Work with education and industry partners to develop Agricultural Literacy and Awareness Implementation Guides. Establish a content review process to ensure that objective, age appropriate materials are available for classroom use. Develop pilot projects for regional delivery of literacy and awareness information focusing on urban centers that do not traditionally have access to these materials. Provide the critical, visible, linkage between industry and education partners in an effort to more efficiently and effectively utilize public and private resources. Funding Local support of agricultural literacy and awareness is provided through collaborative efforts involving both public and private sources.
Current efforts are underway to secure funding for statewide coordination and delivery.
Students Served Students in all public schools from preschool through twelfth grade are served by the comprehensive program that promotes professional development for teachers, guidelines for infusing agricultural topics in the core curriculum, and a system to review materials for their objectivity and grade appropriateness. Information and instructional materials are screened for objectivity.