submitted by emmett on Thu, 09/23/2010 - 16:02

What is an Outstanding Teacher Award? Three teaching awards will be made to educators currently engaged in classroom instruction at the pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade levels. These awards will recognize teachers for their creative efforts to teach students about the importance of agriculture.