Kindergarten teachers:
Our “From Farm to Table” lesson and activity will take your students on a journey from putting a corn kernel into the ground to finding corn ingredients in their breakfast cereal! McLean County Ag in the Classroom will provide our Corn Facts for Little Readers and all the materials your students need to complete the activity.
Agriculture has fields of opportunity with more than 300 career choices! Check out the career pathways, potential job profiles and more!
McLean County (IL) teachers can request ag careers materials and resources for their classroom: Click here
Reading Materials
Learning Ag-tivities
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Corn is McLean County & Illinois’ top crop – but where does it all go? Find out with these learning activities!
McLean County (IL) teachers can request FREE Corn ag mags and activity kits for their classroom: Click here
Corn Ag-tivities & Online Reading Materials
Corn Recipes
Books to Read – set up a FREE account on www.openlibrary.org to read these online books for FREE! Or contact us to check out books from our AITC library!
Corn Videos
Connecting kids to the farm and helping them understand where food comes from is a major part of the Ag in the Classroom program. Find out about all the activities plus grant opportunities for teachers in this Farm Fresh Podcast featuring Bridget Caldwell, McLean County Ag in the Classroom Coordinator.
For 6-12 grade teachers interested in applying for an Ag Science Grant from McLean County Farm Bureau Foundation, click here.
Listen every week for the Farm to Table segment on WJBC Radio Wednesdays at 12:45 p.m.
Audio PlayerFrom specialty crop farms and a tofu production plant in Japan to the Panama Canal, local farmer David Mool shares his international experience with the Illinois Ag Leadership Program in this week’s Farm Fresh Podcast.
Listen for the Farm to Table segment every Wednesday at 12:45 p.m. on WJBC radio.
To see photos and more details from the trip, click here.
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