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A closer look at food science with T. Marzetti
A recent virtual field trip took us behind the scenes at T. Marzetti, where we learned about the world of dressings, dips, and sauces. Marzetti began years ago as a popular restaurant, but transitioned to making dressings. The Innovation Center in … read more →
Community Conference at Commodity Classic
Nourish the Future fosters innovation in teaching and learning around food production, helping educators understand how agriculture connects to STEM knowledge, skills, and careers. Four members of last year's NTF Teacher Leader Community are back, … read more →
Inspiring real-world problem solving through agriculture
Nourish the Future Teacher leaders Dinean Batchelder (NJ) and Christine Girtain (NJ) presented a session at the New Jersey Science Convention! They helped teachers learn about agriculture-based curriculum that fosters critical thinking and inspires … read more →
OREP teachers learning together
Twenty teachers from rural Ohio districts dug deep into agriculture-related learning recently, thanks to support from a grant from USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and support from Educationprojects.org and Battelle. The cohort spent … read more →
Potato chips in science class
What's the big deal about high oleic soybean oil? Participants in the summer Science of Food and Fuel workshop learned about how it features lower saturated fat while maintaining 0 grams of trans fat, which may lower cholesterol and support heart … read more →
Expand your students' career knowledge!
Nourish the Future’s Author Specialist Knowledge (ASK) Program brought experts into classrooms. Students learned more about the work of agriculture experts and their career pathways. Each one hour session included a presentation of an industry … read more →
Feeding and Fueling the World with HudsonAlpha
15 middle and high school science teachers recently gathered in Huntsville, Alabama to learn about the science of food production and sustainable fuels in the Nourish the Future workshop Feeding and Fueling the World. Sponsored by National Corn … read more →
Nourish the Future Teacher Leader Community Conference Connections
Twenty teachers from across the country recently had the opportunity to experience hands-on science learning and much more in New Orleans! These teachers are in an elite group, chosen on the basis of their experience, location, and educational … read more →
Ag & Med Biotech Academy workshop
Are you aware of the overlap between biotech in ag and medicine? 19 Ohio teachers recently attended the Ag & Med Biotech Academy and learned all about it! The day began with a tour of 3Bar Biologics, a start-up company that has developed a way … read more →
How is corn fueling our world?
Corn—useful in many ways! Ohio teachers learned about how corn becomes ethanol in yesterday's Energy and ethanol workshop in Springfield, sponsored by Ohio Corn & Wheat. Presenters Jane Hunt and Rachel Sanders led the group through renewable … read more →
First-ever Chickenology workshop!
Over 30 Ohio teachers gathered at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center for all-day learning at the latest GrowNextGen workshop, Chickenology. This new workshop is sponsored by the Ohio Soybean Council and Ohio Poultry Association. It is … read more →
Reaching out to rural educators
Twenty educators from rural Ohio districts had the opportunity to experience several new science lessons as part of the Ohio Rural Educators Program (OREP). This project is funded by a three-year, $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of … read more →
Annual favorite offers “graduate” option
Educationprojects.org facilitates a variety of events for our partners. Ag Biotech Academy, sponsored by the Ohio Soybean Council with support from Pioneer, has been a popular summer workshop since it began in 2013. This year the level was ‘stepped … read more →
Food science fun with Field to Package
Educationprojects.org facilitates a variety of events for our partners. Food science-related careers are hot in Ohio, and students need to know about these opportunities! In order to reach them, the Ohio Soybean Council and educationprojects.org … read more →
Hybrid workshop provides cross-country learning and labs
Educationprojects.org facilitates a variety of events for our partners. The Science of Food and Fuel: Nourish the Future Ag Biotech workshop held in June included Nourish the Future lessons presented in a unique manner. A group of 28 teachers … read more →
Meet me in St. Louis!
Educationprojects.org facilitates of variety of events for our partners. One of the most exciting parts of the National Corn Growers Association's Nourish the Future program is the Teacher Leader Community , a specially-selected national group of … read more →
The Feed the World workshop is back to normal and we love it!
Educationprojects.org facilitates a variety of events for our partners. The 2021 Feed the World workshop was held in person this year, allowing teachers, farmers, and industry leaders to network and learn together. Held at London High School, … read more →
The fuel of the future, ready now!
Educationprojects.org facilitates a variety of events for our partners. Teachers from several states recently participated in a great workshop: Exploring Biotech and Biofuels, a Nourish the Future Ag Biotech workshop presented by … read more →
Ohio Rural Educators Program opportunity
Develop problem-based lessons for your classroom and help students learn about in-demand careers! Agriculture is big business in Ohio. It is the number one industry in our state— contributing $128 billion annually to Ohio’s economy, and employing 1 … read more →
Growing from good to great
Soybean prices were high when one of our long-time clients, The Ohio Soybean Council, had checkoff dollars that they wanted to invest in education. Strategy Our work with Ohio Soybean Council spanned nearly 15 years and our instructional design included curriculum to teach teachers about biotech, food science and plant science. Professional … read more →
Looking below the surface
The oil and gas industry approached us 17 years ago wanting to connect their industry to the classroom. Design We convened a peer group of teachers and stakeholders to discuss the best approach and discovered a few items of importance: Peer to peer training through professional development … read more →
Building the “Cadillac of professional development” in 120 days
Kansas Corn needed a turnkey solution to launch an education program in 90–120 days that would help students understand the science of modern agriculture. read more →
