The Ag Literacy Program helps people of all ages better understand the importance of agriculture and natural resources to our area.

The program reaches youth and adults by providing interactive educational learning activities in and outside the classroom. The program is part of the Agriculture Education Partnership which works to educate students, teachers, and the public about agriculture in fun and creative ways. Classroom programs for students (K-12) are available upon request on various agricultural topics such as plants and seeds, soils, water, careers, renewable resources, corn, soybeans, wheat, animal nutrition, agricultural products, fiber/clothing, insects, beef, dairy, pork, embryology, apples, pumpkins, agricultural economics and marketing, biotechnology, genetics, and watersheds.

We also offer free or free-loan resources for schools (hands-on learning kits, lessons on various agricultural topics, books, videos), workshops for educators in which they earn professional development hours, and networking with other agricultural education people to strengthen agricultural literacy efforts statewide and nationally.