Ag in the Classroom

Ag In the Classroom Regional Meetings Approaching

The 2012 Ag In the Classroom Regional Meetings are quickly approaching. Dates and locations for the 2012 meetings are listed below. We encourage those interested in learning more about Ag in the Classroom to consider attending. Visit their website to learn more.

Central Region
Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 18-20, 2012

Eastern Region
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
March 28-29, 2012

Southern Region
Birmingham, Alabama
April 10-12, 2012

Western Region
Sacramento, California
February 22-24, 2012

2012 AITC National Conference
Loveland, Colorado
June 19-22, 2012

National Ag Day

National Ag Day is March 13, 2012! Help us celebrate by sharing your love of agriculture with a local elementary school classroom! Have a favorite ag book? Share it! Found a fun activity to teach children about agriculture? Teach it! An Ag Day Resource Packet of lessons and activities, all related to agriculture, has been developed to help you share your love of agriculture!

National Ag Day Trivia

Provided by National Ag Day:

Americans today consume 17.3 billion quarts of popped popcorn each year! The average American eats about 68 quarts!
Today, in Michigan, there are almost 4 million cherry trees which annually produce 150 to 200 pounds of tart cherries.
Americans eat about 30 pounds of lettuce every year. That’s about five times more than what we ate in the early 1900s.
The bright orange color of carrots tell you they’re an excellent source of Vitamin A which is important for good eyesight, especially at night. Vitamin A helps your body fight infection, and keeps your skin and hair healthy!
Michigan and New Jersey produce 66% of all the blueberries in the United States, followed by North Carolina, Oregon and Washington.
In the U.S. in 1998, hens produced 6,657,000,000 dozen eggs - that’s 6.657 billion dozen! After these eggs were laid, about two-thirds were sold in the shell and one third of them were broken - not by accident, but on purpose. Because after the eggs are broken out of their shells, they can be made into liquid, frozen, dried and specialty egg products.
Pasta is one of America’s favorite foods. Last year, 1.3 million pounds of pasta were sold in American grocery stores. If you lined up 1.3 million pounds of 16 oz. spaghetti packages, it could circle the Earth’s equator almost nine times!
In the winter, apple trees need to "rest" for about 900-1,000 hours below 45 degrees Fahrenheit in order to flower and fruit properly.
More than 50,000 tons of asparagus are grown in California every year.
Pumpkins are 90% water.
The batter used to make pancakes is almost exactly the same as the batter used to make regular cakes. The pancake batter is just a little thinner.
Each man, woman and child in America eats an average of 46 slices (23 pounds) of pizza a year.
Peaches are the third most popular fruit grown in America.
We are eating 900% more broccoli than we did 20 years ago.
As bell peppers mature, their color changes from green to red and they become sweeter

Ag in the Classroom Activities

We encourage everyone to use these fun activities for Ag in the Classroom!