This month we are not featuring an individual teacher, we are featuring ALL teachers who have explored agriculture with their students this past school year! We greatly appreciate your energy, enthusiasm, and willingness to integrate agricultural topics into your classrooms and curricula. THANK YOU!
 Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom (MAITC) is requesting proposals from talented individuals or teams to create a 10-lesson Specialty Crop Lesson Booklet. This is one of four projects that are in development as part of a Specialty Crop Block Grant awarded to MAITC by the USDA. Information on this opportunity can be found at http://www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us/process/admin/ptList.asp Reference Number: PT2434 Proposals are due June 24th.
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 MAITC is excited to offer two unique Summer Teacher Tours that allow educators to see, smell, hear, touch and taste the agriculture, food and
natural resources that allow for our survival, while earning CEUs and
graduate credits.
Tour #1 July 25th-26th Minnesota Agriculture: Offering Something for Everyone Just a few spots are left on the bus! For more information on tour stops and registration, visit http://minnesota.agclassroom.org/programs/tour.cfm
Tour #2 August 8th-9th Farm to School: From Seed to Plate This tour is full! If you would like to be added to our waiting list contact Al Withers.
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June is National Dairy Month and also National Turkey Lovers Month! To celebrate, investigate these resources.
 Midwest Dairy Association Explore fantastic consumer based information on this website as well as "Farm to Store" and "Science of Milk" lesson plans and educator resources.
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 Minnesota Turkey Growers Use the student and teacher resources on this website to learn more about Minnesota turkeys. Be sure to check out the awesome videos of Minnesota turkey farmers!
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Congratulations to Neil Kruse for being the first person to respond with the correct answer to our May trivia question. Neil knew that Spencer Wolter from Windom, MN is the newly elected 2016-17 Minnesota FFA Association President. The other top responders were Linda Fransen and Brenda Resch.
 June Trivia - The first person to email the correct answer for the question below will win a ceramic coffee mug from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture!
It's officially strawberry season in Minnesota! On average how many pounds of strawberries does the average Minnesotan eat each year? Hint: our friends at MN Grown might be able to help!
Email your answer to Sue Knott to be eligible for the prize!
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