Local teachers receive grants to support agriculture learning
The Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation (IALF) has awarded 175 grants to schools throughout Iowa to support the integration of agriculture into classroom instruction or after school programs with an academic focus.Teachers from Sidney Schools and Fremont Mills Schools received up to $250 to incorporate agriculture in science, math, social studies, or language arts lessons and/or conduct agricultural programs or projects in the classroom.The Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) Teacher Supplement Grants are designed to help teachers initiate new projects or expand upon existing projects that promote agriculture literacy in students.
