AiS—Uncaster Farming, Saturday, September It, 1982 Ag vital (Continued from Page Al 7) information scattered through other studies. “Children need to know why certain crops are grown in certain areas, and the relationship between food production and starvation. ’ ’ I Included on an idea-sharing panel on ag teaching in various states were: Jack Matthews, Maryland Farm Bureau; Gail McPherson for York County’s Agri-Learn Unlimited; Faith Goldstein, coordinator of ag development for the New Jersey Department of Agriculture; and vo-ag teacher Robert Fisher, from Bellwood schools in Blair County. Matthews credited a 1978 letter to the editor, written by a con cerned young farmer who com plained about the lack of ag in *! - st ' “Ag in the Classroom" panelists look over Learn, illy Katt, Faith Goldstein from some of the materials available for school the New Jersey Ag Department, and Jack studies. From left are Gail McPherson, of Agri- Matthews for Maryland Farm Bureau. formation teaching, as stirring up interest among Maryland -ag leaders. Through their efforts-to incorporate farm background materials, Maryland has since mandated that ag information be taught either in the fourth, fifth or sixth grades. Agri-Learn, according to Gail McPherson, was based partly on some of the studies of the Maryland curriculum. The fourth grade level teaching program was put together by a group of York County agriculture represen tatives and experimentally taught last spring to a few select classes in the county. Authored by former vo-ag instructor William Fleet, the revised studies program is available to any school districts interested in using it. In New Jersey, filmstrips on the pressure created by expanding urbanization have been put together by several utilities, added Faith Goldstein. Among her recommendations . were that teachers by informed of the various resource materials 'available, and that ag-ed ad vocates work at “getting to” textbook writers. Ag teaching caii readily tie in with consumer education,stressed Bellwood district vo-ag instructor Robert Fisher. In a full nine-month classroom series, ag and con sumerism blend in materials that deal with such topics as food production, the broad agriculture industry and employment in ag related fields. * An afternoon panel session of educators, moderated by state Secretary of Education Robert Scanlon, explored another viewpoint on incorporating ag information into already drum tight school cuniculums. - Abbe Barbato teaches ag materials to sixth graders and 26*h ANNUAL PENNSYLVANIA DAIRY PRINCESS CORONATION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1982 You are cordially invited to attend the 26TH ANNUAL PENN SYLVANIA DAIRY PRINCESS CORONATION at T Penn Harris Motor Inn, Routes 11 and 15 Camp Hill, Pa. on September 21,1982. The Coronation is held in conjunction with the Aii'American Dairy Show Recognition Banquet. A reception will be held in the Ballroom lobby at 5:30 p.m. and the banquet will begin at 6:30 p.m. i Tickets for the Coronation and Banquet are $ll.OO and may be purchased from either of the addresses be10w.... Atlantic Dairy Association All-American Dairy Show Suite 203 P.0.80x 3362 -J 355 N. 21st St. Harrisburg, PA 17105 Camp Hill, PA 17011 1 advises a seventh grade Junior FFA group at Eastern Lancaster County school district. She urged ag- representatives to offer in service programs on agriculture to teachers, so they understand what they’re teaching. Commending both the administration and community support in her district, Abbe noted that industry and Extension people offer additional resource expertise. A former vo-ag instructor, Don Evans, was immediately faced with the threatened loss of the ag program when' be accepted the superintendency at the Juniata District. With a boost from an' advisory committee from the community that approached the ' board, vo-ag teaching was saved favors ag education in the classroom. Hershey, head of the Miitbn Hershey Estate farms, was the seminar, speaker. ATLANTIC DAIRY ASSOCIATION INC. Advertising and Promotion Agency '/> from being scratched from the Juniata curriculum. . Evans recommended using community volunteers to help teach in specific areas, and in volving students in decisions oiw what should be taught to fulfil} their future needs. A different approach has- been taken in urbanized Delaware County, said C.R. “Bud” Bryan, Jr. There, the 4-H works closely with the schools to supply basic agriculture learning. Since only two farms of the limited' few in the suburban'county/allow school visits, students get an opportunity to handle small farm animals at the 4-H center, after a series of classroom studies. - (Turn to Page A2IJ 198 X-82 . iry rcryi ~„ er, Pa. State Dairy Princess front Chester County (center); Debra Greider, Ist Runner-up, Lancaster County (R); and Roberta Bronson, 2nd Runneri® Columbia-l uzerne Counties (L).
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