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Cultivating Agriculture Through Education
January 2021
Did you know?
Georgia ranks in the top 10 nationally in the production of bell peppers, onions, sweet corn, cabbage and snap beans. In 2018, Georgia vegetable production contributed $2.6 billion to our economy and provided almost 14,000 jobs. Georgia designated the Vidalia onion as the official state vegetable in 1990.
Slow cooker vegetable soup
Ingredients:
1 (14 oz) can chicken broth
1 (11.5 oz) can tomato-vegetable juice
1 cup water
1 can of diced potatoes (drained)
1 can of sliced carrots (drained)
2 stalks celery - diced
2 cans of diced tomatoes
1 can of green beans (drained)
1 can whole kernel corn (drained)
1 onion - diced
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Pour the broth, tomato juice and water into the slow cooker. Add the potatoes, onions, tomatoes, celery, carrots, green beans and corn to the slow cooker. Add salt and pepper, to taste, then stir all the ingredients. Cooking times may vary depending on the slow cooker, but 6 hours on high is recommended.
BOOKS
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
The Vegetables We Eat by Gail Gibbons
I will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child
Oliver's Vegetables by Vivian French
Videos
Tomato-How Does It Grow? https://gfb.ag/tomatovideo
Potato-How Does It Grow? www.gfb.ag/potatovideo
Farm Monitor - Carrot Farm www.gfb.ag/fmcarrot
Ag In The Classroom
Georgia Farm Bureau Ag In The Classroom - www.gfb.ag/aitc
AFB Foundation for Agriculture - www.agfoundation.org
National Ag In The Classroom Curriculum Matrix - www.agclassroom.org
Hey kids - let's play on my american farm
Georgia Foundation for Ag offers $65,000 in scholarships
Are you pursuing an agriculture-related degree? The Georgia Foundation for Agriculture may have a scholarship opportunity that is right for you. Applications for the 2021 cycle are now available at http://www.gafoundationag.org/Scholarships.html Completed applications are due March 1, 2021.
PLEASE NOTE: Applications and supporting materials are to be submitted ONLINE only. Hard copy applications and supporting material will not be accepted.
Let's read
Join Lauren Goble, GFB's Ag in the Classroom Coordinator, as she reads "Right This Very Minute" a table-to-farm book about food and farming, while on a farm! After the book is over, take a peek at a real strawberry farm and hear from one of its farmers who is also a large animal vet.
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Read by Lori Hohl second Grade Teacher at Avery Elementary School
preserving your fruits and vegetables
University of Georgia Extension Service
University of Georgia Extension Service
University of Georgia Extension Service
Virtual programs that may interest you offered through the University of Georgia Extension Service.
Tomatoes
University of Georgia Extension Service
University of Georgia Extension Service
Fruit
University of Georgia Extension Service
Vegetables
Vegetables
Lets Make Pickles
Vegetables
Jams & Jellies
Lets Make Pickles
Lets Make Pickles
Lets Make Pickles
Lets Make Pickles
Lets Make Pickles
school garden resources
Let's plant a garden
Visit https://extension.uga.edu/programs-services/school-garden-resources.html for information on school garden beds.
Agriculture tips
click on the links for gardening tips from molly guy - 5th grade teacher from Holly springs Elem.
Square Foot Gardening: https://youtu.be/HOxl7g-JTRo
Sometimes you have to replant: https://youtu.be/gHx4mX3IxGs
Sometimes You mess up: https://youtu.be/x8i69DvRCc0