Canadian Agriculture Literacy Week March 1-7

Mar 02, 2015

The Manitoba government has declared March 1-7 as Canadian Agriculture Literacy Week.

Agriculture in the Classroom Manitoba Executive Director Johanne Ross says the event will take place in about 500 schools across the country, reaching out to approximately 5,000 students.

"We will go into a classroom with a farmer or with an industry person and we read a story book to the students and do some interactive activities and just talk to them about agriculture and just sharing our passion for this industry."

Ross notes that this year they have partnered with Viterra to create the new book that will be read to Grade 3 to 6 students.

Canadian Agriculture Literacy Week is a joint effort between Agriculture in the Classroom and Farm Credit Canada.

Source: PortageOnline

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