Sustainable Ag in the Classroom

Jeff Ishee (farmsted@cfw.com)
Sun, 09 Aug 1998 20:08:09 -0400

Friends,

I recall an inquiry several weeks ago concerning a lack of educational
aids for teaching sustainable agriculture in the classroom.
Having just run across the following site, I thought it would be of
interest to some of you.

Jeff Ishee
Bittersweet Farmstead
***********************************
Sustainable Agriculture Teachers Resource Kit and Video

Description: A comprehensive learning package on sustainable
agriculture for Social Studies 11 classes was produced by a highschool
teacher with an agricultural background. The learning kit contains a
video (Promise in the Land) and a handbook of lesson plans. The video is
60 minutes and was featured on the Knowledge Network.

Audience: Adults: educational television broadcast on Knowledge
Network. Youth: Social Studies classes.

What it is: Agriculture in the Classroom. Video. Handbook.
Curriculum.

Contact: Maureen Garland, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
University of British Columbia, Suite. 248, 2357 Main Mall, Vancouver,
B.C., V6T 1Z4. Phone: (604)822-2492

Sponsor: Funding provided by the University of British Columbia, The
Canada/B.C. Green Plan for Agriculture, and the Agriculture in the
Classroom Foundation.

http://www.island.net/~awpb/aware/whotst.html

To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with "unsubscribe sanet-mg".
To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command
"subscribe sanet-mg-digest".