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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This past year has brought its challenges, but the Kentucky Agriculture and Environment in the Classroom was able to adjust to serve our Kentucky educators and students thanks to continued support of our sponsors and partners.
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Kentucky Farm Bureau News - While there are differing stories about how turkey became a traditional food for the Thanksgiving holiday, students in Grant County High School’s agricultural program have made an annual turkey sale a tradition of their own at the school and in the community.
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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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Here in Kentucky, we have 672 apple orchards growing fruit trees on more than 1,000 acres (2017 Census of Agriculture). Rowan, Warren, and Harlan Counties have the most land dedicated to growing apples.
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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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Helps us learn about the specialty crops in your Kentucky county.
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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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Looking for some fun ways to celebrate our Kentucky corn farmers? We have several ways for you to learn about this vital industry.
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Looking for some fun ways to celebrate our Kentucky chicken and turkey farmers who provide us poultry and eggs? We have several ways for you to learn about Kentucky’s top agricultural commodity
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Looking for some fun ways to celebrate our Kentucky cattle farmers and beef? We have several ways for you to learn about this vital industry.
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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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We had a great 2019 thanks to continued support from our sponsors and partners. Below you will find a snapshot of our impact and how we were able to accomplish our goal of growing ag literacy across the Bluegrass!
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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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To date, 223 Teach Ky Ag resource kits have been distributed to teachers and farm educators across the commonwealth, and at least 30 more teaching kits have been reserved. The goal of this program is to allow local businesses, organizations and individuals to support agricultural literacy in their communities by providing standards-aligned resources with a connection to food and fiber production.