Past Workshops
2011 Workshops
- 09/12/2011 - 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lake Pontchartrain Elementary
3328 Hwy 51, LaPlace 70068 - 09/14/2011 - 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lafourche Parish Ag Building
115 Texas St., Raceland 70394 - 09/19/2011 - 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Sabine Farm Bureau
575 Hwy 171 Bypass, Many 71449 - 09/21/2011 - 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Natchitoches Farm Bureau
1191 Hwy. 1 S., Natchitoches 71457 - 09/26/2011 - 4:00 PM - 7:00PM
Thomas Jason Lingo Community Center
10284 Louisiana Hwy. 17, Oak Grove 71263 - 09/27/2011 - 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Snyder Museum
1620 East Madison, Bastrop 71220 - 10/04/2011 - 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lomax Hall
Louisiana Tech, Ruston 71270 - 10/10/2011 - 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
St. Landry School Board Office
1013 Creswell Lane, Opelousas 70570 - 10/17/2011 - 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lafayette Farm Bureau
101 Toledo Dr., Lafayette 70506 - 10/18/2011 - 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Calcasieu AgCenter
Gulf Hwy., Lake Charles 70607 - 10/27/2011 - 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Acadia Farm Bureau
21130 Crowley Eunice Hwy., Crowley 70526
2010 Workshops
The 2010 workshops were a success. Two brand new educational units were introduced at this year’s workshops.
Water was the theme of one unit, covering the importance of water to life, water quality, water quantity and agricultural uses of water. The state’s equine industry provided the bases for the second unit. Horses have become a major industry in our state. The Explore Horses unit has lessons in math, social studies and English language arts.
In case you happened to miss the workshop this year we have the lessons here for you to download.
2009 Workshops
In September and October of 2009, AITC workshops swept across the state. Two new educational units were introduced at the workshops. "The Farmer Grows a Rainbow" is a MyPyramid companion resource. MyPyramid is the food guide pyramid developed by the USDA. The goal of "The Farmer Grows a Rainbow" is to enhance MyPyramid lessons, integrate them with traditional academic subjects and emphasize the vital role played by the farmer in food production. This educational unit includes lessons for pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Each grade level has both a classroom and physical activity component. Lessons may be downloaded from www.agclassroom.org/rainbow.
The second unit presented was based around Louisiana's precious commodity, crawfish. The Louisiana Crawfish Promotion and Research Board developed a lesson unit that was distributed. Louisiana Farm Bureau developed a video to accompany the lessons.
How You Can Help
Our program is aimed at helping teachers incorporate agricultural topics into their lessons to show the vital role agriculture plays in our lives.
Teacher of the Year
The annual honor bestowed upon a Louisiana teacher for achievements and efforts in teaching students the importance of agriculture.
