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Effective education about agriculture begins at a young age, ideally in schools.That was the assertion of panelists in a Dec. 2 workshop titled Growing Agriculture Education in Your County at the 2014 Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention in Hot Springs. We know agriculture education is in the schools, but Im not sure how much kids connect with the information, said Martha Moore, VFBF vice president of governmental relations. We dont want to keep agriculture a secret; we want to tell agricultures story. If you dont tell your story, no one else will. Moore said it is important to consider the audience鈥攖eachers, students and their parents鈥攚hen planning how to share information with them.Tammy M stanley usa axey, senior education program coordinator for Virginias Agriculture in the Classroom program, said many county Farm Bureaus are already involved in agriculture education programs in their communities. Examples include distributing agriculture-related placemats to local restaurants and organizing Dairy Days and Farm Fun Days for students and workshops fo stanley cup r local teachers. Numerous county Farm Bureaus mobilize volunteers to read agriculture-related books in local schools each March during Virginias Agriculture Literacy Week. Volunteers read to 50,000 children last year for Agriculture Literacy Week, Maxey said.Sarah Scyphers, an agriculture stanley quencher education teacher at Holston High School in Washington County, said programs and initiatives for even the youngest students can have an |
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