The New Mexico Grow Project Is Ready To Help You Grow!

New Mexico teachers in grades K-12 can now apply to receive a New Mexico Grow Project. This project in conjunction with NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) is designed to help classrooms grow all year long! Each kit includes:

• Classroom hydroponic system
• 4X8 raised bed with soil amendments and seed assortment
• Hoop house attachments
• Drip irrigation system
• Assortment of garden tools
• Training and on-going support in how to use and repair all materials
• Connections to curriculum at any grade level

The National Ag in the Classroom Conference will be held in Saratoga Springs, NY! The CHS grant is an easy online application designed to help K-12 teachers cover the cost of conference registration ($435). This includes most meals & traveling workshops.

The deadline to apply for this grant is April 4, 2022.

Conference registration information:

Registration opens the first week of March:

• Early bird thru May 20th= $435
• May 21-June 10 = $485
• June 11-17 = $535
• June 17-June 28 (onsite) = $585

Participate in the New Mexico Ag Literacy Project, "Right This Very Minute" by requesting a classroom visit that will provide smiling faces, a great book for your classroom library, and a fun hands-on science project! This project is a farm-to-table look at how food makes it to our plate. The book provides an opportunity to better understand the hard work farmers and ranchers do all year round while the project ties in the water cycle to the importance of the food we eat.

FFA chapters and volunteer groups who have received the training, materials, and are ready to present are:

• Artesia FFA
• Hagerman FFA
• Dexter FFA
• Centennial FFA
• Valencia FFA
• Cloudcroft FFA
• Roswell FFA
• Loving FFA
• Socorro FFA
• Hatch FFA
• Deming FFA
• Sigma Alpha Sorority (NMSU)

*More to be trained in the coming weeks. Keep a look out on our social media page to see what chapter or group will get trained next.