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Teachers all over the state and beyond are using Feed the World lessons with their students! See how other teachers are implementing this curriculum in their classrooms, learn about emerging agricultural topics and resources, and get the latest updates on our workshops and satellite activities.
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Corn: It’s Amaizeing!
Mary Beth Rieth of Mount Notre Dame High School shares about what she gained from participating in the summer Feed the World workshop. I used the Feed the World Explore an Ear of Corn and Corn Dissection lab activities and modifications of those activities in my three Environmental Science classes for juniors and seniors to create a two-block lab …
Tech helps farmers with water quality efforts
Water quality is getting a lot of attention in Ohio, due to algal blooms in Lake Erie. The governor has created the H2Ohio initiative, a comprehensive, data-driven water quality plan to reduce harmful algal blooms, improve wastewater infrastructure, and prevent lead contamination. Farmers now have a new tool to help them with best practices in …
Lots of tech in the field!
The final week of Feed and Fuel Your Future, a collaboration between Ohio Corn & Wheat, Ohio Department of Education, and Ohio Soybean Council, focused on careers in technology. While most people think of medical or engineering jobs when it comes to STEM, there’s lots of agriculture-related jobs that use technology! The virtual field trip for …
Sustainability and Ecosystems classroom resources
Sustainability and ecosystems were the focus of the third week of Feed and Fuel Your Future . This collaborative effort between Ohio Corn and Wheat, the Ohio Department of Education, and the Ohio Soybean Council helped make students aware of career opportunities available in agriculture-related careers. Fred and Josh Yoder welcomed virtual field …
Banishing bacteria
Hand sanitizer became an important part of 2020, and the Ohio Corn and Wheat-sponsored Feed the World workshop kicked off with participants making their own sanitizer using ethanol. Janel Gerwin, Family and Consumer Science teacher at Penta Career Center, used the activity with her Food Science students while they learned about food safety and …
DNA extraction lab videos and more
Ryan Rosselot teaches ag science at Western Brown High School. He attended the virtual Feed the World 2-day summer workshop, and wanted to share what he learned with others. “I had another ag teacher in my county that was interested in the DNA extraction lesson and in attending the workshop next year,” said Rosselot. “Also, I’m pretty sure our …
How we built this farm: Fred and Josh Yoder
from FarmProgress , by Jacqui Fatka, Sep 4, 2019 Sometimes knowing when to pass the torch can be the deciding factor in transforming a good farm in to a great farm. At the age of 64, central Ohio farmer Fred Yoder now recognizes that his most productive years of farming were from 35 to 60. After 60, he could start to see he was losing his edge and …
Workshop gives a new perspective on teaching biology
Amy Kochensparger is a Biology, Honors Biology, and CCP Anatomy Educator at Eaton High School. She attended this summer’s Feed the World virtual workshop and found it useful for her as an educator. My favorite part of using Feed the World curriculum is that the lessons are hands-on and use real-world science to explore the content. Each lab …