Maryland Leaders Visit Ag Education
Foundation Headquarters
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md.
Dr. Nancy Grasmick, Maryland’s
Secretary of Education and Lewis
Riley, Secretary of Agriculture,
recently visited the Senator Wil
liam H. Amoss Agricultural Cen
ter in Havre de Grace to leam
about the educational programs
of the Maryland Agricultural Ed
ucation Foundation.
Highlights of past programs,
details of new programs, and dis-
Jeanne Mueller, Maryland Agricultural Education Foun
dation education director (left) explains to Dr. Nancy
Grasmick (second from left) lessons taught on the Foun
dation’s Aquatic Mobile Classroom, while other MSDE
staff look on.
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cussion on future program ideas
were discussed by the Secretary
of Education and State Depart
ment of Education staffers Kathy
Oliver, Jim Ferrant, and Becky
Horn.
Foundation executive director
Marty Stephens and education
directors Jeanne Mueller and
Jamie Picardy gave Dr. Gras
mick a tour of one of their mobile
agri-science labs which travels
Maryland Agriculture Showcase Rolls Out
ANNAPOLIS, Md. The
Maryland Agricultural Edu
cation Foundation recently
introduced its newest educa
tional resource, a mobile
trailer named the Maryland
Agriculture Showcase.
This “agricultural bill
board on wheels” will be
traveling throughout Mary
land in its inaugural year ed
ucating Marylanders about
the state’s top agricultural
products and the impact that
agriculture has on the lives of
every citizen every day.
Rolled out to an audience
the state visiting elementary and
middle schools with their mes
sage of ag literacy.
The Foundation has three mo
bile classrooms that travel from
Garrett County to the shore and
from Cecil County to the Poto
mac River in southern Maryland
for nine months each year. Staff
ed with Foundation-trained
teachers, students leam about
Maryland agricultural products,
biotechnology: food and fiber and
aquatics and agriculture working
together.
The Foundation’s educational
program is called Ag in the
Classroom and teachers are
brought together each summer
for an intense week of learning to
infuse agricultural concepts into
required curriculum in language
arts, math, science, and social
studies. The workshop provides
five action-packed days of semi
nars, field trips, demonstrations,
and hands-on activities. The 2003
teacher workshop is scheduled
for June 23-27 in Westminster
and teachers can register for $lOO
and earn three in-service credits
for their participation.
of Maryland’s agricultural
leaders gathered at the Mary
land Department of Agricul
ture in Annapolis on April
23, it was dedicated and
rolled into service by Secre
tary of Agriculture Lewis
Riley and Foundation Presi
dent Ewing McDowell. The
Showcase has a busy season
ahead as it is already booked
for 25 events and the Foun
dation hopes to fill the sched
ule shortly.
The Showcase features a
variety of educational exhi
bits featuring information
The Maryland Agriculture Showcase is ready to travel
to public events educating Maryland residents about ag
riculture and how it effects each individual daily.
Children visiting the Maryland Ag Showcase try their
hand at milking a cow when the Showcase visited the
Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival recently.
children and adults. Hands
on activities include a simu
lated cow milking experience,
broiler chicken kids’ puzzle,
fruit and vegetable riddles,
mini-greenhouse and land
scaping magnet board, and
more.
The exhibit on Maryland’s
horse industry provides the
opportunity to measure your
height in “hands” which is
the way that horses are mea
sured. A changeable display
featuring beef cattle, hogs,
and sheep provides visitors
the opportunity to test their
knowledge about these agri
cultural products.
Funding for the Showcase
is provided through sales of
and inter-
active fiin
for both
Maryland’s “Ag Tag” license
plates, public and private
grants, and private donations
to the Foundation. Addition
al funding for this project has
been provided by several in
dustry partners including the
Delmarva Poultry Industry,
FORVM for Rural Maryland,
Hargrove Inc., Maryland De
partment of Agriculture,
Maryland Farm Bureau,
Maryland Grain Producers
Utilization Board, Maryland
Horse Breeders Association,
Maryland Soybean Board,
Maryland Nursery & Land
scape Association, and the
Mid-Atlantic Dairy Associa
tion.
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