The Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation has awarded nearly 120 grants to schools across the state to bolster the integration of agriculture into classroom instruction and after-school programs with an academic focus.
The Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher Supplement Grants are designed to help teachers initiate new projects and/or expand upon existing programs that promote agriculture literacy for students.
Local recipients include Micah Barnes with Storm Lake High School…Sarah Kreutz with Storm Lake St. Mary’s…Bradi Sievers with Albert City Truesdale…Julie Sievers, Courtney Darrow, Abby Gruhn, Susan Hess, Whitney McKeever, and Kayla Wingert with Newell Fonda…Afton Brinkman with Laurens Marathon…and Amber Evans at Pocahontas Area.
The grants can be used to fund innovative lessons, activities, classroom resources, guest speakers, outreach programs, field trips, and other projects. Teachers received up to 200 dollars to fund their projects.
