To celebrate dairy month, check out the free lesson plan, “Stacking Up Milk and Milk Substitutes” published by the National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization.
Students, 9-12, will compare and contrast milk and plant-based milk substitutes. To learn more about this lesson, check it out here.
Applications are now being accepted for the Christina Sue Lilja Resource Grant presented by the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture. It is open to all educators to provide funding to purchase agriculture literacy resources from the Ag Foundation store.
Applications are due online by June 30, 2021.
50 grants of $100 credit will be awarded to educators. More information can be found here.
The pandemic continues to be one of the main causes for the high demand for lumber due to home improvement projects and new construction. This high demand caused a shortage of lumber which led the price to skyrocket.
In addition to the pandemic, California wildfires also impacted the price of lumber because salvage timber, which must be harvested within a year, takes priority over green timber.
To read more about this article, check it out here in AgAlert.
#FunFactFriday– A cow will produce six to seven gallons of milk each day which is more than 2,000 gallons of milk each year.
For more fun facts about dairy, check out our dairy fact sheet.
Our 19th edition of What’s Growin’ On?, The Benefits of By-products, is available online for download and orderable online!
California teachers are eligible to receive a free classroom set, up to 50! Request your FREE class set today here!
Check out the video to view an easy, educational activity that the student newspaper offers!
Cassie Gocke, a high school teacher in Stanislaus County, is June’s featured teacher in our Cream of the Crop Newsletter!
“I love the Literacy for Life grant opportunity because I have been able to implement a new project that will continue to sustain itself through funds raised while teaching students about creating and marketing agricultural products.”
To learn more about Cassie, check out today’s daily blog post. (link in bio)
Interested in reading more about future Teacher Features? Subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter, Cream of the Crop! (link in bio)
The National Agriculture in the Classroom offers virtual tours available via YouTube!
For dairy month, check out the Virtual Field Trip: Discover Cows, Community and Journey of Dairy in Your Classroom!
More information about the National Agriculture in the Classroom can be found here.
California livestock owners have hard decisions to make due to the lack of water supply.
Counties, such as Marin and Sonoma, are being heavily impacted since they typically rely on rainfall and pasture to grow crops and feed their livestock.
Read more in from Ag Alert, here.
It’s National Cheese Day!
#FunFactFriday- Monterey Jack cheese was developed by the Jacks family in Monterey, California.
Check out our What’s Growin’ On? resource to learn how cheese is consumed around the clock!
Enjoy this EGGcellent science experiment with classroom resources to celebrate National Egg Day!
Resources discussed within the video:
Be a DetEGGtive – Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix published by the National Agriculture in the Classroom
