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Grade 7/8 students explore Canada’s role in global agriculture and trade during Agriculture in the Classroom’s Manitoba Ag Days Adventure in 2018.
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Canola Growers fund ag education efforts

MCGA has made a multi-year funding commitment to Ag In the Classroom-Manitoba

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The Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) has made a three year funding commitment to Agriculture in the Classroom – Manitioba (AITC-M). The group will be putting up $120,000 to expand and enrich agriculture education programs for public school students across Manitoba. The aim is to continue to expand students’ understanding of agriculture, the origin of
Ag In the Classroom: Manitoba is slated to get a sizeable grant from Ag Days Gives Back.  
photo: file
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Wave of public support lets Ag Days give back even more

Annual giving campaign will award $50,000 to community projects this year

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Ag Days Gives Back will give back more than ever this year, thanks to a wave of public support last year, when the show returned after missing the 2021 and 2022 outings due to the pandemic. The ability to provide more community grants, and the ongoing educational scholarships, comes at a great time, says committee
Ag in the Classroom builds on pandemic experiences
Farmit Manitoba, Other

Ag in the Classroom builds on pandemic experiences

Ag in the Classroom is taking pandemic lessons to heart as planning gets underway for the return to normal

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Ag in the Classroom Manitoba (AITC-M) is seeing the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, although executive director Sue Clayton says it will still be early 2022 before they return to in-person events. “We wanted to be cautious and make sure that we give schools and the pandemic enough time — to make
Presenting — and voting on — policy resolutions, as seen here in a 2017 file photo, is an important part of KAP and other advocacy groups. Reg Dyck is making sure his students know how the system works.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

An education in engagement

Ag in the Classroom resolution ‘educational’ for ag diploma students

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There are problems. And then there are problem solvers. Reg Dyck teaches a course encouraging the latter. “It’s easy for farmers to bitch and complain,” Dyck, who farms at Starbuck and teaches ‘Issues in Agriculture and Food’ as part of the University of Manitoba’s diploma in agriculture, said in an interview Feb. 10. “Each of
Attendees try their hand at wheat grinding during and earlier Amazing Agriculture 
Adventure.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Ag in the Classroom pivots under COVID-19

Canadian Agricultural Partnership funding has been announced to help the organization switch to a more virtual program delivery

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Sue Clayton, executive director for Manitoba’s Agriculture in the Classroom, says new government funding will help the organization bolster online resources in the age of COVID-19. Why it matters: Agriculture in the Classroom typically offers hands-on ag experience to Manitoba students, but that will look different in the coming year. The federal and provincial governments
Ag Minister Blaine Pedersen poses with teacher Brenda Mutcher’s Grade 6 class.
News, Other

Ag education brings opportunity

Agriculture literacy month to teach kids about technology in agriculture, build connections

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Agriculture education may help kids get jobs that keep them in their communities and let them do what they love, says a Carman-area teacher. “Having been involved in agriculture myself, I am aware of how important agriculture is to the community,” said Brenda Mutcher, who teaches Grade 6 at Carman Collegiate. That’s one reason why
Attendees try their hand at wheat grinding during the Amazing Agriculture Adventure June 6-7.
Local news

Schools get an eye for agriculture with Ag in the Classroom

The Amazing Agriculture Adventure saw more students and adults as the annual event 
returned to Brandon in early June

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Over 500 Grade 4/5 students had an Amazing Agriculture Adventure June 6-7 as Ag in the Classroom took over Brandon’s Keystone Centre. Described as Agriculture in the Classroom Manitoba’s flagship event, the two-day workshop claimed more students, more teachers and more participating schools this year than in 2016. Participation jumped by about a third over
“This is a problem that will likely never be solved but the most important thing is to encourage dialogue with consumers.” – Mike Olson, vice-president of fresh merchandising with Overwaitea Food Group.
Crops, Livestock

Attitudes toward food — bridging the rural-urban divide

A group of industry panellists says a lack of food literacy in urban centres and an overload of 
misguided information is furthering the gap between rural and urban residents

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Farmers often remark that today’s consumer is two or three generations removed from the farm, but that works both ways — the farmer is two or three generations removed from the consumer. That makes for some misunderstanding when consumers are asking more about where their food comes from, said panellists at the recent annual meeting

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