Agriculture
- Gardening 'makes Children Happy And Teaches New Skills'
Taking part in gardening can make a child feel happy and boost their development, research suggests. The study of 1,300 teachers and 10 schools was commissioned by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It found children in schools that encouraged...
- Pals
PALS mentors teach young students about the science and business of agriculture. They also serve as positive role models, helping their mentees learn to set goals, and build positive self-esteem. Yesterday, I spent about an hour and a half with my ?PAL?...
- Teach Ag
Many of you who are reading this have had some sort of education (hence your ability to read). Right? In fact you may be in college or even in the grown up world of business and hourly wages. So I think it is safe to say that teachers were a crucial part...
- First Generation Farmers
Today we welcome Shea Lowe. Her family are first generation farmers in Kentucky! With hard work they are making their dreams come true - being involved in agriculture! We are located in Murray, KY (Western KY, just west of the Land between the Lakes...
- Tales From A Kansas Farm Mom
Today we welcome Nicole Small from Kansas! She is passionate about farming and teaching the next generation about where their food comes from! Hi my name is Nicole Small. My husband, Randy, and I farm together in Southeast Kansas. We are both the 5thgeneration...
Agriculture
A story of a Ag student!
I was in the FFA in the 80's when Ag classes and FFA was about agriculture and not credits, we had 30 kids in FFA in a high school with 2000 students. The town we lived in had about 100,000 pepole in it. (3 High schools) We had 2 AG teachers/FFA advisers, the senior adviser had started the first FFA program in county in the 60's. I played sports and was active in school, but the only pepole I still calls friends were from the FFA, that is 25 years later.
I went to my Ag teachers grandsons wedding this year, 300 miles from home, sadly I went to that sames Ag teachers funeral the year before, 300 miles from home. More than a 1/3 of the 300 people at the funeral were his old Ag students and their families some drove over a 1200 miles to be there. The other Ag teacher (now retired) still shows up at the fair every year to support our kids, He lives 2 states away. Now these men may have just been unique, but if more Ag teachers where like them, teachers like in the other post would think twice before they berated one of the FFA members and called Ag or something involved with Ag stupid.
I would say if you let it, FFA and the pepole in it will help shape your life and be a part of you forever.
I went to my Ag teachers grandsons wedding this year, 300 miles from home, sadly I went to that sames Ag teachers funeral the year before, 300 miles from home. More than a 1/3 of the 300 people at the funeral were his old Ag students and their families some drove over a 1200 miles to be there. The other Ag teacher (now retired) still shows up at the fair every year to support our kids, He lives 2 states away. Now these men may have just been unique, but if more Ag teachers where like them, teachers like in the other post would think twice before they berated one of the FFA members and called Ag or something involved with Ag stupid.
I would say if you let it, FFA and the pepole in it will help shape your life and be a part of you forever.
- Gardening 'makes Children Happy And Teaches New Skills'
Taking part in gardening can make a child feel happy and boost their development, research suggests. The study of 1,300 teachers and 10 schools was commissioned by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It found children in schools that encouraged...
- Pals
PALS mentors teach young students about the science and business of agriculture. They also serve as positive role models, helping their mentees learn to set goals, and build positive self-esteem. Yesterday, I spent about an hour and a half with my ?PAL?...
- Teach Ag
Many of you who are reading this have had some sort of education (hence your ability to read). Right? In fact you may be in college or even in the grown up world of business and hourly wages. So I think it is safe to say that teachers were a crucial part...
- First Generation Farmers
Today we welcome Shea Lowe. Her family are first generation farmers in Kentucky! With hard work they are making their dreams come true - being involved in agriculture! We are located in Murray, KY (Western KY, just west of the Land between the Lakes...
- Tales From A Kansas Farm Mom
Today we welcome Nicole Small from Kansas! She is passionate about farming and teaching the next generation about where their food comes from! Hi my name is Nicole Small. My husband, Randy, and I farm together in Southeast Kansas. We are both the 5thgeneration...