OUR AITC MISSION

To promote agricultural awareness, education, and

understanding among students, teachers, and the general public in order to

ensure our continued access to a safe, abundant, and

affordable domestic food supply grown in a manner to protect human health and the quality of our environment.

February Food Holidays

National Cherry Month National Fondue Month

National Grapefruit Month National Hot Breakfast Month National Sweet Potato Month National Snack Food Month

Container Garden Grant!!!

For more information contact:

Will County Farm Bureau 100 Manhattan Rd., Joliet, IL 60433 Phone: 815-727-4811 Email: terri@willcfb.com

Ag in the Classroom

The Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom program is offering container garden grants. To apply for project funding, please complete the form on pages 7-8, outlining the project, goals and desired outcomes. All grant applications are due by March 16, 2015. Final reports are due by October 30, 2015. *Final reports should share results of the program. (Early completion is available and appreciated.) Check out the application beginning on page 6.

Kids for Conservation

Ag Expo

Kids for Conserva on®: Photos, Observa ons and Stories/Poems/Artwork Needed

The IDNR Division of Educa on’s Kids for Conserva on® program is reques ng informa on monthly from Illinois youth (younger than age 18). We will feature images, stories/poems/artwork and a map with loca ons highlighted. All submissions must be the products of Illinois youth. Visit h p://www.dnr.illinois.gov/outreach/kidsconserva on/Pages/default.aspx for details. February’s feature is “Animal Signs” and “Frogs and Toads” for March.

Kids for Conserva on® is great for schools, youth groups and families to par cipate in.

Space still Available!

We have a few spaces still available for smaller schools!

Ag Expo is March 3, 4 & 5, 2015

Call or email the office for options and details!

Will County Farm Bureau has

over 11,900 members.

Only 1,226 of those members are

involved in Agriculture.

Since 1987 the Will County Farm Bureau Foundation has provided 416 scholarships to

Will County Farm Bureau students for a total of $397,750!

This makes us one of the largest scholarship providers in Will County!

If you are a Will County Farm Bureau member check out our website’s scholarship page to see if you are eligible to apply for 1

of our 40 - $1000 scholarships!

Come visit us at

Senator Bertino Tarrant’s Kids’ Fair!

Monday, February 16th 9am - 12:30pm

Troy Middle School 5800 W. Theodore St., Plainfield

www.SenatorBertinoTarrant.com

http://www.willcfb.com/committees/foundation.html

Visit pages 4 & 5 of this newsletter for 2 candy lesson plans perfect for Spring holiday activities!

Some other ideas include:

Make an acrostic poem using the word CHOCOLATE or CANDY BAR

Make a human bar graph by having the students separate by their favorite candy.

Use the following lesson booklet titled Candy, Culture and Creativity supplied by Illinois Ag in the Classroom for ad-ditional resources. http://www.agintheclassroom.org/TeacherResources/Lesson%20Booklets/Candy,%20Culture%20and%20Creativity.pdf

Email our office for the Nutrition Ag Mag (Don’t forget Ag Mags are free to schools and come in packs of 30!) or any of the other Ag Mags that might fit your needs!

Candy Lesson Plans

red

yellow

green

dark brown

blue

orange

Sort your candies by

color.

Name:

Red Blue Orange Yellow Brown Green

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Frequencies of M-n-M’s

Name:

* Thanks go to the Edwards County Farm Bureau for the ideas

The Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom program is offering container garden grants. The grant award will include one 13 x 29 x 11 inch EarthBox® Portable Planting System as well as the IAITC Once Upon A Garden lesson booklet and one copy of each of the following books (or appropriate substitutes): Oh Say Can You Seed by Bonnie Worth, Harvest Year and Seed, Soil Sun: Earth’s Recipe for Food by Cris Peterson, Water: sources, use, conservation by Nancy Carlson, and The Vegetables We Eat and From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons. Recipients will also receive a check for $20 to purchase potting soil, seeds and plants for their EarthBox®. • To apply for project funding, please complete the form on pages 2-3, outlining the

project, goals and desired outcomes.

• All grant applications are due by March 16, 2015. • You may contact your County Ag Literacy Coordinator for help with this

application. A listing of coordinators can be found on our website: www.agintheclassroom.org

• Final reports are due by October 30, 2015. *Final reports should share results of the program. (Early completion is available and appreciated.)

Applications must be received in the Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom office by 4:00 p.m. on March 16, 2015. ** Note: We are accepting ONLY postmarked (mailed) applications.

2014-2015 ILLINOIS AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM CONTAINER GARDEN GRANT

Name Grade Level: Pre-School K 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

High School Other (please specify): Name of School/Facility: Address: City State: Zip Code: Phone: County of School/Facility Location: Home Address: City: State: Zip Code: Email Address: Past Teacher or Book Grant Recipient: Yes No (for our records only; will not disqualify this request) Number of students involved in 2015 project: Describe how you will utilize these materials.

Please give a short description of your school/student population: SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT: SIGNATURE OF BUILDING PRINCIPAL:

PLEASE SEND THIS REQUEST TO:

Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom 1701 Towanda Avenue Bloomington, IL 61701

Questions? Please call 309-557-3334

Incomplete Applications will not be considered.

An electronic version of this application can be found at www.agintheclassroom.org.

**NOTE: We are accepting ONLY postmarked (mailed) applications.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED IN THE ILLINOIS AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM OFFICE BY 4:00PM ON MARCH 16, 2015.

Please keep a copy of this grant for your records.