Heads up: School-produced beef, lettuce served to students
Two Central Kentucky districts are producing some of the food served in their school lunches.
Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s annual Poster and Essay contest
Agriculture Commissioner James R. Comer invites Kentucky students to create a poster or write an essay on agriculture’s impact in their everyday lives in the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s annual Poster and Essay Contest. This year’s theme is “It All Starts With Agriculture.” The contest is open to all Kentucky students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Students may submit a [...]
Scientists, doctors or engineers needed
The application deadline for the 2012-13 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships is Dec. 5. Placement opportunities are available in congressional offices and 15 executive branch agencies. The five fellowship areas offered for September 2012 through August 2013 are congressional; diplomacy, security and development; energy, environment and agriculture; health, education and human services; and Roger Revelle Fellowship in Global Stewardship. [...]
USDA report credits Kentucky Proud school cafeterias
A new federal report praises the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s efforts to get local foods onto the plates of school children throughout the state. The report, submitted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm to School Team, cited examples of successful farm to school efforts in the Jefferson and Montgomery County school systems. The Kentucky Proud farm marketing program includes [...]
Keeping it rural
Students are actively engaged in agriculture lessons through the Mobile Science Activity Center.
Lone Oak ag program ‘isn’t just about cows, sows and plows’
McCracken County's agriculture program ensures that "students are able to apply what they learn in careers and in life."