Kentucky students are invited to enter the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s (KDA) annual Poster and Essay Contest, Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell has announced.
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Agriculture for a Better Kentucky’ theme reflects on importance of farming to the state
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The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) today announced an educational grant of $5,000 for Kentucky Agriculture & Environment in the Classroom to support the STEM programs offered to Kentucky students.
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The Kentucky Agriculture and Environment in the Classroom (KyAEC) has announced it will hold two New Teacher Workshops to bring our most popular standards-based lessons to teachers entering the classroom in the 2022/2023 school year. Good luck, teachers!
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Learn about this exciting new live virtual field trip program. Several participation options available this spring.
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Commissioner of Agriculture Dr. Ryan Quarles invites Kentucky students to enter the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s (KDA) annual Poster and Essay Contest. 'Kentucky Agriculture Sustains Me' theme reflects on importance of farmers.
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Teachers and educators who choose to use the Kentucky Farms Feed Me Virtual Field Trip Series for Farm to School Month may request passport booklets for each of their students, a Linking Farm to Table game, and a flash drive of all the field trips.
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Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Dr. Ryan Quarles announced the winners of the KDA Poster and Essay Contest at an awards ceremony last week at Whitaker Bank Ballpark. Winners of the 2020 and 2021 contest were in attendance.
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Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Dr. Ryan Quarles announced the winners of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s annual Poster and Essay Contest during an awards ceremony last week at Whitaker Bank Ballpark. The theme of the contest, “Kentucky Agriculture Never Stops,” honored farm families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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We are proud to announce that we will be offering a new Kentucky Academic Standards-aligned curriculum with a horses and science theme this summer at the Kentucky Farm Bureau Regional Teacher Workshops this June.
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Commissioner Ryan Quarles invites Kentucky students all across the Commonwealth to create and submit original works of art to show the importance of agriculture to the Commonwealth’s way of life and our future. Students are encouraged to submit either a poster, essay, or digital image based on the contest theme. The theme for 2021 is “Kentucky Agriculture Never Stops”.
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Kentucky Agriculture and Environment in the Classroom (TeachKyAg) is pleased to announce the addition of Warren Beeler as its official EngAGe Kentucky Program Speaker and Outreach Director. This role will allow Beeler, affectionately known as Mr. Kentucky Agriculture, to continue speaking to student, civic and leadership groups about farming issues and the importance of agricultural literacy.
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Ten chapters will be selected to receive up to $1,000 in agricultural literacy resources—such as display posters, games, books, and station activities—to help them accomplish their community program goals.
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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Kentucky Agriculture Poster and Essay Contest. Each will receive a $100 award from KyAEC.
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Nearly 100 Crittenden County teachers participated in a Kentucky Farm Bureau teacher workshop on February 17. TeachKyAg provided ideas and resources for the secondary teachers.
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The Fourth Annual Ag Literacy Network Workshop shared ideas and resources with Kentucky’s farmers and agribusiness professionals to help them #teachkyag.
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The theme for the contest was “Kentucky Farms: Growing Solutions for a Growing World.” Each winner received a $100 check from Kentucky Agriculture and Environment in the Classroom (KyAEC), a meal featuring foods from Kentucky Proud producers, and tickets to the Lexington Legends baseball game against the Greenville (South Carolina) Drive.
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Thanks to support from the Kentucky Livestock Coalition and the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund, we have hired five education interns that will work to grow agricultural literacy through December 2019 as part of our EngAGe Kentucky program.
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LEXINGTON (June 25, 2018) — Kentucky students were honored for posters and essays that show how foods get “From Farm Gate to Dinner Plate” during the annual Poster and Essay Contest awards ceremony Friday at Whitaker Bank Ballpark.
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