Education Articles
Stories related to KFB's Education efforts
8/17/2017
Educators! The Save the Soil Challenge is open! Your class could win a 3D printer and Visa gift card.
8/11/2017
Applications for the 2018 Spring White-Reinhardt mini-grants are due Sunday, October 15. These grants are offered to state and county Farm Bureaus for ag literacy projects for grades K-12.
7/31/2017
Rules and resources for the 2016-2017 Kansas FFA Discussion Meet.
7/11/2017
The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has awarded 10 $500 mini-grants to communities across the nation through the White-Reinhardt Fund for Education program. The grants are allocated through county and state Farm Bureaus and are used to create new agricultural literacy projects or expand existing agricultural literacy efforts.
6/20/2017
Five Farm Bureaus (two of whom are in Kansas!) were selected from a competitive pool of applicants to each receive a $500 grant from the American Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Program to help fund “Our Food Link” projects.
6/7/2017
The first-ever Kansas FFA Discussion Meet hosted by Kansas Farm Bureau (KFB) concluded during the Kansas FFA State Convention in Manhattan with five FFA members receiving awards.
4/3/2017
Applications for the 2018 Janet Sims Memorial Teacher of the Year and KFB Foundation for Agriculture Excellence in Teaching awards are now available. All Kansas K-12 educators are eligible to apply. The deadline for submission is June 30, 2017. Winners will be announced late September.
1/10/2017
Registration for the tenth annual Be Ag-Wise workshop, Misconceptions of Agriculture, is now open. Workshops will be held in Wichita on Feb 25, Garden City on March 9, Colby on March 14 and Bonner Springs on March 25th. All workshops run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
12/20/2016
Kansas Farm Bureau and Kansas Family, Career and Community Leaders of America are teaming up to make grants available for projects in communities across Kansas.
11/11/2016
The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has announced three On the Farm STEM professional development events for 2017. The events are designed for those who train or coach STEM teachers.