The San Joaquin Farm Bureau Foundation for Agricultural Education

Agriculture in the Classroom

Fall Ag in the Classroom

Like the June Agriculture in the Classroom seminar, the Fall  Seminar was created with the goal of providing local teachers with the knowledge of how to incorporate agriculture into their language arts, mathmatics and science curriculum, as well as providing them with plenty of materials to do so.

This two-day seminar for kindergarten through twelfth grade educators focuses on one of San Joaquin County's top commodities each year. Each day is filled with tour stops at local commodity processing facilities, commodity research and development centers, and even visits with farming families who grow the commodities that provide the richness of San Joaquin County's number one industry. Participants are provided with first-hand knowledge of every facet of local agriculture from the field to the table.

The San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation and the SJFB Foundation for Agricultural Education believe that participants who complete this course should leave with minds full of knowledge and arms full of resources! Each participant receives a resource box that is full of lesson plans and materials specific to each teacher's grade level. In addition, participants are given the opportunity to write their own lesson plans based upon their experiences at this seminar, which they then exchange with other participants.

If you are an educator and would like more information on the Agriculture in the Classroom seminars, or other SJFB Foundation for Agricultural Education programs, please contact the Foundation.