The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation’s Ag in the Classroom program has awarded $6,898 to schools and organizations to expand agricultural literacy. Groups, schools and organizations can apply for up to $500 as part of the Ag in the Classroom’s matching grant program to support a project, provided they have a source of matching funds.
Bonduel Agriculture Department and FFA, Bonduel – Bonduel Chicken Coop: $500
The chicken coop will be used to raise broiler chickens in order that middle school students can see firsthand how animal agriculture works. The goal is to raise 25 broiler chickens during the school year and hopefully have the chicken served during school lunch.
Building a Food Forest, Independence – Deep Mulch Gardening and Sunflower Fort: $500
‘Building a Food Forest’ is an educational learning program for 4K-12th grade students in the Independence School District. This program will create agricultural experiences to help improve the understanding of agricultural education.
Career and Technical Education Agricultural Academy at Amery High School, Amery – Microgreens: Locally grown and marketed: $500
The Amery Student Assisted Education Program has set a goal to repurpose the science department’s unused science greenhouse for growing, harvesting, and marketing microgreens.
DCE 4K at St. John Lutheran School, Wausau – The Garden Outside Our Window: $500
The DC Everest 4K classroom at St. John Lutheran School will acquire an outdoor wooden garden table with the grant funds. Students will start vegetable plants that will be transferred to the garden table outside the classroom. Funds also will be used to provide the class with children’s gardening books.
Easter Seals Wisconsin, Madison – ESW FARM Agricultural Career Exploration: $500
Easter Seals Wisconsin’s Exploring Job Options in Rural Wisconsin Program will allow students to think outside the box. Our mission is to educate students with disabilities, about the vast agricultural career opportunities in Wisconsin.
Envision Greater Fond du Lac Agri-Business Council, Fond du Lac – Day on the Farm: $500
In May 2021, kindergarten and first-grade students from Fond du Lac County will experience what happens on a Wisconsin farm. Kindergarten and first-grade students will interact virtually with high school students and will have access to farm animals, view what the animals eat, and see how animals are cared for.
Fond du Lac County Agricultural Society, Fond du Lac – Fond du Lac County Fair’s Farm to Table Exhibit: $500
Fairgoers at the 2021 Fond du Lac County Fair will experience how ag is a part of their everyday lives. Attendees will participate in activities that give them a closer look at agriculture.
House in the Wood, Delavan – Raised Garden Beds: $500
House in the Wood is building durable raised beds for a gardening project allowing inner-city children to experience this activity for the first time.
Lake Geneva Middle School – 7 Olympus Science, Lake Geneva – Lettuce Grow Farm Stand Expansion: $166.50
Lake Geneva Middle School’s Olympus Science Classroom was nominated to receive a hydroponic farm stand from the Lettuce Grow Company. The Parent-Teacher Organization provided an expansion of the stand for a total of 36 plants and six lights.
Parkview and Brodhead FFA Chapters, Orfordville and Brodhead – Food for America: $500
Parkview and Brodhead FFA teamed up with Food for America to teach fourth-grade students about the different aspects of agriculture, specifically where food comes from. Students will have the opportunity to visit and tour a local dairy.
Rock County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom, Janesville – Farmers Grow: ‘Food Brings Everyone to the Table’ Virtual Scavenger Hunt: $500
‘Farmers Grow: Food Brings Everyone to the Table’ virtual scavenger hunt is a family activity that highlights the importance of Wisconsin agriculture. The program uses agricultural literacy focusing on Wisconsin’s top 24 agricultural commodities in partnership with local FFA members.
St. Boniface Catholic School, Waumandee – Greenhouse and Garden: $500
The greenhouse and garden bed project will provide Pre-K-8th grade students the opportunity to learn about Wisconsin agriculture by growing their own fruits and vegetables to be used in the school food program.
St. John Lutheran School, Wausau – Green Thumbed Drums and Music: $500
St. John’s music class received initial funding for music items from the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin. The grant will be used to purchase assorted drums and xylophones. An experiment will be conducted with the musical instruments to see if there is a connection between plant growth and music.
St. Mary School Garden, Muscoda – Soil Advocate Training: $500
The St. Mary School Garden is going to teach students about soil advocacy and about the importance of healthy soil and methods to increase soil fertility and carbon sequestration.
Walworth County Fair Barnyard Adventure, Elkhorn – ‘Butterflies, Bugs & Bees’: $500
The Walworth County Fair will present its Barnyard Adventure with a new feature, ‘Butterflies, Bugs & Bees,’ which will have hatching butterflies, a worm farm, a beehive, and an insect display.
Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom program provides teachers and K-12 students with an understanding of how their food is produced.
