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FAITC GRANTS!!!

School Garden Grants:

Florida Agriculture in the Classroom’s School Garden Grant Program is designed to fund school garden projects that will educate Florida’s students about the importance of agriculture, healthier meal options and allow teachers to use a school garden to teach Florida standards.

The following School Garden Grants will be available:

$250 – 14 grants at this level of funding will be available for Early Childcare Education Centers, Pre-K and smaller garden projects.
$500 – 37 grants at this level of funding will be available for Elementary, Middle or High School projects.
$650 – 20 grants at this level of funding will be available for Elementary, Middle or High School projects.

Online Grant Applications go live August 15th, grant funding will be available until all funds have been given out. More information can be found at: https://faitc.org/school-garden-grants/

Teacher Grants:

Florida Agriculture in the Classroom's Teacher Grant program is open to general education and agriculture teachers in Pre-K through 12th grade who want to use agricultural concepts to teach core subject areas. Florida Agriculture in the Classroom’s Teacher Grant program strives to fund classroom projects that teach Florida school children about the importance of agriculture and introduce them to agricultural producers and representatives in their areas.

Applications are due by September 30th. More information and application can be found at: https://faitc.org/teacher-grants/.

2023 National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference

Florida is honored to be hosting the 2023 National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference in Orlando, June 28-30, 2023. As conference information becomes available it can be found at: https://agclassroom.org/conference/.

Do you have a great lesson or resource you would like to share with other teachers? Workshop Proposals for the 2023 National Conference will be accepted soon.

FAITC is working hard to find sponsors to create teacher scholarships that will cover the cost of registration for the National Conference. We will continue to update the following webpage as new information is available: https://faitc.org/florida-to-host-the-2023-national-agriculture-in-the-classroom-conference/ .

Check out our promotional video. We hope to see you there!

Nutrien's Seed Survivor Trailer Comes Back to Florida

It has been a few years, and we are really excited to announce that the Seed Survivor Mobile Classroom is coming back to Florida. The mobile classroom is a plant nutrient classroom on wheels! This truck and trailer unit arrives at pre-registered schools and children progress through interactive Seed Survivor stations. FAITC and Nutrien will be working hard in August and September to create a route through Florida that will run mid-November through February. Registration will open late September to early October. Click Here for updates and future registration.

FAITC Partner Announcements

Registration is now open for Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' 2022 Florida Farm to School Conference, taking place Oct. 6-7 at the PGA Resort in Palm Beach Gardens. This event was created for schools, distributors, and producers to connect, engage and learn how to make all aspects of Farm to School work successfully. For more information, click the 'Register' button or contact [email protected].

The Dairy Council of Florida and Discover Dairy present the “Adopt a Cow” Program featuring Larson Dairy. Discover Dairy’s “Adopt a Cow” program is now open for enrollment for the 2022-23 school year. The free program is a year-long, interactive learning opportunity that gives students an inside look at a dairy farm. Through immersive, hands-on learning activities and free curriculum provided by Discover Dairy, students gain a deeper understanding of the dairy industry and where their food comes from. Register by September 15th!

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The Florida Farm Bureau Federation provides $250.00 Classroom Mini-Grants to certified Florida educators who are engaged in classroom instruction at the Pre-K through 12^th grade levels. The Classroom Mini-Grant program supports agriculture education in the classroom. Grant application opens August 3rd.

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CHS Foundation provides $500 grants each year to Pre-K through 12th grade teachers who have classroom projects that use agricultural concepts to teach reading, writing, math, science, social studies and more. Eligible projects include classroom and schoolyard gardens, embryology projects, aquaculture projects and agricultural literacy reading programs to name a few. The CHS Classroom Grant application is now available and the deadline for applications is September 15th.

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