Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau Ag Literacy

Visit us at this week at the Boone County Fair (in the Farm Bureau Building) or next week at the Winnebago County Fair (in Moss Hall).

Donate now to help support Ag Education for youth in Boone and Winnebago Counties. Agriculture in the Classroom had 63,000+ student interactions in the 2025-2026 school year and over $282,000 have been given in scholarships since 1990.

How to Participate:
1. Visit our booth at the fair.
2. Select a barnyard friend, tractor, or the farm (or combination thereof) and donate.
3. Write your name on the animal, etc.
4. Place it on our farm scene banner to help grow our herd!

Can’t make it to the fair? Donate now online at https://pci.jotform.com/form/262143481220143 and we’ll add your name to our herd.

Come on down to the Boone County Fair next week! Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau has a building on the fairgrounds. The theme is year is pizza! Come in to see the new the stuff from Discovery Center Museum! Meat puzzles and the Test Ag IQ along with the corn pit and of course, chicks and bees!
Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau
Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom

Discover Dairy's Adopt A Cow program is open for this year's school year! We have had teachers do their program in the past. They said it was very educational for their students.
Here is the link to more information about the program:
https://www.discoverdairy.com/adopt-a-cow/
Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau
Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom

Adopt a Cow - Discover Dairy Are you looking for a new classroom pet? Try adopting a cow for free! The Adopt A Cow virtual experience connects you with a local farm.

Today we visited Lockwood Park - Rockford Park District. The theme was sheep and Allie Peterson, Summer Intern, read the book, Woolbur, by Leslie Helakoski. The pony campers learned about the wool process, what sheep eat, and then played sheep bingo! The craft was a sheep made out of cotton balls.
Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau
Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom
Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom

Last week we visited Durand Summer Reading program. Ali Asche talked about worms and the importance to farming! She explained about the life cycle of worms and composting. The participants made worm farms!
Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom
Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau
IAA Foundation

Teachers! Here's your chance to learn more about the project grants. Register for the virtual Get-A-Grant Workshop on August 4th at 10 a.m.
https://ilfb-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_grwmjPdUQcuuoKYxMMZGiQ #/registration

We are less than ONE MONTH away from our Get-A-Grant Workshop! Join us on August 4th for some tips, tricks, and ideas to fill out our Book and Project Grants! Hope to see you there!

Sign up here: https://iaitc.co/getagrant

Teachers! Here's a chance to learn more about the Illinois Ag In The Classroom grants. They offer both book and project grants!
Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom
Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau

Don't forget to sign up for our Get-A-Grant Workshop! At the end of this one-hour virtual workshop, you should be able to submit your Book and/or Project Grant!

Sign up here: https://iaitc.co/getagrant

Last week Ag in the Classroom made presentations at Lockwood Park - Rockford Park District about chickens. Pony campers learned about life cycle of chickens. Horse campers learned about the anatomy an of egg. A fun time was had by all!
Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom
Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau
IAA Foundation
Community Foundation of Northern Illinois

Teachers! Here's an opportunity to explore the book and projects grants available from Illinois Ag In the Classroom!

We are less than ONE MONTH away from our Get-A-Grant Workshop! Join us on August 4th for some tips, tricks, and ideas to fill out our Book and Project Grants! Hope to see you there!

Sign up here: https://iaitc.co/getagrant

Erikka Coletta, Harlem District, was recognized last week as the Illinois Ag in the Classroom Teacher of the Year at the National Ag in the Classroom Conference. She is amazing librarian and a cheerleader for agriculture!
Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau
Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom