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Promotion & Education Committee

Interested in doing more to teach people about agriculture and the food system?
Do you feel that your neighbors don't understand your farm?
Are you looking for a way to reach out to children who have never seen a farm?
Then the Promotion & Education Committee might be for you!

The NYFB Promotion & Education Committee enlists volunteers from all over the state to educate the public, including adults and children, about agriculture at a variety of events and through many different projects.

The State Promotion & Education Committee consists of an elected representative from each of 11 regions, an elected chair (who also sits on the NYFB Board), and up to three appointed At-Large members. These individuals help to coordinate events in all of the counties in their region.

Most counties in the state also have their own Promotion & Education Committees, which develop and coordinate local educational activities. Contact your county Farm Bureau to find out how you can get involved.

Get the inside scoop on why each committee member feels that both Farm Bureau and the ProEd Committee are important to them and agriculture.

ProEd news

Business Session, Workshops & Election Information 2010

Committee News for Spring

Scholarship Winners Announced

NYFB Youth Scholarship Finalists Announced

State ProEd Committee Changes for 2010

ProEd Business Meeting Held in November

Agriculture Literacy week

Ag Literacy week presents an opportunity to go into the classrooms to read a book about agriculture, lead an activity based on the book and talk with the students.

The 2010 designated book is The Tree Farmer written by Chuck Leavell and Nicholas Cravotta. This book was featured at the 2008 Nation Ag in the Classroom Conference and won the National Arbor Day Foundation 2007 Book of the Year Award.  For more information visit www.nyaged.org/aitc where you can check on your county coordinator contact information and all other details, or call Heather Davis at 607-255-9253 or hed24@cornell.edu.

"Be Aware of NY Agriculture" contest

The “Be Aware of New York Agriculture” Contest is held in many counties at the local level in cooperation with the elementary schools and then reaches the state level. This art contestis a great way to expose students to agriculture and the food system and to meet the New York State Learning Standards in the classroom. Students can learn more about where the food comes from and why it is important that they understand and appreciate agriculture in New York State. The contest is divided by grade level categories K-6th and statewide winners (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, and 2 honorable mentions) are selected for each grade level.

2010 Contest Winners                      2009 Contest Winners

Announcement                                   Brochure & Entry Form

Feed the Hungry Project

The program is to educate 3rd and 4th grade students  about agriculture, nutrition, the food system and the importance of helping the community. The students see the project through the beginning to end. They plant the seeds and then the seedling are planted on the farm. In the fall the students and their parents are invited back to the farm for the harvest and to donate the squash to the food bank. Then they cook the squash and learn how the squash is used.

For more information you can view the full brochure or visit the New York Farm Bureau Foundation website.

Marketbasket Survey

Volunteers participate in this survey of food prices of 20 items at local grocery stores for the American Farm Bureau Federation's quarterly Marketbasket survey. For more information contact Sandie Prokop at 1-800-342-4143 to learn how you can volunteer.

    2010 Marketbasket Survey Form                                 

OUTStANDING PROED PROJECT AWARD

Activities: Aug. 20, 2009 - Aug. 31, 2010 · Deadline: Sept. 1, 2010 (postmarked)

This award is opened to all NY county FarmBureausfor participation. By participating in this program your ideas are shared with your agricultural partners and it giveseach countyan opportunity to embark on a special project or re-create an existing porject. Have fun and good luck!

2010 Award Application

Pizza Project: learning materials

The State Promotion & Education Committee is pleased to announce that their latest project “Your Pizza Came From The Farm” is now available. Two resources available include the Project Outline, which includes four specific educational activities and support materials with specific information about all the pizza ingredients and connects them to its roots,which carries the idea of locally grown, prepared and eaten throughout the lesson.

This learning project can be used for any age student as the level of activity can be modified. If you have youngsters at home they might enjoy the project or the After School pizza project. Do you know of a class, youth group, after-school program or other club that might be interested? Just give them the website www-nyfb-org or www.nyfbfoundation.org.

Scholarship awards

November 19, 2010  Deadline

Each year the ProEd Committee sponsors a scholarship for high school seniors. District winners receive $100 plus a gift and compete for the state-wide scholarships, offered in $1,500, $1,200 and $1,000 denominations. Scholarships are awarded at the ProEd Spring Conference the following spring.

2011 Quick Outline            2011 Full Program Outline             

 2011 Scholarship Application

View the 2010 Scholarship Winners.