NC Farm Bureau "Ag in the Classroom"

09/06/2026

It’s National Read a Book Day! 📕📗📘📙

Whether it’s a Book Planter book, another agriculture book, or something else fun, we hope you have a happy day of reading!

What are you reading? Let us know in the comments! ⬇️

08/24/2026

Deadline is September 1st!

Math teachers love the Adopt a Cow program! From using growth charts to creating linear graphs and working on data prediction, adopt a cow for your math class, watch her grow all year long, and build on students’ math skills by comparing her height and weight with each update.
Enroll anytime May 1 – January 31. Enroll by September 1 to get a mailed welcome packet!
➡️ Learn more: https://discoverdairy.com/adopt

07/01/2026

We're excited for July for many reasons!

1. A new month means a new Book Planter, and it's about:
2. Our favorite vegetable (yes, vegetable), the tomato! 🍅
3. This book has some fun activities with it, including materials for a mock trial so students can conduct their own case to figure out...

Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable?!

This book recounts the U.S. Supreme Court case from 1893, and the verdict might surprise you!

Get your copy here: https://www.ncfb.org/ag-in-the-classroom/books/

06/19/2026

📣Teachers, here's an opportunity for a recharge before school starts back.

The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership is celebrating 25 years of investing in teachers with the Reigniting Teacher Passion Conference on August 3-4, 2026 at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill.

🎇This conference is open to all educators, and all registered attendees are entered into the Share the Spark giveaway (prize details and giveaway rules are on the conference website).

Sessions include concurrent workshops, TED-style talks, a tech playground, edCamp sessions, Byte-Sized PD, and optional industry site visits.

Registration deadline: July 24. 🔗 https://kfp-25th-anniversary.wordpress.ncsu.edu/

06/11/2026

School is coming to a close, but Ag in the Classroom resources never stop! The Book Planter for June is a true story about a dog's special ability to monitor bee hives.
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Get your copy here: https://www.ncfb.org/ag-in-the-classroom/books/

06/09/2026

We’re proud to support teachers shaping tomorrow’s agricultural leaders! The Christina Sue Lilja Resource Grants are available to educators seeking to expand their classroom resources.

Applications must be submitted by July 17th.

https://www.agfoundation.org/grants-awards/christina-sue-lilja-resource-grants

05/17/2026

You can make the Adopt a Cow program your own! Adopt a cow for your classroom, your home school students or your SCHOOL BUS! Eva shares how she used the free program last school year and how easy it is to make your own.
Enroll anytime May 1 – January 31. Enroll by September 1 to get a mailed welcome packet!

➡️ Learn more: discoverdairy.com/adopt

05/14/2026

Congratulations to Haylie Huffstetler, a teacher at Western Rockingham Early Childhood Center in Madison, NC. She is a Spring 2026 Going Local Grant winner, and received her check from Rockingham County Farm Bureau President Kenneth Wright.

She is creating an garden learning space for her Pre-K students.

05/12/2026

Congratulations to Spencer Reece, a teacher at Floyd Knight's Children's Center in Lee County. Spencer is Lee County's first Going Local Grant winner, and a winner from the 2026 Spring cycle.

She will be creating a school garden to provide hands-on learning for her students with disabilities.

She received her certificate from Lee County Farm Bureau President Reuhl Dabolt.

05/11/2026

🥚 Our Fellow spotlights continue, and we have so many amazing teachers to celebrate!

Charisma Lee from Nash County Public Schools is one of our 36 incredible 2026-27 Kenan Fellows, and her project might change the way North Carolina students think about breakfast.

She is partnering with NC Farm Bureau "Ag in the Classroom", N.C. Farm Bureau, Nash County Farm Bureau and North Carolina Egg Association to gain an inside perspective of the state's egg industry. Then, she will partner with egg producers to create a brand-new NC Eggs Ag Mag that will bring that knowledge into classrooms across the state.

A huge thank you to these sponsors for making this fellowship possible. Your investment in teachers is an investment in every student they'll ever teach. 💛

We're spotlighting every single Fellow project, so stay tuned. We have more to come! 🌾